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Weird BG levels...?

Spiker said:
Don't test every 5 minutes, it will just stress you out.
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Thanks, I'll try not to.

I'm stressing about this whole diabetes thing waaaay too much lately. I don't know how much stress can rise your blood glucose level but I'm sure that at least some of the high numbers I'm getting are more related to stress than food.
 

Stress will do that. My blood glucose level goes completely wangy (technical term) after all sorts of random events - late for something like an important meeting, being stuck in a train carriage with a weirdo, job interview, cooking roast dinner for 14, getting a cold or flu - but you can describe them all as 'stress'.

There is a close connection between adrenalin and blood glucose.

For me, the best thing I did to cope with my diabetes was to learn about it. Reading books like the ones I mentioned above, reading this forum... The people on here are a lovely bunch, and incredibly helpful. That is also the best way to work through the 'stress phase' of being diagnosed.

 
I just read that you have to eat at least 150 grams of carbs for 3 days before the OGTT. They didn't tell me this at the lab. Is this true? What happens if I eat less than that, does anyone know?

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Teeh said:
I just read that you have to eat at least 150 grams of carbs for 3 days before the OGTT. They didn't tell me this at the lab. Is this true? What happens if I eat less than that, does anyone know?
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Yes and possibly even longer (maybe over a week so that the pancreas first stage gets used to this amount of carbs. Otherwise it will not be able to handle the flood of blood sugar and your results will be worse than they really are. It is a good idea to train yourself up to this amount slowly and you also need to have high GI carbs as well

I wonder if that is why it is becoming less used in the UK
 

A week? Oh!
I've been trying to cut back on carbs lately. I wasn't exactly keeping a low carb diet but I definitely wasn't eating more than 150g carbs per day either. I guess I'm going to eat all the carbs in the world for the next few days to prepare myself for the test. It will be easy. I'm glad I have an excuse to eat more carbs for at least a few days.
 
Be careful not to put too much weight on Just think of the soft crusty white bread, the wine gums, toffees, orange juice straight from the fridge
Make sure you work up to it slowly though.
 
Andrew Colvin said:
Be careful not to put too much weight on Just think of the soft crusty white bread, the wine gums, toffees, orange juice straight from the fridge
Make sure you work up to it slowly though.
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Oh, I could actually use some extra weight! I only weight about 95 pounds now.

I decided, I'm having a nice big plate of chips tomorrow for lunch! Can't wait!
Potatoes used to be my comfort food. I don't know how will I be able to live without them if I'll have to go low carb after the test...
 
They were my comfort food too...mashed, roast, chips, crisps. For me it took about 10 days to get used to going without them. Just make sure you have enough protein and fat so that you are not hungry and I am sure you will be fine.
 

Good decision to have the chips!
I can't do without potatoes either. They are my staple diet and have been for over 60 years. I can cope with either 2 new potatoes, or 3 roast in duck fat, or 6 home made deep fried chips. You will just have to try them out with strict portion control and test to see what happens.
 
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