LittleWolf said:
I am doing ok, just once or twice a week I am around 15 and that incident last Saturday with a rebound 19 after a low. Preferably, Id love some assistance. I mean, I'd like to avoid the sickness that comes with those numbers but *shrug*
No I've never had a HbA1c test or anything. Like I said, can't get one @_@ So I looked up a lab online and currently trying to twist their arm and do it privately without GP consent... £25!!!!
But so many people are doing fine by diet alone (like yourself!) maybe I shouldn't make excuses. It just sucks because I cut all carbs when anorexic, just started getting used to eating again (even my T1 lover tries to stuff me with the carbs he eats and gets upset if I have to stop eating because I feel dizzy/tired) he doesn't understand I don't have insulin to adjust and I'm NOT chronically hypoglycaemic or too thin anymore
But again, it can be done. I don't care so much complications because I've had a plethora of issues all my life anyway. What drives me nuts is the immediate effect of highs/lows. I want to stay in range so I don't wake up on the middle of nowhere after conking out on the bus or being sick. Self testing is helping with that.
Which reminds me, have you had many problems 'sailing close to the wind'?
I mean you feel well at those numbers and don't drop into 2s or anything?
I'm hoping I can get used to your kinds of numbers. I think a lot of people keep the high cycle going by correcting false hypos.
I'm going to chase you to the under 6 mark and make myself real comfy next to you
wouldnt go under 4.5 though. 1) dropping really low 2) rebound highs
Do you experience either of these? Did you try the ultra low carb thing? Did it make you sick? If not maybe the longer you get used to that range. The less likely things will go wrong in the low 4s?
What a great nugget of information! Do you just know a lot about Sussex or just desserts? And I love Haribo Tangfastics! Have you ever tasted tamarind fruit? It's natural but tastes every bit as sweet and tangy!
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Does your GP accept you are diabetic or what? Hard to believe you are having to pay for your own HbA1C test. So glad you are eating again. Maybe you should make sure you are easing back into it rather like some people do after low-carb dieting. I would imagine that going from being anorexic to just starting to eat 'properly' again must be a shock your system and will take time. Perhaps one of the low-carbers will read this and advise?
There are loads of people on the site who know much more than me on carbs etc. who can advise, but I remember that on Sunday night I went from 8 to 9 three hours after eating half a small kebab. I read something today about delayed carb release for pasta, pizza etc. which could cause an increase after post-meal test. So maybe you could try to resist your lover's culinary advances (especially of they are takeaways etc.) Must be hard to resist when sitting next to him. Have sex instead ... just watch out for hypos!!! :shock:
I don't deliberately sail close to the wind, but I do have frequent hypos usually in the afternoon. Now I take an apple as I start the dog walk which avoids a hypo or, at least gets me home. Although the apple takes longer to take effect than, say, a sweet drink or dextrose type sweet, it gets me out of it in about 10 minutes. My lunch is typically something like salad and tinned sardines and I don't think I am getting sufficient carbs for my afternoon needs, even in sandwich form. If I go much lower than 3.9 (2.9 is my record) I tend to feel rough for a while as I am recovering and after I have recovered. Sort of 'beaten up ... through the wars' kind of feeling which takes a couple of hours to pass. During the actual hypo, I don't feel ill, mainly weak, shaky and sweaty, spaced out, and light sensitivity increases. I think I have got used to the feeling but I start to get concerned & anxious when I feel I am towards the lower 3s and wish I could be 'beamed' home. Fortunately, it's not far.
Maybe jumping from hypo to high may be because you are over-compensating. It's hard but I try to avoid stuffing myself with just anything, hence the apple and try to remain confident that it will kick in, which it has always done so far. But it's not an instant fix and it's easy to be tempted to shove crisps, bread, biscuits etc. down.
I personally have not chosen the low-carb approach (although my intake in the form of portions is reduced a bit) so I can't comment on how it feels. I did do a Herbalife diet once before I was diagnosed. I did lose weight quickly, but put it all back on again afterwards so I now prefer the slow weight loss approach and continuing to eat the stuff that has got me this far through life without ops, serious illnesses etc. I have, though, knocked the alcohol on the head. I'm one of these people who puts on weight just looking at a bottle of wine, not to mention eating habits associated with being ******. I now only drink soda water with real lime pieces squeezed in rather than **** cordial in the pub. Bit boring, but the lime smells exquisite and at least I'm getting a couple of pints of water inside me.
Certainly being in the lower 4s should help to reduce the highs together with not overdoing the carbs etc. I try to eat slowly to give my body time to tell me 'enough'. No point in forcing the whole plate down without touching my lips if I don't really need it all (which I am renowned for).
I use tamarind bark (I think it is?) when cooking Indian food and love it. I haven't tried the sweets or fruit but maybe I'm wrong and it is the fruit I am eating. I also discovered pomegranate molasses (dodgy name for diabetics) which is syrupy and can be poured straight from the bottle in cooking. It has an identical effect to tamarind, tangy but not too sharp but I'm not sure about the 'molasses' bit!
I was in a garden centre the other week and saw a bag of Tangfastics hanging next to the till. I bought them and polished them off in an hour ... almost as irresistable as wine gums. I felt really sick and guilty (afterwards of course) and saved myself a testing strip.
I picked up the banoffee story from one of the TV chef programs. I'm not really a 'sweet' person (as she will vouch) and am quite happy with cheese, grapes and maybe a suggestive biscuit or two!
I accept your challenge to beat my readings, and really hope you win!
