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What should by BG be before meals Please?

laurarigg17

laurarigg17

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Location
haywards Heath
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi, trying to get my BG back to normal! Im type 2! the last few months have been hell, I am being treated for depression so my eating got out of control. Please don't have a go at me as am beating myself up enough!
 
laurarigg17 said:
Hi, trying to get my BG back to normal! Im type 2! the last few months have been hell, I am being treated for depression so my eating got out of control. Please don't have a go at me as am beating myself up enough!
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Hey slow down.....no one is going to have a go at you. Everyone has their problems and here, we all try and help the best we can :) Sorry to hear you are suffering with depression...are you getting help with that? You can get back on track and we will all try and help in any way we can. Are you on medication and how long have you been diabetic?
 
Gezzabelle said:
Hey slow down.....no one is going to have a go at you. Everyone has their problems and here, we all try and help the best we can :) Sorry to hear you are suffering with depression...are you getting help with that? You can get back on track and we will all try and help in any way we can. Are you on medication and how long have you been diabetic?
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Been diabetic for two years this month! Im getting help for depression I also have other mental health issues which means I had been on medication which caused my diabetes (this is not an excuse). I am on 500mg a day of metaformin.
 
laurarigg17 said:
Been diabetic for two years this month! Im getting help for depression I also have other mental health issues which means I had been on medication which caused my diabetes (this is not an excuse). I am on 500mg a day of metaformin.
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How were your levels before you went off the rails a little....did you have it under control? Its easy to stop trying so hard and eat foods we shouldn't but you can get back on track again...you already did the most important thing in realising you need to :)
 
Hi, before highest was 13. Now I am under control hoping to stay under 10. Before dinner I was 6.4. Will test in a couple of hours.
 
Well done for starting to sort yourself out again! Use these figures as a guide only, and work at getting yours back on track - slowly if necessary:

NICE recommended target blood glucose level ranges
Target Levels by Type
Non-diabetic - pre meal: 4.0 to 5.9 mmol/L, 2 hours after meals under 7.8 mmol/L
Type 2 diabetes pre meal: 4 to 7 mmol/L, 2 hours after meals under 8.5 mmol/L
Type 1 diabetes pre meal: 4 to 7 mmol/L, 2 hours after meals under 9 mmol/L
Children w/ type 1 diabetes pre meal: 4 to 8 mmol/L, 2 hours after meals under r 10 mmol/L

Good luck!

Robbity
 
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