What should I do next?

[albionia]

My doctor has recently issued me with a glucose monitor. My prescription is now 1g metformin, 240mg gliclazide, and 5mg saxagliptin per day. I eat fish four times a week with lots of vegetables but few potatoes, never eat a prepared meal bought from a supermarket, have just a boiled egg with a small piece of toast (made from low sugar bread) for breakfast, and have home-made houmous on toast or a low sugar soup for lunch. I have given up dairy foods, sweet biscuits, and confectionary and my only dessert is fresh fruit. But although my blood sugar is usually below 7 before breakfast it is well into the teens before meals during the day, and sometimes as much as 18-20 mmole/l.
I would welcome comments about this because I am unsure what else I should do; my doctor never asks about my diet.

 

[Indy51]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

What is the brand of bread you are eating? Low sugar is not the only factor you need to be aware of - the carbohydrate content is also important.

 

[dawnmc]

If only it were easy as popping a pill. We are what we eat. And unfortunately we weren't designed to eat white stuff, aka, bread, potato, pasta, flour etc.
Don't let it be said that Italians don't get diabetes, over 3 million diagnosed - god knows how many still yet don't know.
At least you have a meter, mind you Glic can cause hypo's. Why has he put you on those drugs right away? How long have you had Diabetes?

 

[jack412]

I assume you haven't changed your diet to more carbs. You are taking a fair bit of gli. Is the dr talking about insulin. You really need to bring the bg down while you also work on your diet and I would consider insulin