What should I expect ?

[Frenchalps]

Hi everyone. I was diagnosed 2 days ago and have been going through this forum since then. Thank you all for being so helpful and supportive in this confusing time ! I have so many questions !!

Can anyone tell me what symptoms should I expect when my blood sugar goes high or low ? I mean what will happen to me and how do I know if it going high or low. (I mean physical symptoms, not test results). Just so that I know what to watch out for !

 

[poohtiggy]

Hi, I'm type two also and have only had one scarey day and that was my own fault.
I had been shopping and it was a warm day, it took longer than planned and I suddenly realised I hadn't had a mid morning snack. By the time I arrived home my hands were shaky I was ravenous and very thirsty, two glasses of water and a sandwich and I was fine. Now I always carry something to snack on and always keep a bottle of water in my car. Apart from this incident I haven't really noticed much but if I go too long without food I get a little shaky, my numbers go up & down all day depending on what I eat or don't but I don't get any symptoms from that

 

[Wilki.356]

Hi Frenchalps. I've been type 2 for nearly two years now.
Depending on what you eat and your medication, monitor and check your levels for spikes with what food you eat. It will be a case of eat and monitor.
If you follow a good diet with exercise you can maintain your levels within the range. Generally if my levels are a little high, because I have eaten something sweet without a meal, I feel tired or dozy. If I worked too hard without eating for sometime, test to see if levels are low. I get shakey and need sugar to raise them up. This takes a couple of hours to
recover.
If you pass out people need to get you to the hospital.
As you are newly diagnosed, I would carry around your testing kit, medication and glucose/jelly babies for emergencies.
It's taken me two years to get my levels under control with a good diet, medication and exercise.

Good luck and welcome.