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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

Good morning everyone
Speaking of dogs Louie is seemingly a little better today, he's just walked all over me to get onto the back of settee.
Welcome to my world of dogs!
Back to business BG this morning 5.9 pleased with this but it doesn't stay for long.

I've been looking at a diet for gout a friend sent me everything I should eat for gout is the exact opposite of what I eat for diabetes,how can I maintain my BG levels and stay pain free from gout? I'm on low carb high fat diet but not so much high fat has I used to be. The gout diet is high carb low fat hardly any proteins but lots of carbs certain veg I should not have but lots of fruit. It's a nightmare follow gout diet,but risk my health raised BG levels if anyone else here has any answers especially if they too have gout and type2 diabetic I would love some advice on how to handle it. K
 
Granny_grump_ said:
Good morning everyone
Speaking of dogs Louie is seemingly a little better today, he's just walked all over me to get onto the back of settee.
Welcome to my world of dogs!
Back to business BG this morning 5.9 pleased with this but it doesn't stay for long.

I've been looking at a diet for gout a friend sent me everything I should eat for gout is the exact opposite of what I eat for diabetes,how can I maintain my BG levels and stay pain free from gout? I'm on low carb high fat diet but not so much high fat has I used to be. The gout diet is high carb low fat hardly any proteins but lots of carbs certain veg I should not have but lots of fruit. It's a nightmare follow gout diet,but risk my health raised BG levels if anyone else here has any answers especially if they too have gout and type2 diabetic I would love some advice on how to handle it. K
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Are you on medication for the gout.? eg allopurinol.? Personally i would tend to maintan present BG levels but we are all different
 
Ymdawd said:
Are you on medication for the gout.? eg allopurinol.? Personally i would tend to maintan present BG levels but we are all different
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Allopurinol is used to reduce/manage uric acid production, the deposit of which in joints causes painful episodes of gout. In well managed gout these should be minimal. Since the effects of poorly controlled BG can be so devastating it makes sense to prioritize glucose control over gout, at least to me. This make sense.?
 
I use an app called Glucose Companion on my ipad to store all my BG readings. Re the past months readings it has come up with some interesting stats.

<4.4 for 25% of readings

4.4 to 7.7 for 50% of readings

7.7 to 11.1 for 18.8% of reading

>11.1 for 6.2% of readings

Am quite encouraged by these stats. though there is plenty of room for improvement in the coming months
 
Diabeticliberty said:
Speaking of morning walks at 5.00am this morning this was my walking partner raring to go again.







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Diabeticliberty said:
Speaking of morning walks at 5.00am this morning this was my walking partner raring to go again.







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Diabeticliberty said:
Speaking of morning walks at 5.00am this morning this was my walking partner raring to go again.







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what a handsome looking chap
Granny_grump_ said:
Good morning everyone
Speaking of dogs Louie is seemingly a little better today, he's just walked all over me to get onto the back of settee.
Welcome to my world of dogs!
Back to business BG this morning 5.9 pleased with this but it doesn't stay for long.

I've been looking at a diet for gout a friend sent me everything I should eat for gout is the exact opposite of what I eat for diabetes,how can I maintain my BG levels and stay pain free from gout? I'm on low carb high fat diet but not so much high fat has I used to be. The gout diet is high carb low fat hardly any proteins but lots of carbs certain veg I should not have but lots of fruit. It's a nightmare follow gout diet,but risk my health raised BG levels if anyone else here has any answers especially if they too have gout and type2 diabetic I would love some advice on how to handle it. K
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karen8967 said:
wh

what a handsome looking chap
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Granny_grump_ said:
Good morning everyone
Speaking of dogs Louie is seemingly a little better today, he's just walked all over me to get onto the back of settee.
Welcome to my world of dogs!
Back to business BG this morning 5.9 pleased with this but it doesn't stay for long.

I've been looking at a diet for gout a friend sent me everything I should eat for gout is the exact opposite of what I eat for diabetes,how can I maintain my BG levels and stay pain free from gout? I'm on low carb high fat diet but not so much high fat has I used to be. The gout diet is high carb low fat hardly any proteins but lots of carbs certain veg I should not have but lots of fruit. It's a nightmare follow gout diet,but risk my health raised BG levels if anyone else here has any answers especially if they too have gout and type2 diabetic I would love some advice on how to handle it. K
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glad louie is a little better k. hope your all sorted yourself soon take care :)
 
Ymdawd said:
Are you on medication for the gout.? eg allopurinol.? Personally i would tend to maintan present BG levels but we are all different
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Hi Ymdawd, Yes I'm on Colchicine 500mcg one tablet twice a day and they are working but unsure how long I will need to take them for I have been given 56 tablets so it's anyones guess.My blood tests for gout etc. are back but I have to wait to see doctor on Friday afternoon to discuss results.
I feel I will need to also discuss this diet problem and which way to proceed. I agree my BG levels are important to me but apparently gout is not something to ignore either,thanks for asking will let you know the outcome . K
 
Granny_grump_ said:
Hi Ymdawd, Yes I'm on Colchicine 500mcg one tablet twice a day and they are working but unsure how long I will need to take them for I have been given 56 tablets so it's anyones guess.My blood tests for gout etc. are back but I have to wait to see doctor on Friday afternoon to discuss results.
I feel I will need to also discuss this diet problem and which way to proceed. I agree my BG levels are important to me but apparently gout is not something to ignore either,thanks for asking will let you know the outcome . K
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Colchicine is for treating or cutting short an acute attack of gout.

Regards the treatment of gout attacks should they happen the usual treatment is a short course of colchine and the use of an NSAID ( non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) such as indometacin or ibuprofen to treat the pain. This is usually followed up by use of allopurinol to hopefully stop the gout attacks happening in the first place or to reduce the frequency of said gout attacks.

Diet for both diabetes and gout is important so specialist dietician advice is probably needed as some delicate balancing is required to balance the need for optimal treatment of both conditions. Hope this helps you
 
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