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High glucose readings

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I was diagnosed type 2 about a year ago. Initially I was prescribed metformin and for the last 5 months I've been on Alogliptin. I don't always check my glucose but whenever I do it first thing in the morning it can be anything between 13 and 19. By the end of the day if I check it again it can be higher, even as high as 30. I don't know what else I can do. I dont sleep well at night but then I am always up and down to the toilet. My mouth is always very dry so I don't think I can drink less water. This is embarrassing but sometimes when I'm on my way to the toilet I have to stop and cross my legs. When I uncross my legs again I often don't have any control over things and have been incontinent. I am finding this very distressing and feel a bit frightened to go out incase this happens in public. Am I going to be alright?
 
Have you been relying on the medication to control your high blood glucose levels or have you made any dietary changes in reducing the amount of ALL carbohydrates you are having. Those high glucose levels suggest your body cannot tolerate the amount you are eating even with the medications you are taking.
 
rosalindb said:
Toffee1, I think you need to be seeing your GP, those figures are worrying high. The symptoms you are experiencing are down to high glucose levels and you need to get it seen to. Please see you GP or DSN.
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I will contact my GP and make an appointment. Thanks
 
Leadinglights said:
Have you been relying on the medication to control your high blood glucose levels or have you made any dietary changes in reducing the amount of ALL carbohydrates you are having. Those high glucose levels suggest your body cannot tolerate the amount you are eating even with the medications you are taking.
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I have made dietary changes. I don't buy bread, potatoes,crisps, biscuits, fizzy drinks anymore. When im cooking pasta I use brown. I don't have great portion control but I figure whizzed up chick peas as a replacement for mashed potatoes may be ok. I'm 5.3 and 10 stone so I'm not hugely overweight. I just need to try harder and maybe eat more salad and things. Thanks
 
Toffee1 said:
I have made dietary changes. I don't buy bread, potatoes,crisps, biscuits, fizzy drinks anymore. When im cooking pasta I use brown. I don't have great portion control but I figure whizzed up chick peas as a replacement for mashed potatoes may be ok. I'm 5.3 and 10 stone so I'm not hugely overweight. I just need to try harder and maybe eat more salad and things. Thanks
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If you do some testing of the effect of your meals on your blood glucose by testing before and after 2 hours you may find things like the chick peas and pasta are pushing up your levels as they are still high carb.
Alternative lower carb pasta made for edamame beans or black beans may have less effect as it only 15g carb /100g dry wt and I find 25g dry wt is sufficient. Brown varieties are just as high carb as the white version.
You could try butternut squash or celeriac instead of potatoes and some people like mashed cauliflower.
 
Just had a look on Amazon for the low carb pasta. I will order some to try it. Thanks for that.
 
Toffee1 said:
Can diabetes make your skin itch like a prickly heat?
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Quite easily if it isn't controlled - yours obviously isn't controlled at the moment, so things need to change - get this discussed with your GP asap.
 
As the others have said, contact your GP and get help to get things back under control.
You could start with being more rigorous with your testing and try to keep a food diary so that you can see the impact fits have on your glucose levels.
I see you mention chickpeas; I love them and love hummus. They don’t love me. Hummus in particular can really spike my blood glucose and it can stay high for quite a while afterwards. So, although I do eat it it’s significantly less frequently than ever before.
If you test you’ll get to learn what you can tolerate and you’ll perhaps be in a better position to make informed decisions about what you cook/eat.
 
ColinUK said:
As the others have said, contact your GP and get help to get things back under control.
You could start with being more rigorous with your testing and try to keep a food diary so that you can see the impact fits have on your glucose levels.
I see you mention chickpeas; I love them and love hummus. They don’t love me. Hummus in particular can really spike my blood glucose and it can stay high for quite a while afterwards. So, although I do eat it it’s significantly less frequently than ever before.
If you test you’ll get to learn what you can tolerate and you’ll perhaps be in a better position to make informed decisions about what you cook/eat.
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I just thought chickpeas were healthy. After a year I am still trying to get my head around some things.
 
Toffee1 said:
I just thought chickpeas were healthy. After a year I am still trying to get my head around some things.
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There are lots of things which are healthy for non diabetics but not so if Type 2 diabetic. Keep focused on the amount of carbohydrate in foods and make a judgement as to whether having then will keep your blood glucose to an acceptable level.
It is still OK to have some carbs but keeping to small portions, and bulk out with green veg and salads.
Homemade soups are good if you avoid putting potatoes in. Good combinations are butternut squash and red pepper, broccoli and stilton, courgette and brie, celery, leek and pea.
Carbs and Cals is a good resource, book or app as it gives carb values and pictures of portion sizes, it allow comparisons of different foods so better choices can be made. It was and is my bible and google of course, just put in the search Food X and total carbs or look on the back of packets for total carbs usually per 100g so a bit of arithmetic needed to work out for the portion you are going to have.
 
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