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LCB said:
My challenge (at present - what advice?) is to get my BS down to 4, then drop a Gliclazide, etc..
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Aiming for 4s is too low, especially if you are on a medication like Gliclazide, and too low to drive on safely (if you drive). 5s and 6s are perfectly acceptable numbers to target, and certainly more achievable - if you do get 5s or 6s then you certainly shouldn't feel as if that's 'not good enough' 🙂
 
Coo. More info to absorb; ta
In which case get to 5 and lose a tablet.

I also need to understand the HbA1c relationships but have no idea what they are at the moment. A task for lunchtime.

I'm monitored generally at my GP surgery, with a specialist nurse. She's very keen and obviously reads up on all the latest approved data. She works with me and is very supportive and encouraging. This is the first time I've done something so drastic however being away from home so much, I have to plan blood tests a month in advance only to be told we don't book that far ahead. Places a lot of onus on self-help... I wish I'd got involved with you guys a lot earlier, but then I guess my mind set wasn't ready then.

I'm very grateful for your support...

Lewis
 
Lewis, it's great to hear your determination, and good to hear that you have good support from your surgery 🙂 Keep asking questions and with that mindset, I'm sure you will be able to achieve your goals 🙂
 
Oh, nearly forgot, welcome on board, LCB, sounds like you're determined to crack this, and have made a good start. As you can see, plenty of lively discussion on this site.
 
Thanks All,

Just taken a measurement at 5.5 (Yee Haah!), so from the above I'll drop 1 Gliclazide (lunchtime) and watch the results...

To summarise the above; It sounds to me as if the liver knows its onions, which is a good thing as that can save your bacon. Oh God - now I'm hungry again...

This is not the ideal location for this chat, which seems to be going a bit off-piste anyway (or is that piste-off?); I'll post again soon in a more appropriate location. I can't thank you guys enough.

Best wishes,

Lewis

N.B. I use "guys" as a unisex label; a bit like there being no such thing as a "Comedienne" any more as everyone's become a comedian. Maybe in Sandi Toxvig's case it makes a level of sense. Anyway I hope none of you ladies take offence.
 
LCB said:
This is not the ideal location for this chat, which seems to be going a bit off-piste anyway (or is that piste-off?); I'll post again soon in a more appropriate location. I can't thank you guys enough.
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Apologies for the drift! That parallel discussion will no longer feature here 🙂 Great news about the 5.5! 🙂
 
Hi. Nice to meet you.
 
LCB said:
Thanks All,

Just taken a measurement at 5.5 (Yee Haah!), so from the above I'll drop 1 Gliclazide (lunchtime) and watch the results...

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Lewis, good luck on the dropping of 1 glic🙂
If that proves too far at present, another possibility could be to consider a half tablet (I asume you are on the 8mg or 4mg normal glics which are scored) In my descent down the glic demand scale, I went 8mg, half 8mg, 4 mg, half 4mg, nil😎
 
Hi LCB & welcome to the forum.🙂
 
Hi everyone,
I'm after advice again...

Everything has been going incredibly well so far, my blood sugars came down to average around 6, so I kicked 1 of 3 Gliclazide... then two... To cut a long story short; doing the zero carb diet has meant I've kicked all 3 Gliclazide, the weekly injection, and one Metformin, and I've lost over a stone in weight (now 15 st 10 lb). Great guns... And all in 4 weeks. However, yesterday and today my BG levels have been going up. From an average 5.5 for several days after kicking the Gliclazide to nearer 9. I'm still not eating carbs; this must be my body converting fat. The only cause I can think of is that I took a bad tumble on Saturday which left me with a badly sprained thumb and a big patch of skin missing from my knee. This has me in quite a fair amount of pain a fair amount of the time. Hence I'm wondering if the pain causes the body to boost the sugar levels. A sort of defence mechanism maybe? Supposition on my part - I've not eaten any carbs (believed around 25 cumulative but certainly less than 50g at worst per day) so why the increase...?

Any advice from physiology types would be very gratefully received - I'm very confused and more than a little concerned.

Lewis
 
LCB said:
Hence I'm wondering if the pain causes the body to boost the sugar levels. A sort of defence mechanism maybe? Supposition on my part - I've not eaten any carbs (believed around 25 cumulative but certainly less than 50g at worst per day) so why the increase...?
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Hi LCB, I think you've probably put your finger on it there - pain causes stress, stress hormones stimulate the liver to release more glucose into the blood and thus your levels can rise. See how you go on when you have recovered, which I hope will be very soon 🙂 A short period at higher levels won't do lasting damage, so try not to worry (worry also causes stress! 🙄)

Whether you are eating carbs or not, your body will still produce glucose, if no carbs then fat and even muscle protein can be converted.
 
LCB said:
My challenge (at present - what advice?) is to get my BS down to 4, then drop a Gliclazide,
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Hi LCB

Take it from one who has been there😱, trying to get BG that low while on Gliclazide is unwise, you will suffer hypo's and some of them may be at the most inopportune time. I actually stopped taking Glyburide (an equivalent drug) when my FBG numbers were approaching 5.... Done after a conversation with my Dr. after suffering some major hypo's & many minor ones. Learned a lot about managing D since then.
 
LCB said:
Hence I'm wondering if the pain causes the body to boost the sugar levels
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To be honest, pretty much anything will affect BG.... Heat, Cold, Stress, Illness, changes in weather.... We just cannot predict what the affect will be until it happens. IMHO don't worry too much about it, just roll with it, tomorrow will be a new day.
 
Thanks guys.
Martin, I never let it go below 4.5 without taking some carbs. I'm now on 3 Metformin only, losing weight fast, and I believe that as I'm not on Gliclazide, there's no likelihood of a hypo any more.
Northerner; that made sense, so I'm chuffed I got it right. It just seemed higher than I would have expected. Tomorrow's a new day.
 
LCB said:
as I'm not on Gliclazide, there's no likelihood of a hypo any more.
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That was my experience, no hypo's for over a year now...... Happy Bunny.....🙂
 
Hello LCB from a fellow T2 who's 2 years in.
 
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