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A different nightcap

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Pamela Giddings

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Ran out of test strips and sudden dry mouth with a bit of light-headedness odd palpitations. Sign of a higher level or lower please I forgot and advice would be much appreciated. Last I knew I am pre diabetic hba1c 49
 
Pamela Giddings said:
Ran out of test strips and sudden dry mouth with a bit of light-headedness odd palpitations. Sign of a higher level or lower please I forgot and advice would be much appreciated. Last I knew I am pre diabetic hba1c 49
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Hi Pamela, would depend if you’re on meds which could induce a hypo. It’s said that you can’t have a proper hypo on Metformin alone unless alcohol or other meds are involved. Hard to know if you’d have a dry mouth, light headedness and palpitations if your levels were high but with palpitations, I’d be mentioning them to the doctor anyway. It’s really impossible to know without testing.

Just as a matter of interest, a diabetic diagnosis is made with a Hba1c of 48 so 49 isn’t usually classed as pre-diabetic.
 
Bit better had some night sweats again. thank you 🙂 time to call gp me thinks
 
Just a polite update, had a couple of readings of 5.7 exactly. Feeling like I must be careful with tea tonight. Regardless am going to set my alarm for early and mid morning and do a test then. Am not on meds but am thinking of buying a hypoband anyway. Rang gp reception two earlier appointments for mid and late November instead of middle of January.
 
Pamela Giddings said:
Just a polite update, had a couple of readings of 5.7 exactly. Feeling like I must be careful with tea tonight. Regardless am going to set my alarm for early and mid morning and do a test then. Am not on meds but am thinking of buying a hypoband anyway. Rang gp reception two earlier appointments for mid and late November instead of middle of January.
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I’m not sure why you think you need a hypoband as an unmedicated type 2 Pamela because ‘theoretically’ you shouldn’t be having actual hypos that place in you in danger.
If you’re having palpitations and night sweats, I think you’re right in consulting your GP as to the cause. I’d have thought night sweats would set off the alarm anyway. It could be unrelated to diabetes. A good idea to do a test during the night to see how things are looking. You may need a small carbohydrate snack before sleep.
 
Aye thank you amigo, saves an expense. May have a round of bread probably at supper 🙂
 
Checked sugar at 3.30am had a level of 5.5. Thought hummm, got a freddo and leftover homemade quiche (crustless but with breadcrumb/mushroom/onion mixed eith butter base) and tea two sugars. Didn't do too bad after a littlr lightheaded at the time but better yay 🙂
 
Pamela Giddings said:
Checked sugar at 3.30am had a level of 5.5. Thought hummm, got a freddo and leftover homemade quiche (crustless but with breadcrumb/mushroom/onion mixed eith butter base) and tea two sugars. Didn't do too bad after a littlr lightheaded at the time but better yay 🙂
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5.5 is a perfectly healthy BG level Pamela - I wonder if the low blood glucose symptoms you are experiencing are 'false hypos' where your body has got so used to running at elevated BG levels and is now giving warnings when they return to more normal levels.

These should settle in a few weeks as your body adjusts to having blood glucose in the normal range.
 
Aye could be, just going to be careful in general at the mo as gp mentioned for now, thanks 🙂
 
Three days later and am avoiding the apparrent lows (one morning I was 4.9 ate food to get it up and avoided night time do) but am trying not to go to high either. Waking upbto go to the loo earlyish now and again. Dont want to overdo with the sandwiches/pasta/biccies and crisps. What baffles me at the moment is biccies seem more long lasting sugar through the night. Eg I had pasta for tea couple of nights ago. Only 5.3 when checked sugar two hours after. Confusing, I don't know
 
NB avoiding relative lows but getting some headachy times ug
 
Pamela Giddings said:
Three days later and am avoiding the apparrent lows (one morning I was 4.9 ate food to get it up and avoided night time do) but am trying not to go to high either. Waking upbto go to the loo earlyish now and again. Dont want to overdo with the sandwiches/pasta/biccies and crisps. What baffles me at the moment is biccies seem more long lasting sugar through the night. Eg I had pasta for tea couple of nights ago. Only 5.3 when checked sugar two hours after. Confusing, I don't know
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Pasta digests very slowly for me, I have to be careful about when I inject prior to eating it or the insulin will be reaching its peak long before the food does and I risk a hypo 😱
 
Thats interesting but concerning :/ and am wondering if its the Diabetes or the pasta or just the digestion of some foods different with people. I dont have a gallbladder so shouldnt be eating the crisps and biscuits but it has helped short term until the end of the month when I will get two blood test results back yet to be done.
 
Pamela Giddings said:
Thats interesting but concerning :/ and am wondering if its the Diabetes or the pasta or just the digestion of some foods different with people. I dont have a gallbladder so shouldnt be eating the crisps and biscuits but it has helped short term until the end of the month when I will get two blood test results back yet to be done.
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There is a very individual element which comes into play with everyone when it comes to the rate and efficiency of digestion of different foods - every person carries their own unique microbiome, which are the billions of 'good' bacteria involved in the digestion process. Because no microbiome is the same, no person reacts in an identical way to anyone else - personal experience in this respect is of utmost importance when your body's mechanisms are unable to fine tune things for you because of a faulty pancreas. You might find the following interesting:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/art...on-weight-and-not-others-and-can-we-change-it

Also, I would highly recommend reading the excellent (and surprisingly entertaining!) book 'Gut' by Giulia Enders - it explains so much about what happens in our bodies that we often overlook or take for granted 🙂
 
Ooh thank you 🙂
 
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