A little help please

[Shirley Cooper3791]

I was diagnosed back in March. I'm on 4 x 500g metaformin. The nurse said I didn't need a testing kit but after speaking to members I got 1. I haven't been really testing but I'm eating sensibly I've lost 2 stone and still looking but for the last week I 've been testing in the morning and they have ranged from 14.4 to 12. I 've the doctor s on Friday. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for reading.

 

[Ljc]

Hi Shirley. We’ll done on the weight loss.
Those number are rather high. If they were from tests done as you waske up, these ones are often the last ones to come down.
What meter did you buy.
Have a read of Test review adjust by Alan S
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html.
I think it’s a good idea to keep a food diary while you are finding out which carbohydrates your body can and can’t tolerate, sadly we are all different in this respect, ie, some can eat porridge where others have to avoid it.
Also sadly the standard advise given to us by many practice nurses etc is not suitable for us, though some are more with it though.

 

[Shirley Cooper3791]

Hi Shirley. We’ll done on the weight loss.
Those number are rather high. If they were from tests done as you waske up, these ones are often the last ones to come down.
What meter did you buy.
Have a read of Test review adjust by Alan S
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html.
I think it’s a good idea to keep a food diary while you are finding out which carbohydrates your body can and can’t tolerate, sadly we are all different in this respect, ie, some can eat porridge where others have to avoid it.
Also sadly the standard advise given to us by many practice nurses etc is not suitable for us, though some are more with it though.

Hi Ljd
I try to avoid bread and carbs I 've a code free machine I test before I have anything. I 've the nurse in a couple of weeks for a blood tests for my diabetes review. I was doing a food diary before but stopped so I will start 1 again. I'm a bit like you I had a brain hemorrage 6 yrs ago so I'm on a lot of pills 12 a day and then I have tramadol for pain relief because of the brain hemorrage I had a stroke on my right side so I have a lot of nerve pain.

 

[Amigo]

Hi Ljd
I try to avoid bread and carbs I 've a code free machine I test before I have anything. I 've the nurse in a couple of weeks for a blood tests for my diabetes review. I was doing a food diary before but stopped so I will start 1 again. I'm a bit like you I had a brain hemorrage 6 yrs ago so I'm on a lot of pills 12 a day and then I have tramadol for pain relief because of the brain hemorrage I had a stroke on my right side so I have a lot of nerve pain.

Shirley, do your levels come down during the day? I think it would be useful for you to test and see. I initially managed to get my morning levels down to mid 6’s but recently they have crept up to the 7’s and I’m very unhappy about that. However, I’m convinced that other illnesses impact on morning levels particularly pain and inflammation overnight which you obviously have and I do too. When we are in pain, our bodies flood with hormones that raise blood glucose and that’s hard to tackle because the other medical issues don’t go away simply to accommodate!
Do a bit more testing to get a feel of how things look through the day. Despite what your nurse suggests, I think this, along with a food diary will help to give a comprehensive picture of what is happening. Waking levels of 12 to 14 are rather high and you may need additional help to get them down. However, it’s early days for you so give yourself a chance to level out the waking figures and hopefully they will stabilise. Well done on the weight loss! Best wishes.

 

[trophywench]

Pain and/or inflammation DOES cause our BG to increase - it's not just your feeling about it Amigo, it is a well proven scientific FACT.

Ergo if you have contain pain, you will always need more help to control your BG than you would without the pain. If your doctor and nurse do not accept that and prescribe extra drug help - change your doctor/nurse until you find one that knows what he's doing!

 

[Shirley Cooper3791]

Shirley, do your levels come down during the day? I think it would be useful for you to test and see. I initially managed to get my morning levels down to mid 6’s but recently they have crept up to the 7’s and I’m very unhappy about that. However, I’m convinced that other illnesses impact on morning levels particularly pain and inflammation overnight which you obviously have and I do too. When we are in pain, our bodies flood with hormones that raise blood glucose and that’s hard to tackle because the other medical issues don’t go away simply to accommodate!
Do a bit more testing to get a feel of how things look through the day. Despite what your nurse suggests, I think this, along with a food diary will help to give a comprehensive picture of what is happening. Waking levels of 12 to 14 are rather high and you may need additional help to get them down. However, it’s early days for you so give yourself a chance to level out the waking figures and hopefully they will stabilise. Well done on the weight loss! Best wishes.

Thanks Amigo I think I will test about 2 hrs before my dinner. I have good days and bad days with nerve pain . I will post later my results thanks everyone

 

[trophywench]

Why 2 hours before dinner Shirley? What help will that result provide you with?

 

[mikeyB]

I agree with the gang about pain and BG. With regard to the nerve pain, Shirley, my wife also had a cerebral haemorrhage some years ago, and was initially on opiates for nerve pain, but the best thing was Pregabalin. She had tried Gabapentin, but was so doped on them she had to change to the Pregabalin. She’s doing very well on it, with some breakthrough pain on occasions.