Can anyone please enlighten me...

[Sharron1]

Hi,

Four months as T2 and still consider myself a newbie. Have worked hard on diet (low carbs etc along with metformin* (2000gm). Readings have been between 5-6 for quite a few weeks now, so that is ok. Have decided to test foods that originally caused problems but eat them at a different time. Toast ( as advised Burgen) in the afternoon (all good - 5.1), shreddies in the afternoon (all good- 5.9). Porridge remains in the morning as advised. In the absence of a medical practitioner - apart from smiley polite GP - what does this mean for my T2? I think it is the combination of meds and diet, does that sound right? Whatever is going on, it means I can have foods I like at a later time in the day - hooray.

* spell check has metformin as misinform...lol

 

[Amigo]

Hi,

Four months as T2 and still consider myself a newbie. Have worked hard on diet (low carbs etc along with metformin* (2000gm). Readings have been between 5-6 for quite a few weeks now, so that is ok. Have decided to test foods that originally caused problems but eat them at a different time. Toast ( as advised Burgen) in the afternoon (all good - 5.1), shreddies in the afternoon (all good- 5.9). Porridge remains in the morning as advised. In the absence of a medical practitioner - apart from smiley polite GP - what does this mean for my T2? I think it is the combination of meds and diet, does that sound right? Whatever is going on, it means I can have foods I like at a later time in the day - hooray.

* spell check has metformin as misinform...lol

Sounds excellent to me! 🙂

 

[Sharron1]

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Sounds excellent to me! 🙂

Thank you Amigo. As ever I am always over-cautious. Pride before a fall and all that. Just delighted I can have the foods I like, I can live with it at different times.

 

[Amigo]

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Thank you Amigo. As ever I am always over-cautious. Pride before a fall and all that. Just delighted I can have the foods I like, I can live with it at different times.

I’ve found I can now introduce small amounts of foods I avoided in the early stages but it’s regular testing that allows this as bad habits can creep in. I’ve never registered another Hba1c in diabetic range since diagnosis 3.5 yrs ago and to be honest, I rarely manage levels as low as yours after food. I’m not on any medication for diabetes however.

 

[CathyB]

I admire your courage 😳 I’m too scared to try anything I used to eat just in case I can’t get things back on track. Ironically my last appointment with the nurse, she asked me if I was allowing myself any off plan treats, I told her the same, I wouldn’t trust myself ​

 

[SB2015]

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Thank you Amigo. As ever I am always over-cautious. Pride before a fall and all that. Just delighted I can have the foods I like, I can live with it at different times.

Well done Sharron. By finding out what different foods do to your BG you can make informed decisions.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

That sounds as though it's working really well for you, Sharron. I think it's common for our bodies to process foods differently at different times of day - I know I'd need roughly twice the amount of insulin for something in the morning as I'd need for it in the afternoon.

 

[Eddy Edson]

Hi,

Four months as T2 and still consider myself a newbie. Have worked hard on diet (low carbs etc along with metformin* (2000gm). Readings have been between 5-6 for quite a few weeks now, so that is ok. Have decided to test foods that originally caused problems but eat them at a different time. Toast ( as advised Burgen) in the afternoon (all good - 5.1), shreddies in the afternoon (all good- 5.9). Porridge remains in the morning as advised. In the absence of a medical practitioner - apart from smiley polite GP - what does this mean for my T2? I think it is the combination of meds and diet, does that sound right? Whatever is going on, it means I can have foods I like at a later time in the day - hooray.

* spell check has metformin as misinform...lol

Maybe one question is how close you are to "remission" or "reversal" or whatever you might call it?

If you're up for a self-experiment, maybe you could jury-rig a rough oral glucose test by drinking a couple of cans of classic Coke or something (anyway, ~75g sugar) after fasting, and testing at 2 hours. https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/glucose-tolerance-test/about/pac-20394296

If you score < ~8, congrats! (probably). If < ~11, then semi-congrats for a "pre-diabetic" read (probably).

 

[Sharron1]

I admire your courage 😳 I’m too scared to try anything I used to eat just in case I can’t get things back on track. Ironically my last appointment with the nurse, she asked me if I was allowing myself any off plan treats, I told her the same, I wouldn’t trust myself ​

Hi,

I am not particularly courageous, just really want to know what can work and what doesn't. Most of my 'food tests' as you can see are pretty basic, just wanted to see what was going on.

 

[Sharron1]

Maybe one question is how close you are to "remission" or "reversal" or whatever you might call it?

If you're up for a self-experiment, maybe you could jury-rig a rough oral glucose test by drinking a couple of cans of classic Coke or something (anyway, ~75g sugar) after fasting, and testing at 2 hours. https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/glucose-tolerance-test/about/pac-20394296

If you score < ~8, congrats! (probably). If < ~11, then semi-congrats for a "pre-diabetic" read (probably).

Hi,

Not quite ready for that sort of bold testing, may be later on. I take it all incrementally, this week toast was a good enough result for me. Although I will do another test later on just to see if it is still ok! As for 'remission' or 'reversal', I don't quite see how that can be - I prefer to call it well-managed diabetes, stops me from getting over confident and ruining my beautiful food diary. Gold stars for any reading in the 4 range - not too many of them.

 

[Sharron1]

Hi,

I am not particularly courageous, just really want to know what can work and what doesn't. Most of my 'food tests' as you can see are pretty basic, just wanted to see what was going on.

Hi - me again,
I am now toying with the idea of trying with a banana tomorrow afternoon - may be just a small one. Not that I particularly like bananas but they do fill me up - anyone see any major (or minor) reasons why I should leave well alone - or should I go where angels fear to tread?

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Try it.

Information is the only way forwards.

 

[KARNAK]

I prefer to call it well-managed

Great quote Sharron, seems like you are coming on in leaps and bounds, well done.

 

[Jojo catwoman]

Sharron 1, I love bananas and have a small one about 2 x per week. I was told by the specialist nurse that is fine.

 

[HOBIE]

If am lucky I might have two bananas a year. That's what marathon runners have to get back from a run. Quick carbs ?

 

[Jojo catwoman]

Sorry I don't get what you mean?

 

[Drummer]

Oh those nurses - not a clue not a single clue.
My educator (ha) told me that type ones don't have to count the carbs from beans as they don't need insulin.
They live in cloud cuckoo land.