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Can Someone Please Explain..

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I’m confused (doesn’t take much) I see all these posts where people say if they eat certain foods occasionally (bread, chips, cake etc) it causes their blood sugar to rise and they feel awful. Although not officially diagnosed yet (need another test to confirm reading) I have never experienced anything after eating those sort of foods over the years (and guess I’ve probably had T2 for a year or so)...if I have high blood glucose levels would I not feel like that as well after eating them (BTW I’m not now, I’m talking about in the recent past)? They don’t always say how it affects them, just that they know they’ve had too many carbs/sugar...

I hope I don’t sound too stupid, I’m just trying to get my head around all this.
 
MrsAA said:
I’m confused (doesn’t take much) I see all these posts where people say if they eat certain foods occasionally (bread, chips, cake etc) it causes their blood sugar to rise and they feel awful. Although not officially diagnosed yet (need another test to confirm reading) I have never experienced anything after eating those sort of foods over the years (and guess I’ve probably had T2 for a year or so)...if I have high blood glucose levels would I not feel like that as well after eating them (BTW I’m not now, I’m talking about in the recent past)? They don’t always say how it affects them, just that they know they’ve had too many carbs/sugar...

I hope I don’t sound too stupid, I’m just trying to get my head around all this.
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It seems as with everything else it a can vary.
 
If you don't test then you don't know what your BG is at anytime, it's obviously higher than it should be given the hba1c reading, over time if your BG's are raised anyway then you may not notice any difference because your used to feeling that way and your body would see it as "normal" this is why when you lower BG levels many experience false hypo's even though their BG is absolutely in normal range, its because your body has adjusted to high BG's as it's "normal"

That's a lot of rambling but does it make sense?
xx
 
Kaylz said:
If you don't test then you don't know what your BG is at anytime, it's obviously higher than it should be given the hba1c reading, over time if your BG's are raised anyway then you may not notice any difference because your used to feeling that way and your body would see it as "normal" this is why when you lower BG levels many experience false hypo's even though their BG is absolutely in normal range, its because your body has adjusted to high BG's as it's "normal"

That's a lot of rambling but does it make sense?
xx
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Yes, I think so...so if I get my Hba1c level down from 56 to within the normal range and it stays there for a bit, if I started introducing more carbs/sugar then I would probably notice it...is that right?
 
MrsAA said:
it causes their blood sugar to rise and they feel awful.
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Hello @MrsAA
I guess their may be 2 basic reasons why people feel awful after an overload of carbs. One may be the feeling of remorse because they know from experience that it will put their blood sugars up. The other may be a more physical response.

Personally, as a type 2 I have never experienced this, although may be this is different for Type 1's.
Some high carb foods such as pastry and cakes do sometimes upset my digestion a bit, but I don't think that is too diabetes related, as it used to happen in pre-diabetic days as well.

The only way that I know that my Blood sugars are up is by testing, or from previous experience that I know for certain what foods will put my readings up.
So what worked for me was getting to know by testing and trial and error what are the danger foods for me.
 
Toucan said:
Hello @MrsAA
I guess their may be 2 basic reasons why people feel awful after an overload of carbs. One may be the feeling of remorse because they know from experience that it will put their blood sugars up. The other may be a more physical response.

Personally, as a type 2 I have never experienced this, although may be this is different for Type 1's.
Some high carb foods such as pastry and cakes do sometimes upset my digestion a bit, but I don't think that is too diabetes related, as it used to happen in pre-diabetic days as well.

The only way that I know that my Blood sugars are up is by testing, or from previous experience that I know for certain what foods will put my readings up.
So what worked for me was getting to know by testing and trial and error what are the danger foods for me.
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Thank you, I will get myself a monitor ASAP and see what it throws up
 
MrsAA said:
Yes, I think so...so if I get my Hba1c level down from 56 to within the normal range and it stays there for a bit, if I started introducing more carbs/sugar then I would probably notice it...is that right?
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Yes!

I typically feel mega tired, can't keep my eyes open and often feel nauseous.
 
Hi @MrsAA , like Toucan I didn't 'feel' any different, and the diagnosis came as quite a surprise as I had no idea about diabetes. Occasionally if I overindulged I'd feel a bit bloated, but that wasn't diabetes, that was just greed!

If your HbA1c is 56 then you're not massively far over the threshold of 48, and I would think that with a bit of determination and a few tweaks you could come down to a normal range. But you need to be careful about introducing carby foods back again, as you will negate all the good work.

As Toucan says, testing with a meter is the best way to find out what works for you.
 
as @trophywench says, yes, I know when my BG's are near 10mmol because my lower legs start tingling, if above 10 I develop a headache along with that yet when I was diagnosed I was much higher than that but felt fine as that's what my body was used to and classed as its norm at that time xx
 
I'm the same as @Kaylz ... Sometimes I can feel it at 9 but 10 or above and I get the tingly, twitchy leg feeling and if I am walking it starts to feel like my legs are heavy or I am wading through treacle. I wonder if as Type 1s because our bodies are unable to produce enough insulin to bring it down ourselves, we have learned to detect this through regular testing and become aware that we need to check and inject insulin when we feel like this whereas most Type 2s will produce enough insulin to bring it down themselves eventually, just that with insulin resistance it takes a bit longer than your normal non diabetic person so levels are raised for a bit longer than normal but will resolve itself.
 
I think it’s a very individual thing.

I rarely get symptoms of high BG unless they have remained there for a while. Before I used CGM with alarms I would sometimes get a surprise with a whopping spike (eg if a dose of insulin hadn’t absorbed properly) but have no feelings or sensations to give. me a heads up.

Occasionally I get a bit of an indigestion-type feeling, but it’s certainly not clear, and doesn’t reliably happen every time. 🙄
 
I don't feel it anywhere near 10 - nearer 20 (so high teens) probably and 20+ definitely.
 
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