Funny Old Day

[Twinkle]

Hi everyone,

Hope you're all ok and enjoying some non-rainy weather!

I'm 10 weeks into the big D now, lost about 22lbs and all going ok. One of the ridiculous issues I had was fear of finger pricking, but I'm over it! In fact I need some more test strips, but my surgery are happy to give me a prescription.

I started at Dx with bloods around 11/12. 6 weeks in, my readings all started with a '5'. Today though I felt a bit wobbly - sort of dizzy-ish and yawny and a bit nauseous. So I tested and was 3.7. I didn't have anything sugary, but my friend gave me a small carton of apple juice (drank about a third, really not liking the taste nowadays!). I gave it 15 minutes then tested at 5.5 so just assumed that had done the trick.

This all happened just before lunch (I hadn't eaten since breakfast at 7am) so off I trotted and had a small tuna sarnie and a small piece of quiche. Left it about 2 hours, tested again and was 4.9.

So does this all sound normal? I would have thought the lunch would put me up more than that, and was the 3.7 'wobble' just one of those things?

My GP and nurses keep telling me that Metformin won't allow me to 'hypo' so I haven't planned for low sugars by keeping jelly babies or anything, so I wonder if I should?

Thanks
Jane

 

[Northerner]

Jane, you sound as though you are doing extremely well! 🙂 The 3.7 would have been lower than you are used to experiencing, therefore you felt some of the symptoms of low blood sugar, and you did exactly the right thing drinking the apple juice, but not too much! The apple juice has sugar in it and will lift your blood sugar levels as you saw. Keep something similar, or some jelly babies, dextrose tablets handy should it happen again. Although 3.7 is technically a 'hypo', it was not dangerously low, which is only likely if you are on insulin or certai other medications. Non-diabetics can get levels of 3.5 if they haven't eaten or been very active.

Many congratulations on your weight loss - superb! Keep up the good work! 🙂

 

[Twinkle]

Thanks for your reply 🙂 Glad I did the right thing, and that's only because I read everything on here so it must be sinking in!

I read yesterday (perhaps it was eat2live?) somebody saying that they are looking at their diabetes as a blessing to get healthy and I totally agree.

Have purchased jelly babies and will carry around! Fortunately I've never actually liked sweets so they'll be no temptation to eat them when not necessary! Now, if it was a fresh, genuine cornish pasty then it could be a different story.....!!

Thanks again x

 

[Sheilagh1958]

Thanks for your reply 🙂 Glad I did the right thing, and that's only because I read everything on here so it must be sinking in!

I read yesterday (perhaps it was eat2live?) somebody saying that they are looking at their diabetes as a blessing to get healthy and I totally agree.

Have purchased jelly babies and will carry around! Fortunately I've never actually liked sweets so they'll be no temptation to eat them when not necessary! Now, if it was a fresh, genuine cornish pasty then it could be a different story.....!!

Thanks again x

Well done Twinkle.............great weight loss you are doing really well. I am with you on looking at Diabetes as a blessing Iam a lot healthy now than I have been for years

 

[Northerner]

...Have purchased jelly babies and will carry around! Fortunately I've never actually liked sweets so they'll be no temptation to eat them when not necessary! Now, if it was a fresh, genuine cornish pasty then it could be a different story.....!!

Thanks again x

Haha! I love the idea of using fresh Cornish Pasties as hypo treatments! I'm sure it happens in some parallel universe!