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Group 7-day waking average?

Still high, 14.4 this am. Sigh.
 
5.7 this morning
 
18.2 for me :((((
 
I was at 20.2 going to bed. I have an appointment with the diabetic nurse next tuesday. It can't come soon enough. Makes me wonder if these high numbers are not high enough to be worrying. The drs don't seem too concerned!
 
Doddy said:
I was at 20.2 going to bed. I have an appointment with the diabetic nurse next tuesday. It can't come soon enough. Makes me wonder if these high numbers are not high enough to be worrying. The drs don't seem too concerned!
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I think you really need to put your foot down if you feel you are being fobbed off at your appointment. Your levels are currently around three times the normally accepted upper limit and any doctor or nurse who is not concerned by this needs their diabetes education reviewing :( I'm afraid that the longer you continue with such levels, the higher your risk of complications in the future. It can sometimes be difficult to be assertive with health care professionals as we are often brought up to revere them and respect their authority, but if they are not giving you the advice and treatment you need then you must be firm and challenge them - it is your health at stake, not theirs.

I do hope things go well and that you can finally get a treatment regime that shows good improvements 🙂
 
for someone in my position, would you expect them to put me on metformin, and diet and exercise? Or would it be reasonable to try diet and exercise first.
I don't know how long my bg have been high, I have been feeling like this for quite a while. The only time my bs were ever tested before was when I had a seizure (epileptic) and an ambulance was called..they tested and it was below 3, and i was treated with some horrible gel stuff. So I could have been having high BS for quite a while :/

Roll on tuesday! I will give her a chance and see what she comes up with...
 
Doddy said:
for someone in my position, would you expect them to put me on metformin, and diet and exercise? Or would it be reasonable to try diet and exercise first.
I don't know how long my bg have been high, I have been feeling like this for quite a while. The only time my bs were ever tested before was when I had a seizure (epileptic) and an ambulance was called..they tested and it was below 3, and i was treated with some horrible gel stuff. So I could have been having high BS for quite a while :/

Roll on tuesday! I will give her a chance and see what she comes up with...
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I'm afraid I don't have much knowledge about Type 2 treatment approaches, as they seem to vary so much but I would have thought that your levels indicate some form of medication. If you've been adapting your diet to try and manage things better already then it isn't making much of an impact as yet, so I would expect some sort of medication to be prescribed. I know you are reluctant to take medication, but the most important thing right now is to start getting your levels closer to normal range. Once you have achieved this you may find that you are able to improve things with greater experience of what food is best for you and with extra activity 🙂
 
Sorry for the late post but a 4.2 for me today....🙂
 
23.5 at 4am 😱whacked in 8units of humalog and got it down to 9.5. Now trying to get it lower. My CGM sensors arrive today, hooray🙂
 
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