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I agree that 25.8 after a banana is way too high. What did you have with the banana? Did you wash your hands and retest? That is always the advice when you get a reading which doesn't match your expectation. Could have been a rogue test strip or some contamination on your finger.
Porridge maybe looking at the photo attached to the mySugr entry?
 
10.1 (phew) still not perfect but coming down and I realise I had cleared up the strawberries before so may have had some strawberry on my finger, its just that im feeling nauseas all the time and very tired the last few days so it worried me x - should I amend the reading on my app or just add this as a second one?
I think I would amend. It was clearly a mistaken high
 
I think I would amend. It was clearly a mistaken high
will do it now 🙂 It feels like Ive gone from an F to a C-on an exam paper. Weird as its not really our fault if our insulin is misbehaving (unless were binging on cake and candy) but a fruit considered healthy by most, it just is absurd to beat youself up over a banana, but why I felt the need to eat it I dont know, its like part of me didnt beleive it would do anything if I just did my 10 min glucose lowering exercises straight after eating them.

My flushes are getting worse at the moment, I am sitting here feeling the same as I did when I went into labour (contractions started with me feeling like I was filling up with hot water from my head down and this is the same but without the pain, also feel a bit sick and giddy too) Maybe I am about to give birth to a fruit salad (that will teach me for scoffing fruit)
 
will do it now 🙂 It feels like Ive gone from an F to a C-on an exam paper. Weird as its not really our fault if our insulin is misbehaving (unless were binging on cake and candy) but a fruit considered healthy by most, it just is absurd to beat youself up over a banana, but why I felt the need to eat it I dont know, its like part of me didnt beleive it would do anything if I just did my 10 min glucose lowering exercises straight after eating them.

My flushes are getting worse at the moment, I am sitting here feeling the same as I did when I went into labour (contractions started with me feeling like I was filling up with hot water from my head down and this is the same but without the pain, also feel a bit sick and giddy too) Maybe I am about to give birth to a fruit salad (that will teach me for scoffing fruit)
Banana is pretty high in carbohydrate compared to most other berries (yes, banana is technically a berry!) but even so, to go up nearly 20 mmol/l would seem like it would need more carbs than in a banana
 
Banana is pretty high in carbohydrate compared to most other berries (yes, banana is technically a berry!) but even so, to go up nearly 20 mmol/l would seem like it would need more carbs than in a banana
yes i had 59g carbs in that meal, maybe I shouldn't blame the banana but it was the only thing I added to my normal breakfast of porridge with strawberries, blueberries and cherries, which I am normaly an 8 at most (sometimes a 7) so yes a lot of carbs as I try and keep to 30g a meal, (will have less carbs at lunch and dinner) - I guess the banana isnt solely responsible just the tipping point.

But from washing my hands and the power of exercise the rise wasnt 20 mmol but 3.8 which is more acceptable 🙂

I read that exercising after a meal helps type 2 diabetes lower sugar. I dread to think what it would have been if I had slobbed on the sofa instead 🙂
 
Porridge maybe looking at the photo attached to the mySugr entry?
I couldn't blow the image up to be able to see it clearly but suspected it might be.... just didn't want to assume.
 
I couldn't blow the image up to be able to see it clearly but suspected it might be.... just didn't want to assume.
Guilty as charged 🙂
 
Pleased that you got a more reasonable retest result and would put it down to contamination.
Your exercise will help a little. Maybe 1-2 mmols at the very most but usually steady exercise needs to be quite prolonged 30-40 mins to start dropping levels and exertive exercise which causes muscle burn pushes your levels up..... but all exercise is good even just 5 mins so don't be discouraged.
It always amazes me how far I can brisk walk on 1 Jelly Baby which is about 5g carbs.....sometimes as much as 3 miles (45mins ish).... which I can see on my Libre graph and 5g carbs will raise my BG by about 1mmol, so that exercise is dropping me about 1 mmol.... although it will drop my levels much more through the night as my muscles refuel..... but we are all different.

As regards the overheating and chest pains you really need to see your GP. Did you get a liver/pancreas scan at diagnosis? Just wondering if it is a pancreas problem which is causing this pain and the diabetes. Other options might be to check thyroid as that affects temp regulation.
For me HRT the last couple of years has been amazing at regulating my body temp. Just because your periods have stopped doesn't mean you are over the menopause and the fact that you liken the sensation to when you were in labour suggests that it is possibly hormone related. It may even be that stopping smoking, losing weight and changing your diet has triggered a change in your hormone balance..... so it might be something to consider and discuss with GP.
 
I agree it is ridiculous to feel guilty about eating a banana, but your body doesn't really recognize whether those carbs are from 4 spoons of sugar or a banana, it just breaks them down and packs the glucose from them into your blood stream. It is important to experiment to find what your body can cope with so you shouldn't feel guilty, but it is also important to learn from the experiment and figure out how to moderate the way you eat so that your body can cope. It isn't about not eating bananas, it is about when you eat it (time of day is important), what you eat it with (other high carb foods like porridge will magnify it's effect) and how much of it at one go your body can cope with. Most of us are pretty insulin resistant on a morning so having a banana with breakfast may be the worst time of day. After a long walk perhaps in the afternoon or as dessert after dinner might be a better time and maybe just half the banana one day and the other half the next..... that way you get two treats and the chance to duplicate the experiment and see if you get consistent results.
 
Afternoon

It was 8.0 for me today

Went to bed fuming last night, seems my anxiety and contamination OCD has me labelled as just being lazy and leaving Bruce to do everything himself, I'm on Limited capability for work and work related activity because of my "issues" and being unable to leave the house by myself, being unable to touch anything without panicking and also because I spend hours a day washing my hands but because I haven't been at the new house doing things I'm lazy! I've done what I can with searching and ordering things, trying to resolve order issues and other things via live chats, phoned numerous places umpteen times and shot emails off like goodness knows what bur people see it fit to say I'm doing nothing, this has really wound me up and it will end up causing problems if he doesn't set them straight, as if I wasn't feeling bad enough already about being pretty much useless! 😡:( xx
 
sorry i haven't posted past couple of days, granddaughters have been staying this weekend.
Saturday was 4.9
Sunday and today 5
Above were not taken on waking as Granddaughters needed attending to before I could hide in Bathroom to take them
(girls are only 1 and 4 yrs old don't want them seeing Nanna pricking her finger) whereas I normally take BS before getting out of bed. WIll be interesting to see if it goes back to 4. something.
Hope everyone has had a good BH weekend
 
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Good morning everyone

The hell here continues sadly. My wifes mind is completely messed up.

BG 4.9 a mile or 2 from an HS

Today I walk for England, well, not really, but anything to get me out of the house for as long as possible. I am struggling to cope with my wifes paranoia which seems particularly bad right now.

Have a great day today whatever you are doing
 
Good morning everyone. 6'5.

I didn't sleep much for the last few nights and work has been mad with the bank holiday. Colleagues not showing up doesn't make it any easier! Sunday morning was the first time since diagnosed that I forgot to take my insulin. Had a reduced dose in the afternoon and my levels behaved better than I expected. Hopefully today will be nice and quiet 🙂

Oh, and I met my less favourite customer to date. Bitter middle aged lady, asked where I am from (Spain) and then "so, are you in the look out for a wealthy English man?". I didn't expect that. Laughed uncomfortably, said I'm not that type, made a little joke... And as I walked away my brain processed it: "this b**ch just called me gold digger in my face?". Sigh...
 
Good morning 6.4 today

have had a relaxing weekend but back to work today
Have a great day everybody 😎
 
4.8 this morning, go to get my new glasses today and rest of day will be spent putting house back to rights after this weekend, maybe a bit of gardening 😉
Hope everyone has a good day
 
Good morning everyone. 6'5.

I didn't sleep much for the last few nights and work has been mad with the bank holiday. Colleagues not showing up doesn't make it any easier! Sunday morning was the first time since diagnosed that I forgot to take my insulin. Had a reduced dose in the afternoon and my levels behaved better than I expected. Hopefully today will be nice and quiet 🙂

Oh, and I met my less favourite customer to date. Bitter middle aged lady, asked where I am from (Spain) and then "so, are you in the look out for a wealthy English man?". I didn't expect that. Laughed uncomfortably, said I'm not that type, made a little joke... And as I walked away my brain processed it: "this b**ch just called me gold digger in my face?". Sigh...
Would have asked her if there were any wealthy English men left and could she point me in right direction if she knew where they were. 😉:rofl:
 
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