• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

Group 7-day waking average?

Northerner said:
Stitch, I'm worried about the levels you are getting, I don't think the medication you are on is helping much :( You mentioned elsewhere that you have a relative with Type 1, and I'm wondering if you might have been misdiagnosed. I know you have spoken of your battles with your weight, but being overweight doesn't necessarily mean you are Type 2. Whatever your type, you need more help to get your levels under control - when do you next see your doctor?
Click to expand...

Hi Northerner, Im not due to go back until December for my 3 month review, but I am thinking of going back sooner, they have already increased my metformin up to the max dose. My reading was 17 again this morning, but I think I know why today. Im looking at changing my diet more over the weekend to see if that makes any sort of difference. Ive got to try and get out of the weight watchers head and into the diabetic head!
 
Morning and hope it's not a ghoulish one for most...nice HS Flower!

A 6.1 for me this morning.

Stitch I think you could be absolutely right about the WW diet because when I looked at it this week it seemed too carb orientated for me. Even the specialist WW products are relatively too high in carbs. You should continue to lose weight with a diet more geared towards the diabetic need. Good luck!
 
Morning all, 5.9 for me today.
 
Stitch147 said:
Hi Northerner, Im not due to go back until December for my 3 month review, but I am thinking of going back sooner, they have already increased my metformin up to the max dose. My reading was 17 again this morning, but I think I know why today. Im looking at changing my diet more over the weekend to see if that makes any sort of difference. Ive got to try and get out of the weight watchers head and into the diabetic head!
Click to expand...
I don't think you should wait until December, the medication is clearly insufficient for your needs, so your GP needs to try something else.
 
Morning house special 5.2 today and I've found the way to deal with porridge! 2/3 bolus and add a small slice of toast to stop me going hypo before the porridge hits my digestive system. Perfect. Plus I hit my perfect bolus routine for my favourite Pret sweet potato and cauli curry with wild rice and quinoa so no Saturday afternoon hypo. Can you guess? 2/3 bolus :D
 
Well done KookyCat on your house special. 3.6 for me after being 10.0 at 2.30am.
 
Good morning all and 6.7 today 🙂
Great HS Kooky and so pleased you can now enjoy porridge. My favourite breakfast but only have it now when I feel rebellious!
That sounds a bit on the low side this morning Amanda. Hope you are feeling ok
 
Thank you Lindarose. The hypo symptoms woke me. But I'm feeling ok now that I've dealt with it. My BG levels are all over the place whatever I do.
 
Must be so frustrating for you. But glad you're feeling ok Amanda x
 
Thanks Lindarose. Yes it is frustrating, especially as there is no pattern. It is turning into a rollercoaster anytime that I eat. e.g. after lunch yesterday it went down to 4.4 for about 2 hours and then rapidly rose to over 10. It is the gastroparesis but I'm just aiming to focus on the good things in life!!! I'm loving my journalism course and I'm making the most of that x
 
That's such a positive attitude and there's a lot of power in positive thinking. Great you're enjoying the good thing 🙂
 
And I have 18 this morning! :(
 
Lindarose said:
That's such a positive attitude and there's a lot of power in positive thinking. Great you're enjoying the good thing 🙂
Click to expand...
Thank you Lindarose
 
Stitch147 said:
And I have 18 this morning! :(
Click to expand...
Hi Stitch I'm really sorry if I'm saying the wrong thing but I completely agree with Northerner that you need help now with your levels. I really, truly don't want to worry you but these levels are getting close to dangerous. If I were you I would go to a chemist this morning and buy a tub of ketone testing strips. I think they're about £5. Please then test for ketones. Hopefully you won't have ketones. But if you have high levels and ketones you need to get medical help ASAP to prevent a medical emergency. Please let us know how you get on.
 
I agree with the others stitch. What surprises me is your spectacular weight loss and how this doesn't seem to have impacted on these high levels as it normally would. Unless you're on a mega high carb diet, with the meds you're on, you shouldn't still be hitting these levels. They should be urgently considering whether you are type 2 in my humble opinion.

6.3 for me this morning. Nice HS special kooky and hope you can get some stabilisation soon AJ. I don't know much about gastoparesis but it sounds a real challenge for you! :( Nice figure for you this morning Linda 🙂

Best wishes to everyone.
 
I agree with everyone else Stitch. I was on 2g metformin which did nothing. Now I'm on gliclazide and they've lowered from high teens to hovering around the 11 mark! Please go back and ask for a different medication or more tests. It's annoying how the second you're diagnosed T2 they give you meds and don't wanna see you for 3 months! Good luck
 
Good morning everyone and 6.8 today.
Hope you all wake up to some good numbers. 🙂
 
Thank you Linda Rose. A much better 5.1 for me today, Stitch must have worn out the diabetes fairy so she'd no energy left to make mischief.
 
16.8 for me this morning! I know I ate poorly yesterday but didn't think it would push it so high! Oh well, I've only got 4 days left of a different medication anyway so will be making a doctors appointment in the next few days - might as well mention it then!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top