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[MoonStar1970]

Hi, I am new hear. Diagnosed with Type 2 last July, managed to get numbers down to 45 in October. Did this through diet, no medication. Was doing OK until a couple of weeks ago, now feel all over the place again, had two hypos in the last five days, numbers dipped to 2.9 at its lowest. I have not changed much in my diet, other than the occasional potatoes and chocolate....naughty I know. My numbers are never higher than 8 after meals. Can not get to see my DN until the 4th of April. Looking forward to learning lots. Thank you. Sharon

 

[Martin.A]

You say you've had 2 hypos, but whilst hypos are a risk for those on medication such as insulin they are not usually associated with T2s who are managing by diet, so I'm a bit puzzled and can only imagine it might be reactive hypoglycaemia https://www.diabetes.co.uk/reactive-hypoglycemia.html

What were your symptoms?

 

[Inka]

Welcome @MoonStar1970 🙂

 

[Leadinglights]

It depends on when you had the hypos, if it was after a higher carb meal than usual then your pancreas may have got a bit over enthusiastic and over produced insulin so sent your blood glucose a bit low. Normally the liver will jump into action and release some glucose to help out.
Keeping a food diary may help pin down a reason.

 

[MoonStar1970]

You say you've had 2 hypos, but whilst hypos are a risk for those on medication such as insulin they are not usually associated with T2s who are managing by diet, so I'm a bit puzzled and can only imagine it might be reactive hypoglycaemia https://www.diabetes.co.uk/reactive-hypoglycemia.html

What were your symptoms?

Hello, I was shaky, felt faint, like all over the place

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sorry to hear about the hypos @MoonStar1970

The must have been pretty unpleasant!

Did they occur at roughly the same time of the day? Or was there any kind of pattern you could see - eg so many hours before or after eating? Have you been more active than usual recently?

As others have said, these are a little unusual in people who aren’t taking glucose-lowering medication, so lots of the standard advice online may not be very helpful to you

 

[Inka]

Hello, I was shaky, felt faint, like all over the place

You could keep notes about these hypos (what time, what blood sugar, when you’d last eaten, what you were doing or had just done, eg exercise) and you might see a pattern, or your nurse might.