hi

[SMITHY]

not doing well with bloods

 

[Martin Canty]

Hi Smithy, welcome to the group.... Sorry to hear that you are not doing well with the bloods...

Tell us a little about yourself, what meds? do you test? what are your bg levels?

 

[SMITHY]

Hiya Martin Metformin (Sukkarto SR 1000MG) daily which upsets my tummy badly, GP has also prescribed ProD3 10K to be taken once a day, this is something new he tells me and I have it for 30 days only and then new blood tests will be done. I haven't tested for a few weeks as GP said forget it for a while. I know by my increasing thirst and urination that it is bad. Tell me what bg is please

 

[Martin Canty]

Blood Glucose....

I think that you'll find that on this forum we advocate testing frequently, particularly when feeling off..... That way we know what's going on in our bodies, sounds like your Blood Glucose levels are way high (just an educated guess)

What foods do you eat? have you cut back on starchy foods like bread, rice, potatoes etc?

 

[SMITHY]

Martin
Sorry for late reply I am on a PC which is in our spare bedroom. I left to cook hubbys dinner. I will begin testing again and I eat more carbs than I should I think. Cutting them out is hard as I take a huge dip and feel dizzy. I am going to try much harder. I am at dads in Wales shortly and out of WI FI. I appreciate this chat. I find that your numbers are confusing.I have read several threads and they are interesting.

 

[grovesy]

Rather than cutting them out why start with reducing them !

 

[trophywench]

And if the dip is huge, you will feel awful - we all do when it does that!

BUT of course, if you gradually reduce it generally, because it's a gradual reduction done over time, and you get used to being at lower levels for much more of the time - you won't feel awful !

 

[Beth1996]

Try portioning your meals into 4 a day instead of 3 days, I generally have meals about 8am 11am 3pm and 7pm this generally help as you feel less hungry so you don't have the same dip. Depending on if you are planning on losing weight aswell I generally have 400 calories per portion but you could up it 500 each meal. Try instead of carbs looking at sugar. It's the sugar not the carbs that are important. So to get your sugar with less carbs try humous or guacamole, add 100g of some sort of berries. Since I've done this I've had next to no hypos

 

[Martin Canty]

Try instead of carbs looking at sugar

Sugar is just one form of carb, in fact sugar metabolizes into glucose very quickly (hence producing big, quick spikes.Try eating a little more protein or full fat something (in place of the carbs).... Will help with the hunger & BG stability

Unfortunately false (and real Hypos) are something we have to deal with as we are getting out BG's under control, for that reason I carried (and still do) glucose tablets.... Fortunately no Hypos (false or real) for 6 months since quitting Glyburide.

 

[Northerner]

Try portioning your meals into 4 a day instead of 3 days, I generally have meals about 8am 11am 3pm and 7pm this generally help as you feel less hungry so you don't have the same dip. Depending on if you are planning on losing weight aswell I generally have 400 calories per portion but you could up it 500 each meal. Try instead of carbs looking at sugar. It's the sugar not the carbs that are important. So to get your sugar with less carbs try humous or guacamole, add 100g of some sort of berries. Since I've done this I've had next to no hypos

You have that the wrong way around - it's carbs that are important, not just sugar. All carbs convert to glucose, some quicker than others - sugar is just one form that converts quickly, but white bread actually converts even more quickly since it has to undergo fewer chemical processes in the body. So, it's fast-acting carbs that need to be watched. I'd suggest looking at the GL (Glycaemic Load) diet - it's an approach to selecting and combining foods so that they have a slow, steady impact on blood glucose levels. The GL Diet for Dummies is a very good introduction 🙂