Hi 🙂. type 2 diabetic, only told by Dr week before christmas. my GP put me on metformin then a locum took me off. glucose ranges from 4-26.1. care package is ****. any advice is appreciated.
That's quite a range of readings you have there! I guess you have a BG monitor as a consequence. The thing is to identify which foods are causing your peaks.
At diagnosis, I was told the following guidelines:
1) Before meals 4-7mmol/L
2) 2hrs after meals 7-9mmol/L
3) Avoid <4mmol/L (Hypo)
4) Avoid >10mmol/L (Hyper)
Also, if you are overweight, then try and lose it whichever way works for you. I started walking regularly each day, ate regularly (breakfast, lunch & tea) and reduced my portions.
I also kept an eye on how much carb I was eating and my meter told me whether I'd got that right or not. When I had a high reading (which fortunately became less and less frequent as my weight came off), I went for a quick 30min walk and that often brought me back down to an acceptable level.
But, ideally, you should be getting some info from your medical team because there may be things that we're not aware of here. So, take any advice that I have given with a pinch of salt because it may not necessarily be applicable to you. But, on the other hand it worked for me and I am now diet and exercise only plus feel great (most of the time).
Good luck and welcome to the forum.
Andy
🙂