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[Raymond1]

Hi everyone.
Although I've suffered from reactive hypoglycaemia for 20 years,I was diagnosed with Diabetes type 2 about a month ago.
I started feeling quite unwell last Summer and my hypos were getting more frequent. I really felt off beam. I was tired most of the time,had blurred vision,I was distant,dizzy and shaky most of the time. I felt exhausted and couldn't stand noise much. I thought that it was some sort of break down. I went to see my Doctor who sent me for blood test then she rang me to announce that I had diabetes type 2. In a way I was relieved at first as the Doctor explained that I was showing most of the symptoms of unmanaged diabetes.
Since I found out , I have gone onto a low carb diet and cut out caffeine totally. I don't drink alcohol or smoke. I am still feeling a bit ragged around the edges but I seem to be managing this with diet.
Before I ate huge amounts of Mars bars and biscuits etc with a view to keeping my blood sugars up. My hypos terrified me. I have to say that I had little support for this,so tried to self manage RH myself.
I am still having false hypos at around 6.5mml but know what they are now.
I have Emphysema, peripheral vascular disease, intermittent claudication, spinal stenosis as well. Even though I accept this new label, I feel sad that it's here.I know that I will be able to manage it over time but I just would like one day to feel ok for a day. That isn't a poor me statement by the way. Just a wish. Thanks for letting me share this. Ray.

 

[stephknits]

Welcome to the forum, Ray, glad you found us. This is a great place to ask anything you like, let off steam, or visit out virtual cafe and pig out!

 

[Kitty cat]

Hi Ray,
I've recently been diagnosed type two, I have other health conditions too. Sorry you've been feeling poorly, this should improve as your blood sugars stabilise.
Hope you feel better soon.
Take care

 

[Radders]

Hi Ray and welcome to the forum.
It sounds like you’ve really got a handle on self-management and hopefully this forum will give you another helpful item in your toolkit.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

Hello Ray, and welcome 🙂

My partner has hypoglycaemia too, so I can understand the panic eating of sugary stuff to try to keep your blood sugar up. He has found though that the things which help with it in the long term are eating little and often rather than eating big meals; combining fat with sugar so the effect lasts longer (eg eating a yogurt instead of a piece of fruit); and in particular eating that yogurt last thing at night, so he doesn't wake up in the night starving. He's also found that very small amounts of sugar are enough to raise his blood sugar when he's hypo - a carrot will do the trick just as well as a biscuit, as well as being healthier! Not something which would work for someone on insulin having a hypo, but for reactive hypoglycaemia it's a useful thing to know.

I hope you're able to continue managing the diabetes with diet and you can balance it against the hypoglycaemia.