Newbie struggling

[Booroo]

Hi recently diagnosed type 2 hbalc 48 diet control at mo but I’m 52 this was genetic as have other kidney issues am on hrt and everything gone up the poo.
I told my nurse I though I was having hypo in nighttime so advised eat low carb supper but I have been up last couple nights peeing a good 6 times or more and felt rubbish ,managed t finally get blood out finger and it 8.4 at 1am! Because I’m also on bp tablets one is a diuretic I’m worried about potassium cos that’s variable with me but had bloods yesterday
Does anyone have a recommendation for which hrt is safe to use as I was on Evorel conti briefly and it says it can cause issues and need more check ups
Thank you x

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sorry to hear how difficult you are finding things @Booroo

Did you check your levels overnight when you felt the symptoms of a hypo? And what was the number?

8.4 is higher than you’d ideally want to be, but it’s not quite at the level which usually triggers the body to try to expel extra glucose in urine, that’s usually more like 10mmol/L sometimes called the ‘renal threshold’. Perhaps that’s different in your case because of the kidney troubles.

48mmol/mol is just over the line into a diabetes diagnosis, so you might fond some relatively modest tweaks to your meals to reduce your overall carb intake (alongside cutting out the obvious sweet and sugary things) helps a great deal.

Good luck, and let us know how you get on 🙂

 

[Leadinglights]

With an HbA1C of 48mmol/mol you are just over the threshold for diagnosis and usually at that level people will not get symptoms which is why their diagnosis is overlooked until their level is much higher so in some way you are fortunate in the early alert.
Many find a low carb approach is successful but it is a good idea to reduce carbs slowly to allow your body to adjust. For some people the carb reduction leads to weight loss which initially is fluid so that can explain extra loo visits. The other reason can be from a UTI.
Have a look at this link for a low carb approach which is based on the suggested no more than 130g carbs not just sugar per day as a good starting point, it is not NO carbs. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/