SuzannaHarriet
New Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1.5 LADA
Hi everyone,
I was officially diagnosed at a T2 in July last year but a quick flick through my medical notes show that I've been diabetic for at least 5 years and it just wasn't flagged up.
Since July I've tried metformin, gliclazide, linagliptin and sitagliptin - turns out I'm allergic to gliptins. Before metformin my blood sugars were around 28mmol, with metformin nothing happened and with metformin 2g a day and gliclazide 30mg MR they went to around 20mmol on average.
I started on Novomix30 3 weeks ago and my daily averages are now about 15mmol with 18 units twice a day.
The only time my levels are below 10 is when I skip lunch and I've never had a morning glucose level of below 12.5, the average is 16.
My usual breakfast is either gluten free weetabix or scrambled egg on gluten free bread. I'm awful and tend to skip lunch or just eat something like a babybel - sometimes this puts my levels below 10 and sometimes it doesn't. Dinner is usually a family friendly meal such as lasagne, curry, or chicken something or other. My eldest is gluten and dairy free so I don't tend to have healthier grains in the house as he can't eat them.
In my opinion my diet isn't horrific, but it's probably too high in carbs.
I'm currently awaiting a referral for secondary care and I've just changed GP as my old GP was reluctant to do anything. He wasn't bothered about my levels being above 20mmol and didn't want to put me on insulin because I was 'still young and had a normal diet'. So hopefully a new GP and consultant will help get me within a target range and get me on the road to real management!
I thinks that's about it for me, so hi again!!
I was officially diagnosed at a T2 in July last year but a quick flick through my medical notes show that I've been diabetic for at least 5 years and it just wasn't flagged up.
Since July I've tried metformin, gliclazide, linagliptin and sitagliptin - turns out I'm allergic to gliptins. Before metformin my blood sugars were around 28mmol, with metformin nothing happened and with metformin 2g a day and gliclazide 30mg MR they went to around 20mmol on average.
I started on Novomix30 3 weeks ago and my daily averages are now about 15mmol with 18 units twice a day.
The only time my levels are below 10 is when I skip lunch and I've never had a morning glucose level of below 12.5, the average is 16.
My usual breakfast is either gluten free weetabix or scrambled egg on gluten free bread. I'm awful and tend to skip lunch or just eat something like a babybel - sometimes this puts my levels below 10 and sometimes it doesn't. Dinner is usually a family friendly meal such as lasagne, curry, or chicken something or other. My eldest is gluten and dairy free so I don't tend to have healthier grains in the house as he can't eat them.
In my opinion my diet isn't horrific, but it's probably too high in carbs.
I'm currently awaiting a referral for secondary care and I've just changed GP as my old GP was reluctant to do anything. He wasn't bothered about my levels being above 20mmol and didn't want to put me on insulin because I was 'still young and had a normal diet'. So hopefully a new GP and consultant will help get me within a target range and get me on the road to real management!
I thinks that's about it for me, so hi again!!