LCB
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
Hi all. I'm returning after a long absence of discovery, action and inaction. Basically I'm type 2, diagnosed around 2005 at which time I registered here, then a long voyage from "it'll never impact me that badly" to "Oh b*gger". Since that enlightenment, I've applied what I've surmised and learnt to get better control. Thankfully all appendages intact, but not without some light damage to my eyes and my IQ has dropped from what I remember as 180+ to a lower level. Yes, sadly the brain has capillaries too. When I started my working life I was taught and understood the calculation of shock waves from supersonic aircraft flight (wing profiling). There were no computers. Nowadays the logic of the Chancellor is beyond my comprehension. Is that just me?
It occured to me in early 2023 that:
a) I'm insulin resistant
b) my blood sugars by consequence are substantial and uncontrolled.
c) Sugars induce the pancreas to create insulin
d) As they are not dissipated the pancreas continues with excess insulin creation.
e) The body can convert carbohydrates to fat and, via the liver, more sugar.
So, I am now following a fairly strict Keto lifestyle. This is not for weight loss but this is a happy byproduct. This is my second year.
My meds started with two slow release Metformin and four Gliclazide. My wake-up call was being told I was being put on insulin without options. Basically I left that surgery and hence took to Keto. I measured up to 10 times a day for better understanding and control. As my BS dropped below 4 mmol twice in a row, I dropped a Gliclazide. Before Christmas I was down to a single Gliclazide and the two Metformin. I was in discussion with my new surgery regarding how to approach the Metformin reduction.
Then the generosity of my family kicked in (lunch, under the tree) and duty kicked in and I'm back on two Gliclazide and fighting my blood levels back down.
I now come to a question to those who have had the stamina to get this far in my missive...
I was recently stopped from prescription test strips for my trusty Aga-Matrix meter, and given a Fine test Lite. This morning I tested and, despite the long overnight fast, had a level of 13.0 mmol. I immediately tested again and just those few seconds later my blood dropped to 10.8. I'm not dead yet so I'm guessing there's a meter/strip inaccuracy at play, well outside the recommended standard.
When the BS gets down to 4 or less I need accuracy and confidence in my equipment.
I'm thinking of self-funding a Sinocare Accu2
Any recommendations? That is, beyond the inevitable people who state I shouldn't try to fix myself, just follow the routine given by NHS indoctrination based on what is written in black and white, albeit published prior to the incredible advances made in the last decade.
Sorry for the cynicism but the same diabetic nurse that insisted I must be on insulin insisted that my recommended diet must be predominantly carbohydrate based and that I must eat breakfast even if I wasn't hungry. For those who were unaware, the axiom "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" was reportedly originally coined by the American John Kellog when launching his new product - Cornflakes.
Anyway, congratulations to anyone who has read this far, to me for the patience to type it all on a mobile phone, and to my wife who's been sat patiently whilst I did.
Time for a cuppa - no sugar
It occured to me in early 2023 that:
a) I'm insulin resistant
b) my blood sugars by consequence are substantial and uncontrolled.
c) Sugars induce the pancreas to create insulin
d) As they are not dissipated the pancreas continues with excess insulin creation.
e) The body can convert carbohydrates to fat and, via the liver, more sugar.
So, I am now following a fairly strict Keto lifestyle. This is not for weight loss but this is a happy byproduct. This is my second year.
My meds started with two slow release Metformin and four Gliclazide. My wake-up call was being told I was being put on insulin without options. Basically I left that surgery and hence took to Keto. I measured up to 10 times a day for better understanding and control. As my BS dropped below 4 mmol twice in a row, I dropped a Gliclazide. Before Christmas I was down to a single Gliclazide and the two Metformin. I was in discussion with my new surgery regarding how to approach the Metformin reduction.
Then the generosity of my family kicked in (lunch, under the tree) and duty kicked in and I'm back on two Gliclazide and fighting my blood levels back down.
I now come to a question to those who have had the stamina to get this far in my missive...
I was recently stopped from prescription test strips for my trusty Aga-Matrix meter, and given a Fine test Lite. This morning I tested and, despite the long overnight fast, had a level of 13.0 mmol. I immediately tested again and just those few seconds later my blood dropped to 10.8. I'm not dead yet so I'm guessing there's a meter/strip inaccuracy at play, well outside the recommended standard.
When the BS gets down to 4 or less I need accuracy and confidence in my equipment.
I'm thinking of self-funding a Sinocare Accu2
Any recommendations? That is, beyond the inevitable people who state I shouldn't try to fix myself, just follow the routine given by NHS indoctrination based on what is written in black and white, albeit published prior to the incredible advances made in the last decade.
Sorry for the cynicism but the same diabetic nurse that insisted I must be on insulin insisted that my recommended diet must be predominantly carbohydrate based and that I must eat breakfast even if I wasn't hungry. For those who were unaware, the axiom "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" was reportedly originally coined by the American John Kellog when launching his new product - Cornflakes.
Anyway, congratulations to anyone who has read this far, to me for the patience to type it all on a mobile phone, and to my wife who's been sat patiently whilst I did.
Time for a cuppa - no sugar
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