Hello, my name is Nina Menzies and I have not posted anything for a while, but do have a question. Over the last few months I have been monitoring my sugar a bit more closely and have managed to bring my reading down from 58 to 52 and I have lost nearly two stones in weight. However, I have hit a brick wall lately and finding it very difficult to manage my readings. I recently came across the article from RJM Davey, which I found very inspirational. As a diabetic, do we need to ensure that we don't have spikes at all and ensuring a even line where by readings are always between 6-7. I do get a spike at least once or twice a week, I would like to get my next blood test down to below 50, but finding it very hard. Thank you!
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Hi . I do wish these people lived in the real world. It’s virtually impossible for us to avoid spikes , mind you it does rather depend on what you mean by a spike , to me it’s going into double figures , but I’ve seen some on here who are going say 2 or 3 mmol/l above their norm a spike .
Even non Ds spike it’s just that their pancreas can deal with it swiftly where ours is broken .
Now I am not saying he isn’t right about spikes , it’s just that it’s impossible to avoid them totally.
So please don’t get hung up on the occasional one 🙂
Even non Ds spike it’s just that their pancreas can deal with it swiftly where ours is broken .
Now I am not saying he isn’t right about spikes , it’s just that it’s impossible to avoid them totally.
So please don’t get hung up on the occasional one 🙂
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That isn’t what you would see in a person with a fully functioning pancreas, so it isn’t necessary for people with diabetes to aim for that either.
To be honest I think aiming for too narrow a target risks ‘diabetes burnout’ and becoming overwhelmed by it, rather than learning to live alongside it in relative harmony.
It is prudent to aim for a fairly stable blood glucose profile, ideally between 4 and 8.5 for as much of the time as you can manage (a little higher if T1), with as little glucose variability and instability as you can manage, but it isn’t possible or beneficial to aim for no spikes at all in my opinion.
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