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Some advice please!!

Wow! What a lovely, helpful knowledgeable bunch you are 🙂

I have to confess to being a bit overwhelmed by all that great info, as I said, I have learning difficulties and find it hard to process information. Fortunately I have someone to help with this 🙂

Okay, so I need to get my mitts on a BG moniter, right? Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced but accurate one, please? Preferably from Amazon so I can have it super quickly..

Right, so, how do I do it? ..
.wake up - take a reading?
.take another reading before eating something?
.Another two hours later?
.If I start feeling dodgy, take a reading, and if it's high...? not sure on that one. What is too high actually..
.If it's too low, have a glucose tablet thing, or just a few jelly babies?
What happens then? Won't it just plummet again?
How do I get to the point where I just don't want sweet things? I know it's definitely possible because I did it for years by eating low glycemic foods. I know the obvious response to that is - well just do that then, but this time it's kind of a psychological/emotional eating thing tied in with poor mental health issues. Sweet food is to me, the the equivalent of alcohol to an alcoholic, so this is why I have enlisted the help of moujarno..
I just need to understand how, if when/if, my sugars are low, ( and it's not just a case of what a few people have mentioned here about higher levels feeling like the norm), if I'm taking sugar onboard regulary to counter this, how will it ever go away? When I successfully weaned myself off processed carbs and sugar, it took about 6 weeks of complete sweet stuff abstinence, and my understanding was that every time I were to have some, I was back at the start again. Are you with me?
Thanks again you guys for your help, it is SO much appreciated 🙂
 
The Contour Blue and Spirit Tee 2 meters are often recommended here @lala9 , as they give reliable results and the test strips are reasonably priced (some are very expensive).

You can take readings when you like, but useful ones to do are on waking (before you get out of bed), before breakfast and 2hrs after the start time of your breakfast, before lunch and 2hrs after the start time of your lunch, and the same for your evening meal. You could also test if you feel weird.

You’re unlikely to get hypos (very low blood sugar) as they’re generally caused by medication eg insulin. If you get a surprising result, wash your hands and test again to confirm it. Ideally your blood sugar would be less than 8.5 two hours after your meal. Keep records of your results and use them to find what meals work for you - ie give you good results.
 
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