Orion wrote: » I'd been guzzling Coke and eating a lot of chocs/sweets etc. I've obviously cut all them out. Made some changes to diet - cut out white bread in favour of brown. Instead of crisps/choc having yoghurt or fruit. Apart from my coke/chocs my diet wasn't all that bad but I was snacking a lot. I do a lot of baking so found some low sugar recipes - breads I make are usually wholegrain anyway. Always looking for recipes so fire some my way. So anyway sugars heading in the right direction. My routines are changing to eat better and more regularly. Looking at this more like an opportunity to be healthier than something limiting.
Orion wrote: » My blood sugar was too high for his machine to read - so over 27. He sent me straight to ED after telling me I have diabetes - not quite what I expected to hear.
2 nights in hospital and feeling like a pin cushion. HbA1c was 124! Got it down to 15.1 and the let me home on Medformin with instructions to take a week of Diamicron if it stayed over 10 at the weekend - it was 11.3 so taking that for a week since Sunday (later than day I did a 30k hilly cycle and it dropped to 6.4 but up a little since).
CramCycle wrote: » Wow, it's been awhile since I had bloods that high. Any other symptoms if you don't mind me asking? That is an epic come down in a short period, nothing short of simply incredible. I fear you may have many others jealous.
kippy wrote: » Hi All, So I've some form of Diabetes. Diagosed around the 23rd of March. I hadn't been feeling any of the usual pointers to diabetes but I had taken a blood test with a kit at home a week before the the levels were off the charts so went to the doctor. I've since been to the clinic where further blood tests have been taken to see what Type I have. In the meantime I had been put on 500mg of Metformin twice a day. Over the past two weeks I've been put on insulin (Basel 9 units) and the rapid acting insulin prior to meals in consultation with the nurse who I speak with every couple of days. Since I took the home blood test I've cut out almost all "bad foods" and gotten at least 30 minutes activity in each day, started on couch to 5K also and taken up cycling. Based on the insulin I am taking I am thinking and have been told it may be late onset type 1 but will await proper results on that. My BP, Kidney function is fine however I have slightly elevted colestrol which I have been given medication for - I would hope my lifestyle and dietry changes will bring this under control anyway. I am almost 40 and my father, uncle and various cousins have had type 2 for varying amounts of years. There's some great information and stories in this thread, thanks to all of you. At the moment I am working hard to adjust my pre meal intake to match the meal and working with the nurse to amend my doses in general. I don't have any questions that havent been answered as of yet but that will probably change. Thanks for reading.
Harry Palmr wrote: » Just got my appointment for a virtual consultation with my diabetic nurse for next week.
Wanton wrote: » Hi Folks, Since it doesnt look like the Libre is going to be made available fully on the LTI any time soon, can anyone fill me on in the requirements for getting the Dexcom? I love the Libre, its great, but the cost is just too much at the moment Thanks
questionmark wrote: » Hi , if you self fund it's 188 a month (after claiming vat back) To get HSE funding your endo has to apply for you and you need one of the following • More than 1 episode a year of severe hypoglycaemia with no obviously preventable precipitating cause. • Complete loss of awareness of hypoglycaemia. • Frequent (more than 2 episodes a week) asymptomatic hypoglycaemia that is causing problems with daily activities. • Extreme fear of hypoglycaemia. • Hyperglycaemia (HbA1c level of 75 mmol/litre [9%] or higher) that persists despite testing at least 10 times a day (see recommendations 3.6.11 and 3.6.12).
Wanton wrote: » Many thanks, I dont meet any requirements so They dont make it easy.
CramCycle wrote: » Ask your consultant what you need to get it, then tell them you have that thing. or even better find out who your Nurse in charge of them is, and try to meet them instead of the consultant, they will know the actual system better.
banie01 wrote: » +1 on this, if you have a nurse practioner led clinic get on to them and see what they advise.
Wanton wrote: » I am under Dr Hatunic in the Mater public. I tried to bring it up with him after I saw good result while self funding the Libre, but he was beyond dismissive. Made me feel like a 10yr old kid. Its been a long time since I was 10yrs old. I will need to check and see the next time I am due back in with the nurses in the day clinic. Thanks.
Harry Palmr wrote: » 7.5 isn't a spike really! It's going to be hard to isolate which food created a slightly higher reading, I'd ignore it other than to make a note (which you've just done in effect)
banie01 wrote: » I'd give half a pancreas for a 7.5 morning reading, let alone after an Indian My usual morning reading is between 9 and 11 That said it does come back into far better control during the day and my HbA1c over the last few years has averaged at @6.5. An Indian, particularly Korma or Biryani even without Naan will always leave me in double digit the next morning. Endo reckons I have a leaky liver and dawn phenomenon, couple that with an awful sleeping pattern and I've learned that in my own particular case i'm far better focusing on afternoon readings pre-dinner and my HbA1c for a more realistic picture. I'd love to have a libre or other continuous glucose monitor to see just what the fúck my pancreas gets up to! :pac:
calfmuscle wrote: » My dad and me and a good friend all used to be exactly the same mornings always over 10. Then I went on tresiba and it was a game changer and the other 2 switched over and had the same results. Morning nearly always between 4 and 6.
banie01 wrote: » I've yet to find a GLP-1 that agrees with me, great effect on my control when I was on Victoza but the side effects weren't worth it. I may give the newer generation a try, Ozempic or one of those when they get approval here. I was shifted to a combo of insulin and oral meds a few years ago and I've been lucky enough to get my control tight enough that I've been off insulin now for 16 months and kept control tight.
