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High Blood sugars for the last few weeks

jeanette474
jeanette474
My blood sugar has been for the last few years somwhat in control. What I have realized is that I am not taking this diabetes thing as seriously as I should. I do not cheat regarding sugar, but do eat carbs and do not count my carbs. I also work in a high stress environment with the mentally ill in a vocational rehab. The last few weeks my blood sugars have been higher than usual like in the 300. Usually at 230 I do not feel well but it does go down. These last few weeks they have been wayyyyyyy too high which is unusual because I am not doing or eating anything different that would cause these highs. I feel very tired, urinating a lot and feel kinda spacy, as tho I cannot think straight.

Could the highs I have been experiencing the last few weeks cause this since this has never happened to me since I have had diabetes. I take Metforim 1 in am and 1 in pm, 1000mg and one Januavia 50mg in the am. Any advice would be helpful. I just had a A1c blood test yesterday and will be going to the doc second week of June.
deleted_user
deleted_user
yes, the high #\'s you are getting can cause you to feel foggy minded. and of course, the urinating occurs more often. don\'t be surprised if you get a yeast infection soon.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes I agree those #\'s are to high. even the 2oo is not a controlled #. Carbs counting is very important. Especially at first so you can see the #\'s. Most are shocking!
I am going to a Bariatric Dr. and I really like the way they say to check carbs.
Count carbs, say you are having a sandwich (2) slices of bread depending on the type of bread each slice could be around 36 each so that is 72 carbs just for the bread. We\'ll stop there, take your total carb = 72 divide by 4 = 18 you can consider this teaspoons of sugar. So instead of eating two slices of bread you could have just 18 teaspoons of sugar NO we would not!
When I think about it this way I really think twice before scarfing the carbs.
Hope this helps, Good Luck
Linda