Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...
I saw my diabetic educator today. (I'm not sure I really like her but I'm dealing with her.) My A1C when diagnosed was 7.4, the results from earlier this month was 5.9. This is my first labs since starting meds. My morning numbers are still high for what she wants but the rest of the day they are good. Actually lower than my morning numbers. My morning readings are not always a true fasting, and are never at the same time each day.
Today while in the office they took a glucose reading. It was low at 64. I had just eaten about an hour before, eggs and sausage, and had taken my reading before leaving home. It was 103. I took it again while waiting for her to come in, due to the low reading they got. I got 98. One of the staff came in to give me 4 glucose tablets. I didn't to take them as I was not feeling like I was low. And the readings I got with my meter were not that low. I told my diabetic educator that I didn't take the tablets and was told that my meter wasn't as accurate as theirs. (UM, if it is not accurate, then why am I using it?) I was also told that I do not know how I feel when I am low. (Um, I have learned what I feel like when I've been low so, yes, I think I do know how I feel.) She seems to discount everything I say. If I get a low reading on my meter then it's nothing, as it changes every 7 seconds. I'm carb counting and on some things I have just the label to go by, and I'm wrong because *labels lie*. Some times I just hate going to see her, and today was one of those days.
Thanks for allowing me to vent!
Today while in the office they took a glucose reading. It was low at 64. I had just eaten about an hour before, eggs and sausage, and had taken my reading before leaving home. It was 103. I took it again while waiting for her to come in, due to the low reading they got. I got 98. One of the staff came in to give me 4 glucose tablets. I didn't to take them as I was not feeling like I was low. And the readings I got with my meter were not that low. I told my diabetic educator that I didn't take the tablets and was told that my meter wasn't as accurate as theirs. (UM, if it is not accurate, then why am I using it?) I was also told that I do not know how I feel when I am low. (Um, I have learned what I feel like when I've been low so, yes, I think I do know how I feel.) She seems to discount everything I say. If I get a low reading on my meter then it's nothing, as it changes every 7 seconds. I'm carb counting and on some things I have just the label to go by, and I'm wrong because *labels lie*. Some times I just hate going to see her, and today was one of those days.
Thanks for allowing me to vent!
You are very patient, I would have left her long before now. As far as your meter goes..if you use the same one all the time..you adjust to those readings. I have two different meters and they never read the same..
I finally got insurance this past February and changed doctors immediately......boy.....am I glad I did. It has made all the difference in the world.
I know it is hard to find a new doctor, educator, dietitian when you have a crazy schedule.....but just do it.
Congrats on lowering your numbers.....I know you were struggling.
Keep up the good work and yes....you do know your body better than any one.
I like you know when I am low. I get really shaky and tired and feel completely drained of everything. I can also tell when I am high. I get very grumpy (that's putting it nicely) and nothing seems to be going my way.
I also think you should find another person to go to. They are supposed to be there to help you not degrade you.
Thank you all.
We listen to our bodies and that is the most important thing to remember and then we can act accordingly, do we sometimes get thrown for a loop sure, but then even then we can figure it out. And the meters we use are for a guide line to give us an idea and if a good meter they usually are not that far off from the doctor's several hundred dollars or more piece of equipment. I think the goal for the meter companies is to be within 5% of the doctors.
I am getting now where I can tell when my thyroid numbers are acting up, just by my morning blood pressure lol...
so listen to your body, go by your gut feelings, you usually are not wrong if you pay attention and in time as you go along in this journey you will get better at learning what your body is telling you