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i got type 2 diabeties in 2008 and was put on medication and all was well in 2010 things changed when i become stressed with homelessness when house i was renting sold. so i went from taking 1 diaformin 1000mg once a day to taking 2 this didnt work so the doctor added 1 gliclazide 30 mg this worked and in less then 3 months i lost 20kgs and my sugar levels were great 6 in the mornings up to a max of 12 at highest. then i got abit lazy in checking my sugar levels cause they were so good and i felt so good and then all of a sudden my weigh started coming back on and i went back to the doctor cause my sugar levels were back to 20 so he made me have 2 of the gliclazide tablets aday and this didnt work so i was made this year in may to taking 4 of them aday plus the 2 diaformins and started with the diabties educator which i had never been to before. when things didnt improve she decided to start me on the new drug byetta but i wasnt told to keep on the other tablets so i stoped them and they trialed me a month before she asked if i was still on the other medication, and i said no u didnt tell me to keep the tablets going. so the doctor came in and had a look at my results the last month and said ok go back on the diaformin twice a day but leave the others and see what happens. my sugar levels have been over 15 for 3 months now and when i added the tablets on friday just gone (2 days ago) my levels went over 20 which is what they were on friday while at the doctors. then on sat nite they were the highest i have ever seen at 3am sat morning they were 31 (hadnt eatten since 7pm) i started looking at something to eat that would lower them on saturday by just eatting tuna wholegrain sandwitche. the levels still stayed in the 20s and i was having trouble getting blood from any of my finger pricks i did, where i am normally a good bleeder with even a blunt needle. for tea last nite i ate alot of vegies and some meat and nothings lowered below 20 i went to bed at 3am and slepted in till 12.30pm and checked my level and did my needle and tablet and i was still 19 when i woke up. u see i aint a big eater and wont eat anything during the day except tea at nite then the next day with nothing to eat i still have high sugar levels. 3 months ago for the first time my vision was affected and i could barely read. 3 weeks later that returned to normal. but im so scared now i dont want to eat i want my sugar levels down. i spent friday a week ago in hospital cause i have a irregular heart beat have so since 2007 but all of a sudden it went haywire and was missing a beat every 15seconds and during them i couldnt breath this lasted 4 days where all i could do was lay in bed because if i got up i felt like i was gunna passout. i am going to see the heart doctor soon. hospital didnt think it was life threating. i have been having abbsesses one on my breast has been on and off now for 4 months. it has reached the size of a golfball or bigger and never heals properly. that was active on friday when i had the high reading of 31 at 3am. so here is my question what is a good meal to eat for the next few days that will help me lower my high sugar levels. im sick i have headaches and feel like i have been out drinking for days and have the hangover now. im mad at all the weight i have put back on and have been walking daily and so far have only shifted 2kgs. i live in a very stressful life i have 4 kids aged 12,16,18,24 the youngest is ADHD OD and my 16 has just got out of an abusive relationship and i have had to take out a retaining order on that guy cause he has threated to kill all of us. she is pregnant and isnt going to have it which has made him more nuts. and my 18 yr old im his adult carer and he has been threatened and wants to move out. which has left us with not having enough income in my house to live as we pay $460 a week rent on my penison and board from him and the 24 yr old daugther. we are desperate to move but are trapped with not being able to if we have to pay rent. so u can see that my life is very stressed and that the patton is with my diabettes is that when things go wrong in my life then my diabettes goes nuts too. im really scared and the doctors make appointments once a fortnite and i suffer though them days with high sugar levels. i was adopted and when i found my family when i was a teen i was told a uncle died at 42 of a heart attack and im almost that age. i worry im going to die and it feels like no one is listerning to me. thanks for reading and hope someone has some answers