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I'm getting so frustrated and nervous.
(just got back results from A1c from last week, before I started eating low carb. It was 8.)
I've been doing the low carb and testing my blood for almost a week now. The numbers are not going down much. Ok, the first day, before I started eating low carb, the number was 242. It has not gotten over 200 since I started doing low carb, but I cannot get the numbers down below 129. Most of the time it is going from 135, 145, and 160.
I don't know what to do. I am practically eating no carbs. The other morning I had eggs, cheese (no carb), and sausage (no carb). The entire meal was 0 carbs and at the one hour test, the glucose number was over 160.
I am mostly eating unprocessed foods, other than cheese and sausage. No artificial sweeteners. I am keeping breakfast 0-5 carbs, lunch 0-10 carbs, and dinner 0-10 carbs. I try really hard to keep the carbs closer to zero as possible.
I have to say though, when I start to feel lightheaded, if I eat some carbs, I feel better. The carbs I am eating are from a CoCo Pop, which is a puffed, whole grain cracker with 4 grams of carbs. I'm only eating one of these a day, and I only started that 3 days ago. I put some peanut butter, cheese, or dip on it and test an hour after. The numbers go down about 10 points after I eat that.
There is a possibility that I have Cushing's syndrome. Saturday morning I will go for an MRI on the pituitary and then Wednesday, I will be seeing a neuro-endocrinologist. I know that one of the symptoms of Cushings is high blood glucose levels. I have been unable to find out though, if the Cushings causes the levels to stay high, even while eating low carb.
I just found out that my potassium level is now in the normal range. Low normal though. 3.8. Normal is between 3.5 to 5.1. I am on 2 pills of the highest dose of potassium supplements, though. I know if I go off of it, the potassium level will drop below normal again. Low potassium is also a symptom of Cushings. Does anyone know if low potassium affects blood glucose levels?
Thanks so much! I am so nervous right now, I don't know what to eat or do. I guess I am even more nervous because my mom is still in the hospital, after 12 weeks, due to complications with her diabetes. She also lost her leg 5 years ago.
(just got back results from A1c from last week, before I started eating low carb. It was 8.)
I've been doing the low carb and testing my blood for almost a week now. The numbers are not going down much. Ok, the first day, before I started eating low carb, the number was 242. It has not gotten over 200 since I started doing low carb, but I cannot get the numbers down below 129. Most of the time it is going from 135, 145, and 160.
I don't know what to do. I am practically eating no carbs. The other morning I had eggs, cheese (no carb), and sausage (no carb). The entire meal was 0 carbs and at the one hour test, the glucose number was over 160.
I am mostly eating unprocessed foods, other than cheese and sausage. No artificial sweeteners. I am keeping breakfast 0-5 carbs, lunch 0-10 carbs, and dinner 0-10 carbs. I try really hard to keep the carbs closer to zero as possible.
I have to say though, when I start to feel lightheaded, if I eat some carbs, I feel better. The carbs I am eating are from a CoCo Pop, which is a puffed, whole grain cracker with 4 grams of carbs. I'm only eating one of these a day, and I only started that 3 days ago. I put some peanut butter, cheese, or dip on it and test an hour after. The numbers go down about 10 points after I eat that.
There is a possibility that I have Cushing's syndrome. Saturday morning I will go for an MRI on the pituitary and then Wednesday, I will be seeing a neuro-endocrinologist. I know that one of the symptoms of Cushings is high blood glucose levels. I have been unable to find out though, if the Cushings causes the levels to stay high, even while eating low carb.
I just found out that my potassium level is now in the normal range. Low normal though. 3.8. Normal is between 3.5 to 5.1. I am on 2 pills of the highest dose of potassium supplements, though. I know if I go off of it, the potassium level will drop below normal again. Low potassium is also a symptom of Cushings. Does anyone know if low potassium affects blood glucose levels?
Thanks so much! I am so nervous right now, I don't know what to eat or do. I guess I am even more nervous because my mom is still in the hospital, after 12 weeks, due to complications with her diabetes. She also lost her leg 5 years ago.