[Diabetes-Talk] {Spam?} Re: {Spam?} Blood sugar lows, possibly not eating enough

[d m gina]

A friend told me to have a tea spoon of jelly.
That will raise the sugar quickly.
That is one of the things i like about the dexcom g six is it will tell 
you when you are low.
It happened to me a couple of weeks ago.
Got the jelly and it went up.
You sure feel better when it does.
Now I also like to eat a fiber bread, there is one where you can have a 
sandwich and the carbs of the bread are like one regular bread if I 
understand correctly.
My husband got the wrong kind and I can't remember what the bread is called.
I will have to ask again.
And write it down.
I thought it would have shown up in the list of items when ordering the 
groceries.
In the winter months I also like oat meal for breakfast.
I know I get the kind folks wouldn't like, because it has the sugar in it.
Not enough to raise me at all.
I don't remember the part, I just like it and eat it.
I am very proud of you for doing so well.
Dar
Original message:
> Hello everyone,


> I hope you all are doing well. I wanted to give a quick update. But I
> also have some questions.


> So I don't see my diabetes specialist until December.

> However, I can send her a message, if I need to. And I do this. I feel
> it is the easiest way to reach out to her.


> I am currently only taking Ozempic. I am doing well. My numbers are
> good. Most of the time, they are staying under 150. I love this! It's
> amazing!


> I had a partial hysterectomy in early August. The doctors, and nurses at
> the hospital told me that they were really surprised with how well my
> blood sugars bounced back, after my surgery. For part of the evening,
> after my surgery, my readings were high. But by the next day, all was
> good. My recovery went very well. Much better than my doctor even
> expected. I can't tell you how thankful I am for this.


> I am struggling to get back to doing my peddling, and walking around my
> apartment, like I was doing. But I am trying to recktify this. I know
> how much better I feel, when I do exercise. And I have had the all clear
> from my doctor, for a little over a month now. So there really is no
> excuse. I have just gotten out of the habit of doing it.


> Honestly, since my surgery, my struggles with constipation have seemed
> to double. I apologize if my mentioning this bothers some. But I think
> this can be something that many people can struggle with. But they don't
> feel they can talk about it. This affects me quite badly, and can cause
> me a lot of pain. I knew having the surgery would make things in this
> department more difficult.

> However, I didn't think that they would be this difficult. I have been
> keeping my doctors informed. I am also taking a fiber pill once a day.
> Along with the medication I was already taking, before my surgery. Some
> days, I think things are improving. Other times, I am not at all sure.


> Over all though, I really feel that I am doing well. I am still
> struggling when it comes to eating better. But I am trying. And when I
> struggle, I am trying to not beat myself up so much, about it. But this
> is all a work in progress.


> So now that I have shared with you all how things are going with me, I
> do have a question, or two.


> There are times that I am still struggling with low blood sugars. I
> really think that sometimes I am not eating enough at my meals. But I
> don't know if this is exactly the problem. I am just guessing, really.


> But today alone, my blood sugar has gone under 70, three times. My
> diabetes specialist says to keep it at 80, and above. So I don't panic
> as much if it is at 90, or even 85. When my blood sugar goes low like
> this, I then reach for candy. But this isn't what I want to do. There
> has got to be a better answer to chocolate. Or things like that. I am
> really trying to cut down on the amount of candy I eat. Or the junk food
> in general.


> So what can I do, besides reach for candy, when my blood sugar is going
> low like this?

> Are there options?


> This morning I ate a bowl of dry cereal. I don't normally eat cereal,
> much less dry cereal. But it was just the situation I was in. Also, the
> cereal was cinamon toast crunch. I know there is no good in that. But
> again, it was the situation I was in. This isn't something that would
> normally happen. I didn't have much of the cereal.


> Later, for lunch, I had a turkey sandwich. That is something I normally
> eat. I did have a bit of mayo on the sandwich. I did use two pieces of
> bread. The bread was, Sara Lee, honey wheat. My sandwich had two pieces
> of cracked pepper turkey.


> A couple hours after that sandwich, I noticed my blood sugar had gone
> into the low 80's. I can't remember now just exactly what it was.
> Sometimes it will come back up on it's own. But not this time. So I ate
> a couple of miniature snickers bars.


> Then a few hours later, it was in the 70's. At this point, I was
> watching a show. I can tend to snack more when I am doing this. So I ate
> a couple miniature milkyway dark bars. As well as a miniature Hershey's
> milk chocolate bar.


> About an hour later, we had dinner. We ate leftover pizza from the place
> we ordered from, last night. I had two pieces. It was a deluxe pizza. It
> had Itallian sausage, bacon, onions, green peppers, and mushrooms on it.
> It had a thicker crust. But not like something from pizza hut. This was
> all I had.


> By about an hour and a half later, my blood sugar was 63. So again, I
> had some candy. I had two miniature peanut butter cups, and two
> miniature chocolate bars.


> I know that this isn't the way to go about things. But I am a bit at a
> loss as to what to do.

> How can I make some changes to get more balanced results?


> By the way, my diabetes specialist informed me the other day, that
> Medicare may not cover my Lebrea sensors much longer, because I am no
> longer on insulin. She also told me that she doesn't feel I need to get
> my readings throughout the day. She said that I could just get my
> fasting blood sugar readings, three times a week. Honestly, I am not
> quite sure how I feel about this. If I don't keep up with knowing my
> readings, then I won't know when things possibly go out of wack. I don't
> want to end up where I was, even a year ago. For as long as I can
> possibly help it, or have anything to do with it.


> Any thoughts or suggestions you all have, about any of this, is very
> much appreciated.


> Thank you,


> Terri


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