Getting my glucose right
What you need to know . . .
To help avoid complications, we all know it’s important for you to take control of your diabetes – not the other way round. The trick to cutting the risk of having complications from your diabetes is to control your blood glucose levels.
Good control means keeping your levels as normal as possible - between 4 and 8mmmol/l before meals and under 10mmmol/l by two hours after a meal for most of the time.
Your comments
i was staring year 8 when i fand out i had diabetes 1 i went rilley ill when i got to the doctor i claps haw is hirly a year geting beter at it haw i had 50 chans to live i lost 4 stone ...
- Chantelle
ii Agree Wiith Both Of You My Levels Was Perfect At The Start But After A Year They Went All Over The Place Abd ii Try To Control Them But Nothiing Seems To Heppen. ii Dont Get Why, What Else Can ii Do To Help Me Keep Control Of My Levels ?? x - Holly
i totally agree with sophie i have been diabetic for 5 yrs type 1. in the beging i was between 4 an 8 before meals and under 10 after meals. im the same, the past 2yrs its just gone all over the place and it does make you feel like a failure. i worry all the time about being diabetic and get upset very easily now as i cant seem to control it. i have tried the gi diet and have just bought scales and a book for carb counting. it makes me seem thick as i dont understand any of it. i feel so useless. - Michelle
When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, I was told my blood sugars should be between 4 and 8 before a meal and no more than 10 two hours after. I went through a very bad patch that started about 2 years ago and it still hasn't ended. Now my blood sugars are anything between 3 and 20 before a meal and anything 2 hours after! I don't agree with people telling you such tight levels because, if you can't achieve them, it makes you feel a failure. - Sophie
Testing times
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