Hmnnn Why? I thought you are on clinical trial .So now you on what drugs since u said everything OK?

BTW, I visited my Doc on last Friday. She asked me to maintain my day insulin at 8 ut instead of 9 that I administered myself .. My reason, certain time esp breakfast & Lunch result >8 and few times >10. but there are many occasions of result below 5 too and she told me she rather me to be ~ 6-8 rather than below 5!...so go back to 8ut

Wah.. Your diebetic probably still in infancy..Metformin totally failed me years ago before I added in - glicamide & thereafter to Glicazide

However I still on metformin bcos the Doc said it is a cancer prevention drug

This post has been edited by stimix: Apr 8 2013, 07:19 AM

So nice of you and most probably you're confirmed type 2 with obesity and now going normal weight already? For me.. > 20 yrs ago. and my weight is also lesser than what I initially weighted when 1st diagnosed. I was 76kg and now avg 68kg. However far from the reading when I managed to reduced my weight to 58kg within 2 yrs after 1st diagnosed

However at current lifestyle not easy although possible to go back to 58kg - At this 58kg.. my reading avg 6-8 only for fasting compare to b4 insulin of 11-12. Atleast with insulin, I am maintaining my reading of 5-8 right now

I'm still young mah (At heart too ) just mid 40. so my target is getting below 7 most of the time..so if result showing >7.. really frustrated lor Yesterday result was good & so do this Morning. No more going below 5 for the past few days. Yesterday on brown rice dinner + 1 pear & apple for dessert. Got 6.4 after 2 hrs and this Morning -6 ..During weekend abit yoyo (6.9 to 10.8) bcos, took hokkien mee for dinner & lotsa junk

This post has been edited by stimix: Apr 9 2013, 07:33 AM

Still not perfect yet and costing me atleast RM84/mth for the OneTouch test strip to monitor atleast twice a day. Prior to insulin, I only monitor once a week!! and mostly neglect and naïve about the food I took.. There are few things I found:

- I can't take 1 bowl of rice anymore. By just cutting down to 1/2 or 3/4 bowl of rice for each meal, my result after 2 hrs will be perfect at 5.5- 6.8. If I took 1 full bowl - the result is about 8-9

- Apples & pears are 2 best fruits that will not increase my blood sugar compare to mango, guava, oranges, banana (2nd worse) & grapes (Worse)..I have yet to try durian/rambutan/langsat/longan yet

- Contrary to my earlier belief of taking so called hi-fibre biscuits as normal breakfast, This is not a good option as just 3 pc of Jacob hi-fibre crackers & another 3 of Hwatai vege coated cream cracker also can resulted in avg 8.8-9,5 reading after 2 hrs. Later on I found out avg biscuit having Carbo reading of >65gm for every 100gm of meal...bad actually..

From my research, it's best taking food wth glycaemic reading of below 55 and also carbo level of below 60gm for every 100gm.. and with that, I started taking only hi-fibre wholemeal bread /wheat germ bread for a start...with avg 48gm per 100gm of carbo. Maybe will continue with something I hate most- OATs!!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/0...tes-type-2.html

darm good better than normal ppl without diebetes of below 6.1%. My latest HBa1C = 7.2%.. Well, at this rate I'm already satisfied because when I started on Insulin, my reading was ~9.7% and ~2 yrs ago it was >11%

Huh, diabetes where can cure want..

OK-lah. if you mean type 2 control via strict diet because you sounded like a cure earlier Anyway, it's good to conduct another GTT although I doubt so bcos if your insulin factory already weak & with lack of insulin, if you drink that glucose scrup during GTT, I think the result after 1st, 2nd & 3rd hours will be on diebetic side too. Not because of your strict diet but more like not enough insulin to control the sudden surge in the glucose scrup during GTT

Yeah most newly diagnosed diabetics were like that initially I was diagnosed in late 80s' That was >24 yrs ago. Your glucose level is almost similar to mine nowadays after going thru insulin treatment since Mar this year. I believe you're also on insulin right now.. What is the type of insulin & dosage you are taking right now?

Hmnnn u probably with private Hospital because I was told earlier in this thread, govt Hospital only giving the older gen Novo- Insulatard (long acting), mixtard (Mid-acting) and short acting - Actrapid

I was prescribed 8 units each of Insulateard (B4 sleep daily) and 8 unit of actrapid 1/2 hr b4 meals (3 times daily), Just like you, I alo eat >1/2 plate of rice i.e ~ 3/4 plate + fruits (apple / Gauva/ pear)..That's why my result also so-so only. I actually increased my actrapid to 9ut per meal instead of 8...I'm going to visit my Doctor again, dunno whether they agreed if I suggest them to increase me to 10ut for each meal

Wah.. you almost cure???? Most probably you are on borderine previously with your obese sized and now with the weigh reduction & stringent diet + exercise.. you got it controlled.

Yeah I got what u mentioned above. There was time when its gone kuku. but that because I tokk starchy food.. for eg, once I took cantonese fried ying yong (big portion) and the reading gone up 18 There were time my reading touching 12 to 14 too bcos I took bananas, pinneapples or even papaya.. all these with high sugar content

I was diagnosed when I was 18. Just like youm I went on diet without medication until I got married and that was the time my result getting from bad to worse. Thereafter on medication for the past 15 yrs and out of control again in recent years b4 switching to insulin.

I have tried all kinds of alternative medications, noni, spirulina, OMX, all kind of algaes, and even into negative Ion therapy. Most of it is a joke. well except few alternatives like bitter gourds seeds that have good result.
Play safe..go for insulin or exercise + super strict diet like samuraikachang... His control is something unbelievable

Switch to Govt Hospital..FOC Well almost exept the RM1 registration fee & the needles

This post has been edited by stimix: Jun 12 2013, 05:47 PM

This thread getting hot today haha.

Oh. Now I got it.

Btw, just came back from govt clinic this morning. As usual the whole process took me ~2.5 hrs. No complain since getting free insulin and metformin. The doctor increased my insulin level to 10 ut for each jab dy. with this I scare going into hypo again... Monitoring soon.

Shocking news that I found this Morning.

Due to the current durian season, my family keeps on asking me out for a durian lunch...So I did a quick google search and found this:

http://healthylifecarenews.com/durian-bett...lon-and-papaya/
http://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/APJCN/Volu.../35-39-1017.pdf

Will reserve this weekend for Durian lunch at SS2 liao beh tahan

Not-lah.. just moderate.. Will not eat any food thereafter and check my glucose level 2-3 hrs thereafter... wait for weekend

27g / 100gm total is consider superb already ..Even rolled oats that I taken every Morning also having Carbo reading of 60g/100gm!