Thursday, April 5, 2007

Ahhh, my stupid sugar level ...

My daily reading (fasting, taken between 530 - 600 am) since my last posting was something like this:
6.7
8.7
9.4
6.5
9.2

This yo yo reading seems funny to Dr WAA and the reast of the world's medical fraternity but what actually happen was that I was trying to avoid Melicron drug. As you know Melicron is Gliclazide, a drug belong to a class of drugs known as sulphonylureas. These tablets work by stimulating the pancreas gland to produce more insulin hormone, which lowers your blood glucose. What I am worried about was the long term effect of it to my pancreas and I don't want to be drug dependent. So I tried to reduce my sugar and carbohydrate intake, take light exercise every evening and watch my sugar levels. So on the days where the readings are high, I did not to take Melicron, and those on the low are assisted by it.

Seems that I have to depent on it. Even when I took all kind of natural remedies that I was told to take, my sugar level is still above 9. Pretty scary !

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