Don't play around with diabetes.
Elevated blood sugar can kill you slowly, but extreme highs and lows can kill you today.
Medical science are amateurs when it comes to diabetes. They don't know really how it works or how many different types of diabetes there are.
Even within a type each person experiences it differently.
Dietitians are mostly useless except to tell you sugar can raise your level. Fluids are in fact your friend.
Now all this may sound a little weird....fear factors are too entertaining for them and professionals are not going to admit what they do not know, so they are going to wing it. So assume nothing and expect them to be guessing.
A lot of people here are older and there are some common sense processes that need to occur.
1. Get a full blood test and a copy of it.
2. Start your own health folder.
3. Start a personal log....date...time....sugar level....medication taken....blood pressure....what you ate. Keep it up to date and look for patterns. This means you are tracking sugar highs and lows and what you ate and the medication you took at what time.
Dietitians will tell you what they think will affect you....it is time to find out what really affects you. It may not even be sugar, you can be having a reaction to something you are eating or drinking. What affect you....look for that. For example I can eat ice cream but I have to reduce my intake of bread and potatoes...is it starch that affects you most.....it should reflect in your log.
4. If sugar swings keep occurring get a FreeStyle Libre monitor so you can spot check your levels through the day and night. And log it.
5. If your taking diabetic medications and you go high, bring it down slow, do not try to bring it down with one dose.
6. Exercise....walks whatever.
7. Regular bowl movements....retaining can raise sugar levels.
8. If you are over weight you have to get to a normal level....exercise and a common sense diet.....and Ozempic can help.
9. Take your log in with you for regular doctor visits. If you have a good doctor, great. If he seems weird, he is weird. Judge a book by its cover. Find a doctor that you can be confident in.
You have to take responsibility for your own health. The medical system is setup to let the insurance companies tell your doctor how to treat you and with what....your health is an expense to them....look into it yourself.