Re: Weird BG spike


"David" <David@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ga2dnR6zG5Mo-AfeRVn-pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
> > OK what could be up here? I have eaten my last bowl of shredded wheat
even
> > though it was OKd by the doc so long as I didn't spike on it. From now
on
> > I'll eat something else in the AM. I am very carb intolerant until I
have
> > been up and about for about 4 hours. After that I seem more tolerant so
I
> > let myself eat things with carbs at that time.
> >
> > So Today my BG was 120 post prandial about 12 hours at 9:00am. Had
coffee
> > with some low-sugar coffee creamer.
> > 1:30pm NG 150. OK - NP I ran out of my pills yesterday afternoon. I
take
> > 500mg metformin 2 times a day.
> >
> > One cup of Shredded wheat at 1:30pm BG (DP hits me hard still) - 150
> >
> > 5:30pm BG 308
> > Went for a 15 minute walk to get my pills refilled in town. 15 minute
walk
> > home.
> >
> > Tested at 7:00pm = BG 92
> >
> > Could the short walk really have dropped the BG so low so fast?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> sometimes meters will give wildly inaccurate readings. I just got one
> last night on my very trusty UltraSmart. It was so far off from
> accurate it's scary. I think it was my wife who said, "do another
> test", which I did, and found out the true reading was more than 80
> points lower. I'm not saying (since I don't KNOW) that's what happened
> to you, but just keep it in mind the next time you get an unexpected
> high or low reading. I take zillions of readings with my meter, and
> only about 3-4 per year are way off, so generally I trust that it always
> reads accurately. (Morale: I should listen to my wife! :) )
>
> OTOH, it's possible that with a low fat meal, your bg could have dropped
> 110 pts during 30 minutes of walking. I've had faster drops, but I take
> insulin.

My OT Profile confirmed the Ultra's reading. I was really spiking there.
Could I have eaten at just the time the liver was cranking out the glucose?
I can see that. But such a huge drop, I mean more than 100 points in less
than an hour? That is so bizarre.

Paul


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