Re: Question for the group


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I was told I was a type 2 diabetic seven years ago. I have keep it
controlled with diet and excercise. I checked my blood two or three
times a week. Sometimes fasting sometimes two hours after meals. Had no
set pattern. Had a avg. reading of 85. About two weeks back I checked
and had a fasting reading of 113 and 1 1/2 hours after a bowl of
cheerios with skim milk and two packs of sweet and low it was 149. The
readings have stayed up for the last two weeks. Fasting avg. is 109 and
after breakfast avg is 140. I check after supper and my avg. is 100.
Don't know why the readings are lower after supper? I guess my question
is when I checked after breakfast this morning I had a reading of 194
and soon after I went for my morning walk. I walked 2 1/2 miles and
checked as soon as I got back and had a reading of 109. If you are
taking meds to keep your sugar under control what keeps you from going
to low after exercise? I have an appointment to see my doctor [MD]
Thursday morning. Thanks for any help you can give me.

Denis

If you are taking meds which somehow increase your natural supply of
insulin, you can go low.

Those meds would be beta stimulators (secretalogues) such as Glyburide,
Starlix, Glicizide, etc, etc; or actual insulin injections.

If you are taking diabetes meds which work by reducing your Insulin
Resistance (metformin, Actos, Avandia), then your normal glucose
control mechanism will "slow down" the production of insulin as your sugar
drops into normal ranges and you will rarely go any lower than the normal
range.

There is also a mechanism by which the liver releases glucose into the blood
when the blood sugars drop. This mechanism does not work well, if at all,
when you use beta stimulators or insulin. Folks using these classes of
diabetes meds are the most likely to go low.

Regards
Old Al




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