Re: New to Group, sorry lots of questions

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On 15 Apr 2007 11:14:13 -0700, hoodyup@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi, everyone. I am new to this group (and to the whole diabetes
thing). I am 41 years old. I was dx'd T2 last Sept, after a FSB of
195. My wife alerted the media and there was an intervention (she
told my Mom on me).

G'day G'day Andrew,

Welcome to ASD. Delighted that you bring a great sense of humour
with you. Positive change happens more rapidly when people lighten up.

Since then I have been on a Zone diet, with
emphasis on low glycemic carbs, lots of protein and fat (the good
kind). When my A1c went from 8.5 to 7.5 they said "not good enough".

Great. I'm glad that the right decision was arrived at.

So I had to add exercise to the deal (bleee).

Oddly enough exercise should make it to first place if it is at all
possible.

Walking, jogging,
biking, weights, pushups, situps. Started out light and kept
increasing. My last A1c was 5.5. Yay!

And Yay it is. Welcome to the 5% club. This is an award recognising
achieving an A1c that would make a non-diabetic happy. Though it's
relatively common among the denizens of ASD in the general populace of
T2 diabetics it is not. So much so that very little research has been
done on the rates of complications of these unusually high achievers.

My questions are: what meters
are people using and what type (plasma or whole blood)? I have an
Acensia Breeze (it was free) are these ok or are they junk?

I can't comment on that brand. I don't know it.

I
calculated my average BS to be 130 after 4 months of testing and using
a Win Glucofacts database. My doctor said it was 120.

The concept of an average blood sugar is BS. There is no such thing.
Put simply it all depends on when you test. Imagine someone who
tested first thing in the morning and once two hours after a meal.
Let's say their readings were 100 and 120. The average would be 110.

Now imagine THAT SAME PERSON who tested first thing in the morning and
one hour after three meals. The readings could be 100, 140, 140, 140.
The average would be 130. (One hour readings are usually higher than
two hour readings)

Could this be
the difference in the testing method (plasma vs. whole blood)?

Maybe. Though there is a more obvious reason as pointed out above.

Also, I
sometimes feel hypo and so I test and find that I'm well within the
normal range 90-120.

One possibility is that your blood glucose is falling rapidly at the
time. This gives what is called a "rate of change hypo" or a "false
hypo". Its the sudden drop rather than an actual low that gives the
odd feeling.

Or I'll eat the same thing two days in a row and
get vastly different readings, all things being equal.

I guess it also depends on what your readings were before you ate.

What is up with
that? Oh, and my microalbumin was 39 (should be below 22). Are my
kidneys about to shrivel up and fall out? My doctor just said "drink
more water".

Sorry. Outside my experience.

I exercised within 24 hrs of the test, could this cause
a higher reading? Anyway, this seems like a really informative group,
I was brought here by Jennifer's blood sugar pages (really great
stuff). Thanks in advance for any input. Andrew

Welcome once Andrew and best wishes,
--
Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
New Zealand, >#,#< [
/ \ /\
"... and the blind dog was leading."

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin
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