Re: Huge jump in my A1c

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:50:27 +1200, Quentin Grady
<quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:02:59 GMT, Grandpa Chuck
<GrandpaChuck@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

My last A1c only a few months back was 7.1 and I thought that was
extraordinarily high since it had always been between 6.1 and 5.9.
Monday my doctor wanted to see me again and have another blood draw to
check my A1c. I told him that I have been running high on my BG tests
and did not expect a good result. Was I ever right. This time it was
8.1. He wants me to check two or three times a day to see what is
happening for a couple of weeks. My morning or FBG readings have been
in the low 130s since a saw him. I am trying to pay closer attention
to what I eat but my other tests have been between 220 and 285. That
is, until tonight when I tested four hours after I ate a light supper
of a small bowl of Wheatchex. This time it was a whopping 419!!

G'day G'day Chuck,

I'm trying to make sense of what I'm reading however it seems that
something is being lost or gained in the translation. Supper I gather
is what we would refer to as tea, a main meal usually about 6 to 7 pm.

Our main meal is usually around noon or one p.m. since my wife goes to
work at 3:30. Hence, I eat a light meal at around 5:30 p.m. I have
found through experience that I cannot tolerate cold cereal at all for
breakfast. With the sore gums I can't eat my usual whole wheat toast
with peanut butter for breakfast, so Laurie is fixing hot cereal for
breakfast. I seem to do well on one slice of that.

I've never heard of anyone having Wheatchex, a highly processes wheat
product at this time. It sounds like the sort of thing
non-T2-diabetics would eat for breakfast. Given the realization
that you have been experiencing blood sugar level problem it would
appear contraindicated. Another puzzling aspect is the four hour
delay before testing.

That delay is so I can test before the next meal or snack.

People often test at certain times because they
hope to gain certain information. Or it could be that the opportunity
to test earlier didn't exist. I'm wondering what was true in your
case.

The doctor is wanting me to test at various times of the day and
evening for at least two weeks in order to be able to see how my
numbers run throughout the day.


He did tell me when he saw me to stop taking my Metformin at supper
time since that was normally less than eight hours after breakfast and
to start taking the second one at nine o'clock, just before my evening
snack. That was when I got the 419. I took my Metformin and then had
my evening snack consisting of a small carton of yogurt with
blueberries and a cup of coffee.

I will check my BG again at bedtime which will be at 1:00 a.m. Then if
it has dropped significantly I will eat a very light bedtime snack. In
the past if I have not had that bedtime snack I have had high morning
numbers. That may or may not be due to a liver dump since we do not
get up before 9:00 a.m.

In the past I shared with the group when I was doing very well, so in
order to be honest I feel I need to share with you when things are
haywire as they are now.

Thank you for that. You seem to keep some odd hours by other people's
standards. It all helps to know these things in order to understand
what is going on.

Since my wife works the evening shift she does not get home until
nearly 1 a.m. so I stay up and wait for her to get home. We do not
normally get up until nine or nine thirty in the morning.


I don't want to let these high numbers to go
on very long since I have ho apparent adverse side effects from my
diabetes and don't want any. If the doctor feels I need to go on
insulin I am more than willing to do so.

Wish me luck. I need it.

Luck is part of it. Making some changes in what you eat and when
could also be part of it.

Best wishes,

I told my doctor about me overeating Twizzlers. While he thought it
was kind of funny he also said to move that to a place where they
aren't easy to get at and to limit myself to three in the evenings. So
far I haven't had any problem doing that since my mouth is sore right
now.
--
Grandpa Chuck
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