Re: How to interpret glucose meter readings

Alan S wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:04:57 -0400, louise
<louise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks to all for your help. I did some testing today and thought I'd thrown in the numbers to see what you make of them.

fasting when I first got up 106

1 hour after breakfast 127

2 hours after breakfast 107

1 hour after dinner 134

2 hours after dinner 106


So the numbers seem to go somewhat high one hour after eating, and then go way down to fasting level two hours after eating.

Are they supposed to drop so much between one hour and two hours?

And - are they supposed to go to fasting level two hours after eating?

I'm particularly concerned because it is between one and two hours after eating that I often experience exhaustion. Are they dropping too much too rapidly?

Thanks

Louise

Actually, those numbers aren't too bad for a newly diagnosed
diabetic or pre-diabetic. However, they are higher than a
non-diabetic would see.

The peak at one hour is typical of many of us. As I said,
they aren't terrible, but if you want them lower the trick
is to review what you ate and see what can be changed.

What was the menu that led to those?



Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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Morning:

1 scoop unflavored, no sugar whey protein powder with my regular vitamins and medications
1/2 sandwich on whole grain whole wheat bread of almond butter and no extra sugar apricot jam
1 cappuccino - 2 scoops espresso, 1 envelope of splenda and 1 tsp of sugar. 2% milk.
BTW - this is my breakfast every morning - I'm a creature of habit in the AM

Evening:

BBQd spare ribs - 6 ribs
Thai noodles with vegetables - about 2 cups
Vitamins

Since I've not been diagnosed - in fact, told I'm fine when I "know" from my body that I'm not (also 30 lbs overweight with limited exercise ability), I would very much like to get to "real normal" - not "normal for diabetes or pre-diabetes.

Am I right to be aiming for normal? Or at least a little better?

Also BTW, I'm not sure where you came in on this thread. I take psychotropic medications that are known to put weight on you. Therefore, the numbers I gave you are with my taking 500 mg Metformin twice a day. I'm eventually supposed to go up to 2,000 per day divided.

So, does that mean that without the 1000mg of metformin my after meal number would be even higher?

Thanks again for all your help.

Louise
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