Re: New here

On 9/17/2011 4:25 PM, lisa in mass. wrote:
After an occasional high reading in ERs, though more often
normal, I felt awful one morning and went to see my doctor.
Amongst the bloodwork, it was found that my BG was 36 mg/dL. No
wonder I felt horrible.

He prescribed me a meter, and said to watch my hypoglycemia a
few times per day. It doesn't work to give someone who's still a
biologist at heart a new toy and tell them to look on occasion.
It's been running, in the 24 hours since I've had the meter,
between 60 and 150 mg/dL. I have no idea what this means, but
doesn't sound very good to me.

I figured I'd ask a couple of questions here before I run out of
all my test strips "playing" with the thing.

Questions from an utter newbie:
How far do I expect it to swing? I can have "fun" with the meter
and watch the numbers rise and fall, but what's my reference
range?

When do people generally check their sugar? I could graph it for
a few days, but would like to know the norm. If I'm looking for
low readings, I want to check before breakfast. But when else,
to give an overall picture?

Thanks!

-lisa

The flack brought about by opposing viewpoints will soon take over
this thread, but in the meanwhile here's a quick and simple
discussion. You'll be able to do your own searching sooner than
later.

https://www.virginiamason.org/service.cfm?id=511

Since I found the book, I've always recommended

<http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Bernsteins-Diabetes-Solution-Achieving/dp/0316167169/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316296373&sr=8-1>

Best of luck with management and control of diabetes!
.

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