Blood sugar readings after a meal
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Also, ask your doc about the A1C test. It is a blood test that gives a picture of your glucose over a period of time, rather than in the moment. It's very helpful in determining how well (or not) your sugar is controlled.
Based on that result, and your blood glucose levels from home, your doctor may want to discuss possibly starting you on a medication.
my post 2hour blood sugars have been running consistently over 10 for a while. I eat no more than 20 to 25 gr of carbs at this meal. I take 2 medformin with breakfast. Most other readings after meals are well within normal limits and my most recent A1C was a mere 6.3 Any suggestions?
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After my last post I have been taking my bs readings before dinner and 2 hours after dinner, they been running in the 80s to mid 90s before and 130 to 140 after. I think this seems in target range, but today before dinner it was 86 and 2 hours later it was 210, never this high before. I did have a nice helping of whole wheat noodles with spag sauce and a small slice of bread. Was it the meal. SOULD i be concerned with this one high reading, are these #s good enough to stay off the meds.
Get a monitor and check your fasting (when you wake up) and your before meal readings and your 2 hour after meal readings.
Go to the websites for ADA (American Diabetes Association) and the ACE and print out their numbers for acceptable blood sugar readings and then compare them to that.
I am slender as well and have Type 2 Diabetes so - go figure- right?
You can also go to the doc forum and post the same question and the "doctor" will address it....
Hope all goes well....
I bet you had a meal with possibly a lot of starch and carbohydrates? Bread, potatoes, maybe a rich dessert? or your portion size was a little more then it should be? I AM NOT A DR., BUT I AM A TYPE2 FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW. Please if your numbers after a full nights sleep are much over 120, and you are still thirsty, and still over 140 I believe after 2 hours( after eating)............get to a walkin in clinic today. You might want to call your insurance co.
And most people consider an after-meal blood sugar of just under 120 still in the very healthy, normal not-diabetic range -- 120 seems to be the magic number above which folks are labelled possibly diabetic. Best of luck to you. It sounds as if you are doing great. Frankly, even if, later on in the pregnancy, your after-meal sugars do creep up to 150 or thereabouts, there is no danger to you or to your baby at that level, for it is so close to normal that it won't hurt your baby at all.
When i was pregnant with GD I would have readings at 215 then 2 mins later they would be 118. It made no sense to me or the doctors. So I gave up trying to do anything about it.
Right now I am just trying to fugure out my blood sugar levels are normal or not. So I will take my blood sugar after a 12 hour fast but when do I take it again?
Do I take it before breakfast ? After breakfast or after lunch or dinner ? What results are considered normal if I have eaten three hours before ? What is not considered a normal result if I have eaten ?
I understand taking your blood sugar when fasting but when are the other times that one should look at his/her blood sugar ?
I had 1 really relaxed day where I had a blood sugar of just 98 after eating a full cheesesteak and fries(cheat meal). Otherwise, when anxious, my post meal numbers are horrible. My Glucose Tolerance Test was normal, but that's a drink. Not food. I will have a look at those supplements. Thanks guys.
2-3 hrs after a meal should equal normal fasting levels.
Type 2 diabetics aim for <141 mg/dl, optimum <121 mg/dl
Your postprandial 142 mg/dl shows diabetes but is not an absolute indicator. You will need to ask your doctor for an A1c [HgbA1c, HbA1c] test to verify diabetes. Your results are presented in % [percentile]. You want between 4 and 5%. Not certain about India but elsewhere in the world A1c home test kits are available for consumer purchase at local pharmacies/drug store.
My blood sugar is usually around 88 around 3 hours after a meal. Both of my parents are diabetic, so I test once in a while. From late Feb through early May, my blood sugar would be around 100 when I woke up, and stay up all day. It would not go above 150 after a meal, but even 4-5 hours after a meal, it was still over 100 when usually it's lower. I wasn't having high carb meals. I eat healthy with complex carbs and protein/fiber with every meal.
I have higher than usual BG readings when I've had a cold. Since I try to keep tight control of my blood sugar levels, I'm so afraid of catching a cold or flu. I had two colds last fall. I was careful to eat lo carb food, which I do anyway. No high carb fruit or veggies. No processed foods or alcohol for me since last May. Lost 30#'s.
For a few weeks my fasting blood sugar will be between 100-127. My spikes after meals will go over 200. It takes about four hours after a meal for me to return to my pre-meal state of 100-127.
Then, suddenly, my fasting levels will be 56-72 each morning. No matter what I eat my blood sugar will remain under a hundred and then quickly drop back down to the 56-72 range. This will last a couple of weeks before I return to the high levels again.
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