| Regarding not having the diagnosis yet... when i was diagnosed, my fasting BG was 242. And the day before, after having eaten lunch, I was 343. All they did was a finger prick test when they saw my BG was 242. And the doctor wouldn't let me leave the facility before getting insulin and being trained on how to do injections. Her opinion was that regardless of whether I was type 1 or 2, my BG needed to come down. So she set me up with a sliding scale that day. I found out a few weeks later that I was positive for the GAD antibodies and therefore type 1.
I am not sure about the details of exercising if over 250, but I think it has to do with keytones--either a greater likelihood to develop them or maybe a greater likelikhood that you have keytones if you are over 250. Or maybe it's that your BG can rise after exercise, so it would be risky to exercise if you are already that high. I am not sure--someone else should answer that question though.
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Type 1, diagnosed 7/13/06
Using OmniPod w/Novolog (since 12/06)
A1C at diagnosis = 8.2
most recent A1C = 5.3
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