| Hi Chollyred, welcome. Sounds like you've taken control of yoru diabetes and are seeing good results. Keep up the good work.
Regarding your reading of 78: When your body has been used to having higher numbers, this becomes its "normal", so when you get a more "normal" number, it does feel low in comparison to what its use to. I remember the first time I went under 100after diagnosis, I felt shaky. Now, I have to be in the 65-70 range before I feel the shaky feeling. I do keep a cereal bar in my purse in case I don't have a regular meal or start feeling shaky.
I'd also encourage you to test more frequently, esp. here at first. If you test 2 hrs after your first bite of food, you'll learn which foods cause your blood sugar to go high and can make smarter food choices.
When you have pizza, you might want to test a 3 hr as well, because sometimes it causes a later spike in blood sugar.
Let me recommend a great book for newly diagnosed T2s...or any T2 that wants more information "The First Year, Type II Diabetes," by Gretchen Becker. Its a worthwhile read.
Glad you found the forums. The support and friendship of other diabetics is such a great thing. Hope you post often.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  | 
