Neuropathy, Prediabetes?

[elsie3205]

I am 51 yr. old female, diagnosed with "idiopathic" neuropathy. I had a GTT yesterday and my fasting blood sugar was 97. It went to 144 after one hour, at 2 hrs, 77 and 3 hr.,73. It looks like I am prediabetic. Do you think these numbers are high enough to have caused my neuropathy?

[Kim_in_TN]

Hello! Maybe I am wrong but your numbers look great to me? Let's see what others have to say! ;)

[Ronin]

Hi Elsie3205!

Pre-Diabetic? With those numbers who had the nerve to tell you that you are Pre-D? While the "eminent" Dr. Bernstein might say that nobody who is a non-diabetic goes above 120, the reality is that ingeting 75 grams of pure glucose will drive anybody's BG levels above 120 in the first hour.

The fact is that your body recovered well and put you back into balance. Now, if you felt shaky or about to faint when your BG hit 73 that might be a problem but it isn't Pre-Diabetes.

That being said, if you want to follow a Pre-D eating and exercise regimine it will not hurt you. The choice is yours.

[wiseguy]

I am 51 yr. old female, diagnosed with "idiopathic" neuropathy. I had a GTT yesterday and my fasting blood sugar was 97. It went to 144 after one hour, at 2 hrs, 77 and 3 hr.,73. It looks like I am prediabetic. Do you think these numbers are high enough to have caused my neuropathy?
Those sound like non-diabetic numbers to me. Neuropathy caused by diabetes is the result of sustained high blood glucose levels over a long period of time. This doesn't appear to be the case with you.

[elsie3205]

Thanks so much everyone. I am confused about all of this. I read that if I went from 140 to 199, I would be classified as a prediabetic. Also my fasting is so close to 100. I don't understand why the fasting is so much higher than the numbers I had after I recovered from the glucose drink. I didn't feel bad at any time other than getting sleepy right after I drank it.

[BlueSky]

... I don't understand why the fasting is so much higher than the numbers I had after I recovered from the glucose drink. ....
After the glucose drink, your blood glucose went up and your pancreas responded by producing insulin. This is what brought your numbers down. They were still in the normal range, which is 70 - 90, and as you were feeling OK there is nothing to worry about. But if you start having shakey or dizzy spells after meals, it will be because of this.

[fgummett]

Those look like excellent numbers... but as above, a healthy lifestyle is a healthy lifestyle; whether you have diabetes or no :)

"Fasting" can also be confusing because you expect a low sugar because you haven't eaten anything for a while. In reality the liver can release stored glucose when we get low... often occurs early in the morning.