OGTT question...

[hardingnerd]

Wouldn't it be beneficial is the doctors took the 1 hours sample to see how high you spiked?

They only did the fasting and two hour... I tested around and hour and had a 180 spike (could have been higher if tested at exactly and hour)... I mean I did get a lower bg in the 90's at two hour, but couldn't also indicate I could as easily go hypo within the next hour.

I know when my BG rose I felt like ****! I thought I was going to hurl, or pass out.

[foxl]

Yes -- you might have been higher at 60 min than 120 ... who knows unless they test?

[hardingnerd]

Next time I see my doctor I am going to request it so they take it every hour, another c-pep (see if it's lower or higher), and another a1c.

Does it really matter the spike if it come back into normal range?

Also, question on Fasting...
Does it make a difference to ya'll if you take it just out of getting out of bed, or having walked around getting stuff ready for the day?

[ShottleBop]

Mine often keeps rising until I eat (it will still rise after that, but it will stop, instead of continuing to rise all morning). Lately, I have been taking my BG as soon as I wake up, then going directly to the fridge and pulling out the unsweetened almond milk. I drink a cup of that, and have a low-carb (e.g., 5 grams of carbs, 2 or 3 of them fiber) protein shake, and I'm good for the next four hours.

[eliza0104]

I was actually wondering about the same thing about taking morning FBS first thing or taking it say an hour after being awake. Lately I've found mine being 95 right when I get out of bed but if I wait an hour or so, it drops down sometimes to the 70's.

[EeyoreButterfly]

It will depend more on the lab where you get it done. At the lab at the hospital where my mom works their standard is fasting, one, and two hour. At the lab at the medical center where my endo is they only do the fasting and two hour. I was disappointed because I tested myself after the one hour was over 200. But by the time they tested me it was 180. However, my endo told me he would still call that prediabetes even though my meter indicated otherwise.

I think it's good info to have, but your doctor may not do anything with it.

[Ronin]

Hi Cheyenne!

The OGTT is about as un-natural a test as can be devised. It is designed specifically to over-stress the system by putting on a maximum load. Different labs have different protocols as to how frequently they test. Suggestion: you can simply bring along your own BG meter and test as frequently as you want during the process if they don't test sufficently often for your thinking.