Welcome to Diabetes Forums!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features.
Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
|
 | 
03-13-2008, 03:58 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2
| | | Neuropathy, Prediabetes?
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? |
03-13-2008, 04:14 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 678
| | Hello! Maybe I am wrong but your numbers look great to me? Let's see what others have to say! 
__________________ 
Type 2 - Dx 9/11/03 - A1c 8.3
2/01/08 - A1c 6.3
4/01/08 - A1c 5.9 
7/25/08 - A1c 5.9
Current Meds - Janumet 50/1000 2x daily
|
03-13-2008, 07:36 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dover, NJ
Posts: 617
| | | 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.
__________________
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch [Garison Keilor]
Ronin (a.k.a, George N. Wells, CPIM)
Tandemist/Lay Theologian
Enjoying Life and Learning about myself everyday.
Pre-D -- Not on Insulin  (yet) 
For Cholesterol though:
2500 mg Niacin
5 mg Zocor
2008 cycling miles: 4844 (20 Nov)
Fasting C-Peptide 1.4 (02 Oct 08) HbA1c's:
01 Mar 2008 -- 5.4%
01 Apr 2008 -- 5.3%
01 May 2008 -- 5.1%
01 June 2008 -- 5.1%
01 July 2008 -- 5.0%
02 Oct 2008 -- 5.4%
|
03-13-2008, 07:42 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia
Posts: 538
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by 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? | 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.
__________________
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. |
03-13-2008, 08:18 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2
| | | 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. |
03-13-2008, 08:54 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 2,147
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by elsie3205 ... 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.
__________________
In my humble opinion  
Type1 since 1977
MDI using Lantus, Novorapid and Actrapid
|
03-14-2008, 06:44 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 2,119
| | 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.
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Pumping since April 2004. VSG 20th October 2008 Obesity and Type 2 are strongly associated. Most people assume that Obesity is the cause and Diabetes the effect. It is equally valid to suggest that the underlying metabolic disorder which leads to the Type 2 causes the Obesity. |
|
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | |
|  | | » Site Navigation | | Diabetesforums.com | | | Resource Directory | | | Contact Zone | | | |
