[Kim_in_TN]

Originally Posted by mazea

Sorry to here you are not well. You might benefit from learning some carb counting. When you don't have carbohydrates with your meal your blood glucose level will drop. As you only had a steak with your meal, this doesn't have any carbohydrate in it. I usually have 2 units of carbs with each meal. If I don't have carbs regularly, my blood glucose level goes all over the place.

Thank you for your response. I have watched my carbs as a rule for quite some time now, but lately have been very bad with my eating! I'm thinking it is catching up to me right about now!

Thank you to everyone who replied on this thread. I'm thinking from what some have said that I have gone "High" from snacking on candy bars in place of a meal (hangs head in shame) and then dropped quickly causing a low later on.

I don't know what's wrong with me lately, I've thrown all caution to the wind! I guess the BG is whipping me back to reality!

[Jill-O]

Originally Posted by Kim_in_TN

OK, WHAT IS GOING ON? I started feel unwell just before dinner. I went ahead and tried to eat. The pork chop tasted pretty good but I couldn't force myself to eat much of anything else. I continued to feel bad and a bit queasy so I stopped and took some rolaids. Now, only ONE HOUR post meal, I am at 85. What's happening all of the sudden?

How many carbs were in the pork chop? Unless it was breaded, I'm thinking none. If you ate less carbs than usual and took the same amount of meds, that's what happened. However, on byetta, that's a normal 1-hour number for me so again, not something dangerously low but if way out of the norm for you, it would be something to check probably every half our for a couple hours to be sure you're not headed for a crash. On the byetta, I will be "low" soon after a meal but rebound to a less low number over the next 2-3 hours.

[cgsmichelle]

Originally Posted by BigcityRich

Kim, I hope you're feeling better. I hate the lows. Just reminds me that I have a disease.

I feel something like extreme hunger in my stomach below 90 mg/dl. .

You quoted me exactly. This week when I had my low it reminded me I have a disease. I have become so used to being diabetic and had not had any problems. I think I became comfortable with it.

My dietician told me anything below 80 is a low for a diabetic. I had never experienced that "hunger" feeling before this week. Being diabetic is like living a big puzzle.

[quote=Kim_in_TN;359742]Wow, all the sudden I just got so shaky just all at once. QUOTE]

How are you feeling today?