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10-11-2008, 03:34 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: columbus ohio
Posts: 3,759
| | | what do I do?
my blood sugar two hours after eating salmon and brussel sprouts is 330. |
10-11-2008, 03:44 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grove City Ohio
Posts: 2,287
| | | What was it before you ate, and what kind of medication are you taking?
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10-11-2008, 03:53 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: columbus ohio
Posts: 3,759
| | | I am on Metformin ER 500 2X a day
Actos 30, I think, 1 time a day
something for my blood pressure
cholesterol med
lamisol, an antifungal
aspirin 81 mg
lithium, a very low dose, I have been weaning myself off of it.
I took my BS this morning it was 135
I haven't been testing more that 3 times a day cuz it is making me crazy |
10-11-2008, 04:06 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: columbus ohio
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| | okay, I washed my hands and took it again and it is 137  |
10-11-2008, 06:39 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 782
| | | You start to get a feel for what foods are supposed to do for your BS in time. If I get a result that I feel is too high, I always wash and retest. It's happened to me a few times.
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10-11-2008, 06:43 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 9,309
| | | We have all done it yannah. Glad you were more in range than you thought.
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10-11-2008, 06:59 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Always in Pain, USA
Posts: 23
| | | According to Calore King book I have, it lists brussell sprouts as having 6 grams carbs per 1/2 cup.
Do you count your carb intake? Remember carbs break down to sugar
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Type 2 since 1996
Periphereal Neuropathy
Diabetic Kidney Disease
A1C
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9/08 - 9.7
10/08 - 8.1
GFR
>60
Lantus 80 units
Apidra - 10 units
Vitamin D
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10-11-2008, 07:28 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: columbus ohio
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| | i did look up the brussel sprouts, Colby and they are a 5 on the glycemic index, I think they are okay.
but half the time I really don't know what the **** I am talking about when it comes to Diabetes! |
10-11-2008, 07:53 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cicero, IL
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| | | I think it was just a handwashing issue. I have done the same thing myself. If the reading is way off, I just scrub my hands real good and try again. Usually I fall back into range.
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10-11-2008, 09:13 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 8,671
| | | Pay attention to how you feel too. I generally know when I'm high and when my meter is lying to me, which it rarely does. |
10-12-2008, 09:27 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sarasota (sort of) Florida
Posts: 1,167
| | | Never, ever use alcohol swabs.
Just wash your hands.
If you're even sort of counting carbs after a meal you have a pretty good idea of what you're going to test at. If the test is "Whoa where did that come from" retest. Something is wrong.
I don't mind if my BS goes way up after a meal if I know I've eaten something I shouldn't have. That's expected.
But when it's "sat what!!!" then I'll always retest or go back and try to figure out what I did wrong.
I don't always succeed.
Art
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10-12-2008, 09:50 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Originally Posted by yannah  okay, I washed my hands and took it again and it is 137 | That's an excellent postprandial number!
We've all had a weird reading that was down to something on our hands.
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10-12-2008, 10:29 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southern California
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Originally Posted by davef That's an excellent postprandial number!
We've all had a weird reading that was down to something on our hands. | Yep, we all sure have! I had my usual bedtime snack of a cracker and peanut butter an hour early last night, and took my blood sugar just before bed and it was 181  ! Took it again a few minutes later after washing my hands and it was 129. 
This morning I woke up to 123 fasting blood sugar which is the LOWEST I have seen in YEARS!
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Metformin 850 x 3
Lower carb lifestyle A1C:
11/3/07: 7.5
2/23/08: 7.4
8/30/08: 8.1 1/29/09: 5.7 5/21/09: 5.7 9/28/09: 5.8 Triglycerides:
11/3/07: 321
2/23/08: 328
8/30/08: 330 1/29/09: 166 5/29/09: 230
9/28/09: 201 |
10-12-2008, 01:39 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Earth (I think)
Posts: 1,434
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Originally Posted by art Never, ever use alcohol swabs.
Just wash your hands.
Art | Why shouldn't you use alcohol swabs? I use cotton balls soaked in alcohol all the time because it's the best way to kill germs. Of course I make sure that the alcohol is totally dried up before I test so that there isn't any alcohol mixing with the blood sample.
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