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12-02-2008, 11:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Holland, Michigan USA
Posts: 895
| | | 68 was my low .. but given my a1c and how my new meter is reading I think that was lower than actual.
__________________ As always YMMV! High Fructose Corn Syrup = Weapons Grade Sugar Diagnosed: July 3 2008
A1C- 7/10/08= 10.6  11/17/08 = 5.6  5/29/09= 5.3
triglycerides - 7/15/08 = 192  11/17/2008 = 84
HDL - 7/15/08 = 46 11/17/2008 = 74
LDL - 7/15/08 = 106 11/17/2008 = 80
Low Carb Diet (15-50g/day)
Metformin ER 500mg 2x day
Neurontin 800mg 3x day
Meloxicam 15mg 1x day (arthritis)
Multivitamin, B12, fish oil
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12-02-2008, 11:51 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Dakota
Posts: 902
| | | 43 on glipzide, many years ago
-Lloyd
__________________ If it is to be, it's up to me! -Lloyd http://www.forecast.diabetes.org/mag...atures/success Insulin Dependent T2, C-peptide 0.5, Pumping 2 1/2years
10/28/09 5.4 7/20/09 5.4 4/20/09 5.3 1/20/09 A1c 5.2 12/2/08 A1c 5.0 10/6/08 A1c 5.1
8/11/08 A1c 5.2 5/12/08 A1c 4.92/18/08 A1c 4.9 11/2007 A1c 5.3 8/2007 A1c 5.5 6/2007 A1c 5.7
3/2007 A1c 6.9 12/2006, A1c 7.8 9/2006, A1c 8.5 6/2006 A1c 8.7 |
12-02-2008, 12:06 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kitchener, Canada
Posts: 275
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Originally Posted by Rad Warrier  Forgot to add that I am taking no medication except metformin (750 mg a day). | I forgot to give you a brief explanation on my lows. My lows cannot be strictly termed lows. They occur quite frequently, and I don't feel any physical discomfort on account of these. I would be very hungry though when these occured. My "lows" (if they can be called 'low' at all) were in the 3.9 to 4.1 mmol/L (70 to 74 mg/dL) range and have always occured prior to lunch when lunch got postponed by more than an hour on account of some work that involved physical activity (like shopping with my wife, gardening, shovelling snow, etc.)
Regards,
Rad |
12-02-2008, 12:46 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Yellowknife, NT, CA
Posts: 40
| | | One time I hit a low of 1 (approx 18), not even sure how I did not pass out. But a quick tsp in water solved it and away I went. Boy I felt funny through, it was a day when I was wrestling with low blood sugar all day. Not sure how that happened 0r what triggered it. |
12-02-2008, 01:05 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sunny / hot place
Posts: 444
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Originally Posted by Lloyd 43 on glipzide, many years ago
-Lloyd |
Hi Lloyd,
Those are excellent A1C's. 
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Latest A1C
February 2009 ..5.4
Aug '08...5.2
Feb '08...5.5
Dec '07...5.2
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12-02-2008, 02:48 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posts: 1,222
| | | The reason I asked was I hit 45 right after the OGT and felt like I was going to pass out. Somebody made the comment that that is awfully low for non-Type 1, especially given that I am on no medication.
That was the most awful experience and I was out of glucose tabs. Thank God I was on my way to Panera. I asked them to make my drink quickly and they did. I had to call my dad to pick me up because I did not feel safe to drive at that point. What was weird is that I only went up to 162 according to them (185 on my meter) and I've never dropped that low before. Today I hit 235 and did not have a reactive low.
Sometimes this thing is so frustrating.
__________________   Jessi 24
Pre-D Sept. 2008 BS Range (45-280)
Diet and Exercise One Touch Ultra Smart named Alice (Thanks PaleFaceGirl!)
A1C: 5.7 |
12-02-2008, 02:58 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 621
| | | 53 while on u-500 and metformin. was so almost to passing out point. i had to drink a bottle of gatorade, i was covered in sweat and my shirt was soaked. i was also shaking uncontrolably. a place i dont like to be
__________________  Humulin U-500 Pumping Pink Ping
Metformin 850mg 3x a day
Cpap 18 Cm H2o with Ultra Mirage Full Face Mask
Aspirin 162 mg a day
Zetia 10mg a day
Tricor 145mg a day
Benazepril 20mg a day
Dyazide 27.5-25mg a day
Metoprolol 50mg a day
Lyrica 50mg 2x day
Vicadin 325 x 5 2x a day
Fish Oil - Glucostimine - Vit D
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12-02-2008, 05:21 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ohio
Posts: 14
| | | I'm not even a diabetic, but just yesterday morning I was 225 after my coffee had a protein shake to try to level it out and started mopping, hadn't been even 10 minutes of mopping and I started to shake and get that otherworldly feeling and checked my bg and it was 48. I ate an apple and some cheese, and waited for the shaking and stuff to stop, felt horrible the rest of the day, but it happens often. Don't know what to do. Mindy |
12-02-2008, 05:54 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southern California
Posts: 460
| | | My lowest was 65 on Thanksgiving - took two regular insulin shots too close together and didn't calculate the second one for the "insulin on board".
I take Lantus, Novolin R and Novolog.
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Levemir, Novolog
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 |
12-02-2008, 06:46 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 621
| | Tammy, are you sure you aren't a diabetic? Why I always understood it those numbers shouldnt change like that unless you are 
__________________ Humulin U-500 Pumping Pink Ping
Metformin 850mg 3x a day
Cpap 18 Cm H2o with Ultra Mirage Full Face Mask
Aspirin 162 mg a day
Zetia 10mg a day
Tricor 145mg a day
Benazepril 20mg a day
Dyazide 27.5-25mg a day
Metoprolol 50mg a day
Lyrica 50mg 2x day
Vicadin 325 x 5 2x a day
Fish Oil - Glucostimine - Vit D
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12-02-2008, 08:12 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ohio
Posts: 14
| | | Yes, at least my Dr. hasn't said I was, my A1c was 6.1. Discussed that in another thread.I'm still trying to figure out how to keep my bg level. I have highs after eating, and drop like a rock if it goes too high too fast and do anything.(physical)I also had a 95 fasting BG, so I still don't know whats wrong.My BG is generally all over the place, nothing steady, that would be too easy. Tammy |
12-02-2008, 09:25 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 134
| | | My lowest reading was 1.9 (34.2). I take only metformin.
It was caused by the mixture of bagels and coffee. When I mix these two together I always get a bad case of reactive hypoglycemia.
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12-02-2008, 10:49 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rural town in ALASKA
Posts: 171
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Originally Posted by EeyoreButterfly This came up in another thread, and I am wondering for Type 2's what is the lowest you have gone?
It's not that I don't love Type 1's (you know I do), but it seems that reactive lows are different from insulin reactions. | What is the difference between reactive lows and insulin reactions?
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We're all here because we're not all here 
Dx July 2007 as Type 2 - A1c 11%, Novolog 70/30, 30u am and 15u pm.
Past 1 1/2 years, gradually decreased insulin levels, improved diet and exercise
Lost 25 pounds
Jan. 1, 2009 - No Insulin
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12-02-2008, 10:50 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: British Columbia
Posts: 247
| | | 1.9 for me too. Middle of then night. I took OJ and candies.
Due to over-correction (bolus) after dinner.
After a year and a half of bolusing I still don't have a handle on my I:C ratio. Half the time I am right with 1:4 and other times I overestimate what I need.
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Dx'd Type 2, 1989
Metformin 2000, Levemir 40, NovoRapid 1:4
Lipitor, Inhibace, Remeron, Celexa
Aspirin, Omega 3, Calcium, Vitamin C, Vitamin D
A1C March 08, 7.2
July 08 8.0
October 08 6.8
Feb 09 6.7 |
12-02-2008, 11:28 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 6,335
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Originally Posted by EeyoreButterfly Today I hit 235 and did not have a reactive low. | If you've got protein, fat, or solid food on board at all you won't drop nearly as quickly or as much. I bet if you drank enough cola at breakfast to get that high after fasting all night you could easily replicate the situation. |
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