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12-01-2008, 10:21 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posts: 1,222
| | | Just for Type 2's: What is the lowest you have gone?
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.
Please mention if you were taking medicines or injecting insulin at the time. I am most interested in lows experienced while controlling with just diet and exercise (no medications of any sort being used at the time).
__________________   Jessi 24
Pre-D Sept. 2008 BS Range (45-280)
Diet and Exercise One Touch Ultra Smart named Alice (Thanks PaleFaceGirl!)
A1C: 5.7 |
12-01-2008, 11:09 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greater San Diego area
Posts: 1,421
| | | 65. After riding my bike for half an hour (at 7:30 in the evening, an hour after eating, I was at 128; at 8:50, after riding, I was at 65; two hours after that, I was up back up to 92). No meds.
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Dx prediabetic 02/08 (FBG 127 and 123)
A1c 02/08: 6.5; A1c 05/08: 6.0
A1c 11/08: 5.5; A1c 03/09: 5.3
A1c 09/09: 5.4
No meds
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12-01-2008, 11:17 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 782
| | | I've hit 72 a couple of times when on 8U Lantus. Both times were right before dinner - aside from sleeping, the longest fast of the day that I have (usually about 6 hrs between lunch and dinner).
__________________ "That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche |
12-02-2008, 02:36 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 5,906
| | | I'm on Metformin, lowest I have ever seen is 57 (3.2), it was a rollercoaster day brought on I believe by two slices of wholemeal bread toasted sending me high and then I plumetted. Other than that I have seen 65/66 a few times, normally before dinner after a busy day. I've seen a few T1s mention going low while shopping and I've experienced the low feeling a couple of times while grocery shopping.
__________________  Cosmo the Duck: is with Gretchen in Cambridge, MA. Ping the Duck: is with Nancy
Metformin 500mg twice daily, Enap 5mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with BG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 10/09/09: 6.1%
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12-02-2008, 05:53 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: columbus ohio
Posts: 3,759
| | | 63. I just ignored it.
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lo carb under 50g a day and excersize
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12-02-2008, 05:58 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 10,080
| | | 52, while on metformin 500 mg twice daily. I skipped lunch and was out in the hot sun at a craft show all day. Easily taken care of with 3-4 sips of "regular" soda.
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets
Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5 |
12-02-2008, 06:04 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maryland, US
Posts: 46
| | | 61. Mid-60s are not that uncommon for me, so I ignored it. |
12-02-2008, 08:53 AM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kitchener, Canada
Posts: 275
| | 3.9 mmol/L. This time, converting it to mg/dL is left as an exercise for the American members 
Regards,
Rad |
12-02-2008, 08:55 AM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kitchener, Canada
Posts: 275
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rad Warrier  3.9 mmol/L. This time, converting it to mg/dL is left as an exercise for the American members
Regards,
Rad | Forgot to add that I am taking no medication except metformin (750 mg a day). |
12-02-2008, 09:13 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 153
| | | The lowest I have gone is 60, this is with no meds for diabetes. I am totally controling with diet now. I started on insulin and metformin. I now able to do it all by what I eat. I also lost 115 pounds. Doctor says that is probably why lower BS levels.My sugars are going lower than I want now though. Wake up with 70's and 80's. Drop to the 60's if I don't watch it. My last AC1 in October was 4.8
-Julie |
12-02-2008, 09:16 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: 3rd Rock from the sun
Posts: 2,069
| | I went to 90 once. Also I'm type 2 on just diet right now, and it's not working. I send most of my time above 140. When I eat my blood will sometimes go up into the 200's. 
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A1c 02/2009 5.2
A1c 08/07/2009 6.4
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12-02-2008, 09:31 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 469
| | | I think my lowest was right around 72.
I just started byetta, so I'll have to keep a closer eye on those low numbers. Never really been a worry in the past... |
12-02-2008, 09:43 AM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Carson, Ca
Posts: 8
| | | My lowest was 42 and thats while taking metformin.
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"life is your own creation do what you will with it. make it pretty and worthwhile or let it dwindle away. but do keep in mind live life don't let it live you. for one day you'll be out of time"
diagnosed April 15,2008
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12-02-2008, 09:58 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont
Posts: 2,291
| | | Lowest was 86, a couple 88's. Most days I get into the 90's just before the evening meal. I've been in the 200's only a dozen times and that's typically a 1 hour PP. Mostly 2 hr PP's are <140.
I think I'm doing OK with no meds, but I have to keep my eye on the ball huh?
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12-02-2008, 11:38 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Alabama
Posts: 1,077
| | | 58, I think. I tested three times for that one. LOL. I'm on Byetta and 2000 mg of Met per day. This was before I went on Byetta, but after I'd been on a long walk on a warm, humid evening. Felt like utter and total crapola for about an hour. I ate a couple of cookies and drank some regular milk, which tends to bring me up slowly without spiking me too high. YMMV.
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Glycemic impact diet
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Metformin 2000 mg
Byetta 10 mcg/2x daily
Enalapril 40 mg
A1C, 9-1-09: 5.3!! 
A1C, 5-19-09: 5.1!!! 
A1C, 2-12-09: 5.3!! 
A1C, 11-14-08: 5.2!!
A1C, 8-7-08: 6.3 
A1C, 5-1-08: 5.6!! 
A1C, 2-5-08: 7.4 |
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