bg levels 2 hours after food

Hi Louise, take a look at the following links
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16422495.php
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-dia ... et-ranges/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3341560/
http://www.dsolve.com/news-aamp-info-ot ... s/88-meter

Louise

Good links been given.

Ideally, as a T1, I'd prefer to be under 8 at two hours but without no carb (and I only eat about 30g max per time, if at all) and even with insulin I wouldnt always manage this without hypo risk. However I def dont like going over 9-not least as double figures poleaxe me.

However, if you are still getting 10.8 two hours even after eating with low carb then I think you might need to re consider the prediabetes status . Im not med trained of course but if someone with diabetes doesnt want to see 10.8 on a meter then Im sure a pre diabetic doesnt want to!I appreciate attempts at trying to avoid full blown diabetes but whats important is control of bg and whether this needs diet, meds etc then so be it.

No non diabetic (which is what they are trying to say with pre?, IMHO you either are, or are not diabetic, International Classifications be damned) would ever reach 10.8. Despite what Docs and nurses say.

lilibet said:

.........However, if you are still getting 10.8 two hours even after eating with low carb then I think you might need to re consider the prediabetes status . Im not med trained of course but if someone with diabetes doesnt want to see 10.8 on a meter then Im sure a pre diabetic doesnt want to!.........

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Hi Louise,

I agree with what lilibet says above. Given what you have been told about being diagnosed with pre-diabetes, I'm surprised that you are seeing readings of 10.8 two hours after eating anything - especially if the meal had been lowish in carbohydrate.

I've been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes for over nine years now and I don't ever remember having a reading like that after two hours since I started testing eighteen months ago.

My advice would be for you to discuss the readings that you've been finding with your GP.

Best wishes - John

Hi again louiseb,

In my opinion, quite a lot of Type 2 diabetes diagnosis seems to be a bit hit and miss. I was diagnosed over nine years ago in the very early stages. My HbA1c slowly increased over eight years to a high of 9.4%. I have diabetes there is no question about that and we are all told over and over again that situation can never change.

However, if I went to a GP or hospital these days and they carried out the most common diagnosis tests - i.e. fasting blood glucose or HbA1c - they would tell me that I wasn't diabetic. In fact, an endocrinologist said just that to me recently despite the fact that she new full well of my history.

I'd expect that a glucose tolerance test might find out that I did have diabetes but these days I'm not even certain about that. However, I don't think this type of test is carried out too often. - certainly, I've never had such a test in the nine years that I've had diabetes.

With the benefit of hindsight, I'm fairly confident that my diabetes started several years before diagnosis. I think that diagnosis is more related to the stage that they need to start dealing with the problem rather than whether or not you have the condition.

In my opinion, diet and exercise is the way to go. In my experience diet is very powerful indeed in helping you to get things sorted out.

Best wishes - John