Hi. I was diagnosed as borderline hypoglycemic in second grade. I was passing out at school. I almost died from a major drop when I was 22. I don't regularly check my sugar at all. I know it's low. I know the feeling. When I've checked, the mornings are typically 75-95. The highest I've ever seen was 150. Since almost dying, I gained a lot of weight out of fear and stress. Over 100 pounds. I was told as a child I could flip to diabetes later in life, but I might not.
I am now 33. I had already decided I would start a new plan to lose weight and exercise, and then Wednesday my school offered a pre-diabetes screening. All faculty and staff were asked to test for a grant. I knew my blood pressure would be up as my students had been very hyper that morning; however, I didn't think my sugar would be an issue. I had not eaten at that point. My class goes to PE at 9, and I was going to eat then. Later than usual. But it had been a rough morning. I went for the screening before eating. My sugar tested 146. They had me do an AC1 test, and I will get results within the next week or so. I freaked out. I have been majorly stressed with both work and personal problems. I also started my monthly that day, which I know can affect my sugar but usually drops it. Since Wednesday, I've been checking my sugar. It was about 113 that afternoon. It was 190 after eating supper, which had me having a panic attack. Thursday morning, I had 111 at 6 am. Friday morning, it was 101, and in the afternoon was at 95. I was like okay, life is making sense again. We typically eat Mexican on Friday. I ate less, but I still ate. (I had also dropped cokes and cut way back after that reading Wednesday.) This morning, I woke up at 6, and it was 127. Almost 3 hours later, it was 137. I hadn't eaten. I live in the mindset of needing to eat breakfast and so much so I don't drop. I ate two eggs after that. My sugar now (2.5 hrs later) is 130. So my question is what is happening? I read that your hormone levels can affect this. The day I started was the day of the screening. I'm coming off today. Is it that? And I've just never checked it to see. Or am I starting to flip to diabetic? That terrifies me and has since I was a child. On the plus, I've woke up and realized the time is now to lose weight. I weighed 280 in August. Lost 10-12 pounds by Christmas. I was 269 Thursday. This morning, I was 265. Meaning I'm down 15 today from August. 4 pounds since I checked Thursday. Plus no Coke since then just water. Any thoughts are appreciated as I'm freaking out!
I am now 33. I had already decided I would start a new plan to lose weight and exercise, and then Wednesday my school offered a pre-diabetes screening. All faculty and staff were asked to test for a grant. I knew my blood pressure would be up as my students had been very hyper that morning; however, I didn't think my sugar would be an issue. I had not eaten at that point. My class goes to PE at 9, and I was going to eat then. Later than usual. But it had been a rough morning. I went for the screening before eating. My sugar tested 146. They had me do an AC1 test, and I will get results within the next week or so. I freaked out. I have been majorly stressed with both work and personal problems. I also started my monthly that day, which I know can affect my sugar but usually drops it. Since Wednesday, I've been checking my sugar. It was about 113 that afternoon. It was 190 after eating supper, which had me having a panic attack. Thursday morning, I had 111 at 6 am. Friday morning, it was 101, and in the afternoon was at 95. I was like okay, life is making sense again. We typically eat Mexican on Friday. I ate less, but I still ate. (I had also dropped cokes and cut way back after that reading Wednesday.) This morning, I woke up at 6, and it was 127. Almost 3 hours later, it was 137. I hadn't eaten. I live in the mindset of needing to eat breakfast and so much so I don't drop. I ate two eggs after that. My sugar now (2.5 hrs later) is 130. So my question is what is happening? I read that your hormone levels can affect this. The day I started was the day of the screening. I'm coming off today. Is it that? And I've just never checked it to see. Or am I starting to flip to diabetic? That terrifies me and has since I was a child. On the plus, I've woke up and realized the time is now to lose weight. I weighed 280 in August. Lost 10-12 pounds by Christmas. I was 269 Thursday. This morning, I was 265. Meaning I'm down 15 today from August. 4 pounds since I checked Thursday. Plus no Coke since then just water. Any thoughts are appreciated as I'm freaking out!
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