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<blockquote data-quote="rach" data-source="post: 41326" data-attributes="member: 13157"><p>I'm not an expert so I'd take most of what I say with a pinch of salt, but just some thoughts.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't say that your levels are anything to acutely worry about - it'd be unlikely for you to have rapid onset type 1 for example if they're high but not really increasing in severity over the week.</p><p></p><p>Your fastings seem really pretty good - in terms of the qualifications for diabetes as such these levels I don't think would quite "qualify" you.</p><p></p><p>You post meals are a bit high however... and a bit slow to return to normal. Different people are set different targets but I was told to aim for less than 8 post meals, down to less than 6 by 3 hours later (apparently if I was non-diabetic you'd hope for return to less than 6 by 2 hours after food). However it must be remembered that this is for a "diabetic-style" diet ie no kitkats etc they perhaps skew it somewhat. You might find testing consistently 2 hours post meals helps build up a pattern though, as 1 hour post meal levels can vary significantly according to what you've eaten clouding how well your body is dealing with the sugar.</p><p></p><p>Post pradial glucoses can be the first to go off track when developing type 2, fastings can stay quite ok, so I would definitely keep an eye on them.</p><p></p><p>So long term you probably don't want to be running levels that high although short term I wouldn't worry too much. Sorry if you've mentioned this somewhere I've not read but are you eating normally or trying to eat low GI/low carb at all?</p><p></p><p>Incidentally re: palpitations. Sorry if you've mentioned this elsewhere but when do you get them? I was finding I had them 1-2 hours post meal...on some close glucose level monitoring it turned out they actually coincided with the fall from a very high glucose, not the glucose itself. Settled down when I started low-carbing and not getting high post meals. Just a thought...</p><p></p><p>Sorry to have waffled or if this doesn't make sense. As I say, I'm no diabetologist, so it's just some thoughts and quite possibly wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rach, post: 41326, member: 13157"] I'm not an expert so I'd take most of what I say with a pinch of salt, but just some thoughts. I wouldn't say that your levels are anything to acutely worry about - it'd be unlikely for you to have rapid onset type 1 for example if they're high but not really increasing in severity over the week. Your fastings seem really pretty good - in terms of the qualifications for diabetes as such these levels I don't think would quite "qualify" you. You post meals are a bit high however... and a bit slow to return to normal. Different people are set different targets but I was told to aim for less than 8 post meals, down to less than 6 by 3 hours later (apparently if I was non-diabetic you'd hope for return to less than 6 by 2 hours after food). However it must be remembered that this is for a "diabetic-style" diet ie no kitkats etc they perhaps skew it somewhat. You might find testing consistently 2 hours post meals helps build up a pattern though, as 1 hour post meal levels can vary significantly according to what you've eaten clouding how well your body is dealing with the sugar. Post pradial glucoses can be the first to go off track when developing type 2, fastings can stay quite ok, so I would definitely keep an eye on them. So long term you probably don't want to be running levels that high although short term I wouldn't worry too much. Sorry if you've mentioned this somewhere I've not read but are you eating normally or trying to eat low GI/low carb at all? Incidentally re: palpitations. Sorry if you've mentioned this elsewhere but when do you get them? I was finding I had them 1-2 hours post meal...on some close glucose level monitoring it turned out they actually coincided with the fall from a very high glucose, not the glucose itself. Settled down when I started low-carbing and not getting high post meals. Just a thought... Sorry to have waffled or if this doesn't make sense. As I say, I'm no diabetologist, so it's just some thoughts and quite possibly wrong. [/QUOTE]
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