Andcol: The reason I’m worried sick is because everything I have read on the internet about “normal, nondiabetics” is that no matter what they eat, they typically never go above 6.9 and only rarely do they go up to 7.77. Everyone says normal, metabolically competent people never go up to 9 or 10 after meals because they have a functional first phase insulin response which prevents such dramatic spikes. Honestly, it is all very confusing and controversial. Some say one thing, another group says nondiabetics do spike high etc. I don’t even know what to believe anymore. The more I read studies, research, investigate, etc the more lost I feel. It just seems absurd that I can be around 6.9 or even 6 two hours after two different ogtts and yet it takes much longer for my numbers to be under 7.8 after a meal that may break down into less than 75 grams of glucose after digestion. I had the second ogtt only a week ago and with the readings on the meter and how long it takes for my glucose to drop it almost gives me the impression that my pancreas has deteriorated or become impaired .