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<blockquote data-quote="sgm14" data-source="post: 2451457" data-attributes="member: 517358"><p>I had to go to the dentist yesterday and was wondering what effect this would have and suspected that it would also increase my levels.</p><p></p><p>It is complicated by the fact that I would also be doing some shopping and quite a lot of walking when I was 'in town'. (Yesterday was over six miles) From experience, I found that if I left the house with my figures at eight or below, I knew the walking would almost certainly cause me to go low unless I took some carbs.</p><p></p><p>I am a bit of a worrier and usually find things aren't as bad I expected, so I had kind of expected my figures to rise <strong>before </strong>the actual visit, rather than during/after. Strangely enough my lowest reading (8.7) was when I was actually sitting (or lying back) in the dentist's chair, before the actual work started. (I had been asked how my blood sugar levels were, so I did a scan).</p><p></p><p>I did a scan after the work had finished and my figures had risen to 9.3, but that rise is not really significant. So it looked at this stage as if the visit had not really affected me much.</p><p></p><p>What happened afterwards was strange and they started rising again and even reached 11.5 two hours later. This was seven hours after breakfast and without any food in-between and for most of those two hours I was walking/shopping.</p><p></p><p>Not really sure what to make of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sgm14, post: 2451457, member: 517358"] I had to go to the dentist yesterday and was wondering what effect this would have and suspected that it would also increase my levels. It is complicated by the fact that I would also be doing some shopping and quite a lot of walking when I was 'in town'. (Yesterday was over six miles) From experience, I found that if I left the house with my figures at eight or below, I knew the walking would almost certainly cause me to go low unless I took some carbs. I am a bit of a worrier and usually find things aren't as bad I expected, so I had kind of expected my figures to rise [B]before [/B]the actual visit, rather than during/after. Strangely enough my lowest reading (8.7) was when I was actually sitting (or lying back) in the dentist's chair, before the actual work started. (I had been asked how my blood sugar levels were, so I did a scan). I did a scan after the work had finished and my figures had risen to 9.3, but that rise is not really significant. So it looked at this stage as if the visit had not really affected me much. What happened afterwards was strange and they started rising again and even reached 11.5 two hours later. This was seven hours after breakfast and without any food in-between and for most of those two hours I was walking/shopping. Not really sure what to make of it. [/QUOTE]
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