Puzzled by blood sugar level

[Ben46]

Hi,

I’m a type 2 diabetic, have been for 3 years. Today, I went a bit mad sugar wise, I didn’t have time for lunch but I was at an event that had laid on cakes. So, I ate two large cakes. I also won a box of Celebrations which I was going to take home for my son, however I thought I’d just have one and of course ended up eating the whole box on the train home.

About 4 hours later I tested my blood sugars expecting it to be through the roof. It was 4.2mmol/l which is far lower than anything I have previously measured, I think my previous lowest has been 5.2.

Does anyone know what is going on?
Does this mean I can change to a cake and chocolate diet?

Thanks

 

[Ben46]

Hi,

I’m a type 2 diabetic, have been for 3 years. Today, I went a bit mad sugar wise, I didn’t have time for lunch but I was at an event that had laid on cakes. So, I ate two large cakes. I also won a box of Celebrations which I was going to take home for my son, however I thought I’d just have one and of course ended up eating the whole box on the train home.

About 4 hours later I tested my blood sugars expecting it to be through the roof. It was 4.2mmol/l which is far lower than anything I have previously measured, I think my previous lowest has been 5.2.

Does anyone know what is going on?
Does this mean I can change to a cake and chocolate diet?

Thanks

It says I’m insulin dependent, I’m not I take metformin

 

[hooose]

Voodoo

 

[Lamont D]

I would guess a rogue reading.
Did you change your lancet and the test strip

 

[NicoleC1971]

2 large cakes and a box of Celebrations? I think that good reading was the dyinig spurt of your pancreas. Do not repeat that experiment and return to Living La Vida Low Carb ! On a technical note eating a ton of quick release sugar would be expected to produce a corresponding insulin spke to take your bg down again quickly...

 

[Bluetit1802]

If your status says insulin dependent you can change this by going to your profile, looking at the drop down box and changing it to Type 2. There is a glitch on the forum at the moment.

The cakes and chocolates will have raised your levels sky high, but by 4 hours these will have dropped lower than usual. It happens this way after we have a sudden intake of a lot of sugar or bodies are not expecting. It happened to me after an oral glucose tolerance test when I drank 75g of pure glucose on an empty stomach. I shot right up then once I started to come down I had dropped like a stone before 3 hours..

The experience should not be repeated!

 

[LouWilk059]

Ben: "Does this mean I can change to a cake and chocolate diet?"

Nicole: "2 large cakes and a box of Celebrations? I think that good reading was the dying spurt of your pancreas."

Too funny!

 

[kokhongw]

Sometimes, this is what happens...

 

[kokhongw]

An example from my Libre chart...