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Question about my BG tonight

Marieukxx

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Type of diabetes
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Diet only
I'm not convinced I am diabetic due to normal BG results all week since I have been testing bt I have been eating very low carb. Anyway this evening my sister and Niece were over so I thought "what the hell" and had a chinese takeaway. I had a few chips, hong kong chicken which is like small bits of chicken in a tempura batter with peppers and onions and curry sauce. I ate half the chicken and curry sauce. Couldn't finish it all.

So I just tested 2 hours after the meal finished and it's my highest ever reading and I've never had a reading like like or even near this since I've been testing myself. It said it's 8.5

Good job I only ate half the meal or god knows what they would have been!

The BG meter still had a smiley face so I guess that's ok still. I just wondered what you guys think? Is that a sort of bad result or still ok? Does that mean I've been kidding myself and I am actually diabetic? I was all keyed up to challenge my diagnosis at my next appointment but now I don't know.
 
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If I have a Chinese or Indian meal I would expect a reading like that.

I can eat low carb for weeks and have good control, but one bad meal and my number can be high because I am diabetic. Not sure how far you are in your diabetic journey but you are obviously predisposed to diabetes.

However, your reading is not ideal but not catastrophic, in that situation I would test an hour further along. What is of more importance is your HBA1C number which is the true indicator.

jim
 
It's been a week since I was told. I've had one meeting with my diabetic nurse who said I am type 2 diabetic. I don't know what my initial test was actually for all the doctor said was that he was testing me for diabetes because of the terrible neuropathy I was experiencing. Then I was called in the very next day and told my blood sugars were dangerously high. They were 13.7
 
From the numbers you mention, your neuropathy and the comments from the doctor and nurse, It looks like the time has come for you to move past denial and accept you have diabetes.

8.5 would rarely be seen in a non-diabetic. 13.7 is definite. Please read this: Getting Started
 
Repeatable over 7 before breakfast and/or over 11 anytime makes you a member of the club
 

Marie, have you not asked about this initial test yet? Please ring the doctor's receptionist and ask if it was an HbA1c test or just a fasting blood glucose test. You really need to know. I know from other threads that your daily levels are generally in the non-diabetic range, but I also know you have gone very low carb, so would expect your reading to be fairly low. Perhaps you could also try testing before and at 1 hour and 2 hours after a carb meal. Non-diabetics would expect to peak at 1 hour but be well on their way down to base at 2 hours providing there wasn't much fat in the meal. Try that and see. But do find out what your diagnostic test was.
 
I'm going to ask at my next appointment, but should me BG be 8.5 two hours after a meal if I were not diabetic
 
Marieukxx said:
I'm going to ask at my next appointment, but should me BG be 8.5 two hours after a meal if I were not diabetic
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you said you ate "a few chips, hong kong chicken which is like small bits of chicken in a tempura batter with peppers and onions and curry sauce." that is certainly going to push your reading higher than normal?

jim
 
jim1951 said:
you said you ate "a few chips, hong kong chicken which is like small bits of chicken in a tempura batter with peppers and onions and curry sauce." that is certainly going to push your reading higher than normal?

jim
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Would it for a non diabetic? I'm sorry for all the questions it's just I was convinced I wasn't diabetic and my diagnosis was wrong.
 
Marieukxx said:
Would it for a non diabetic? I'm sorry for all the questions it's just I was convinced I wasn't diabetic and my diagnosis was wrong.
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I would say a non diabetic would/should not be that high.

One number in isolation is difficult to interpret. For instance if your BG was high before the meal then the reading after the meal is not as bad as it would have been if your reading was low before the meal.

If you are not diabetic then you are at least prediabetic, but only your HBA1C result will confirm that or otherwise.

jim
 
Marie,

Until you get your results you do not know if you are pre-diabetic, diabetic or non diabetic.
It is only a few days now until you get your results so it is best to wait and see rather than panicking or being in denial.
You say you need to loose weight and so you really are wasting your time if you are going to eat chinese foods. A diet that is suitable for diabetics is also suitable for non diabetics so really you have nothing to lose, other than weight, if you take the advice from here and the tests come back as negative.
You seem to be under a lot of stress whilst waiting and that will push your readings up. Try and keep calm, accept that you will know soon and relax.
 
@catherinecherub
I have had my results a week ago so I don't know what you mean. I've been called back, told my results and had my first appointment with the diabetic nurse who told me I am type 2
I hardly think one treat is ruining my diet. I've lost 2 and half stone so far and that was my first treat in ages. Plus I only ate half the meal. I am not on a diet I am changing my eating habits for life and a treat now and again is allowed or I'd never keep it up.

I am not panicking in the slightest, believe you me if you knew what I have to deal with in my life you'd know this is nothing compared.
 
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I think if you are testing "2 hours after the meal finished" then you may have missed the peak. Try testing 2 hours after the first mouthful. Testing at 1 hour from the first mouthful will be helpful too if you are concerned.
 


Your OP says that you are not convinced that you are diabetic and you were thinking of challenging your diagnosis so what are we supposed to think?


I am not in the business of upsetting people so if I have then apologies.

You might like to read this which explains the emotions that some of us feel at diagnosis.

http://www.diabetesexplained.com/the-five-stages-of-grief.html
 
Because I was also diagnosed the day after with liver damage. They produce the same symptoms plus the liver when not working correc
Avocado Sevenfold said:
I think if you are testing "2 hours after the meal finished" then you may have missed the peak. Try testing 2 hours after the first mouthful. Testing at 1 hour from the first mouthful will be helpful too if you are concerned.
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Ok thanks Tonight I will test before I eat my dinner one hour after my first mouthful and at 2 hours after my first mouthful. I thought I was supposed o test two hours after I finished the meal
 
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@catherinecherub

I didn't explain it properly sorry, here is my initial thread before I saw the nurse:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/found-out-today-confused-help-please.61619/
 
I understand where you are coming from. You were told your blood sugars were dangerously high, that you are type 2. and that your glucose was 13.7.
However, you believe this glucose level was raised not because you are diabetic but because you have liver problems that may have caused you to have raised levels. You believe you are not diabetic because the readings you are having from your meter tell you otherwise. Is that right?
 
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Yes thank you Bluetit1802. I was ready to go in next Monday at my appointment with my diabetic nurse to challenge this initial result because of my liver problems at the time. As I have read a damaged liver gives a lot of the same symptoms as diabetes plus as it's no working BG can be high initially.

Now though my liver is recovering, I'm taking milk thistle and prescribed vitamins. Basically as you know I went really really low carb, felt tons better and have had low BG readings. Then last night because I wasn't convinced it was diabetes I did have chinese with my family as a treat. My sister and Niece were over and we all had it together. I ate half mine because I am trying to cut back. I was 100% convinced my BG would be low s it's been all week 2 hours after the meal but was surprised when it came out at 8.5.

So now I am thinking maybe I am actually diabetic and I shouldn't go in all guns blazing and question my diagnosis. That's why I've been asking all these questions. I'm sorry if I've been a pain but I've been told I'm diabetic then that I have liver damage within a few days of eachother and that is a lot to absorb. I was hoping for just the one problem to deal with tbh.
 
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