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simply_h

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Hello All,

I am a little bit confused and I have done a search in the internet and the forum and all the answers are coming back different etc.

My Question is:

What are the blood sugar reading of a fasting non diabetic and what would there blood sugar be after 2 hours after eating??

Reason I am asking is that I have read that its best to try and keep our (diabetic people) blood sugars as close as possible to non diabetics etc.

Any advice or ideas guys. :D

Cheers
Simply_H
 
Re: Non Diabetic Reading.

From this sites Community pages.......

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care ... anges.html

For the majority of healthy individuals, normal blood sugar levels are as follows:
The normal blood glucose level in humans is about 4 mM (4 mmol/L or 72 mg/dL)

The body, when operating normally, restores the blood sugar level to a range of about 4.4 to 6.1 mmol/L (82 to 110 mg/dL).

Shortly after eating the blood glucose level may rise temporarily up to 7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL) or a bit more in non-diabetics.
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However, you may find other figures elsewhere.......
 
Re: Non Diabetic Reading.

The answers are different because everybodies different! but seriously until recently there hasn't really been a lot of real evidence and the few studies there are use different subject populations. (age, what they use to decide they are non diabetic etc)

If you like looking at things visually, this graph shows the rise after a fast acting meal in a group of non diabetics . They were wearing a continuos monitor.

The blue line is the average, glucose reading

As the scale (on the left) is in mg/dl not mmol/l it helps to know that
60mgdl is 3.3mmol,
80mg/dl is 4.4mmol/l,
100mg/dl is 5.5mmol,
120mg/dl is 6.6mmol
140mg/dl is 7.7mmol.
160mg/dl is 8.8mmol.
As you can see the peak is reached at about 45 min after eating at 125mg/dl ( 6.9mmol) and then falls to about 88mg/dl ( 4.4mmol) at 2 hours .
http://www.diabetes-symposium.org/index ... 2&chart=30
(tip press the stop button or else you move onto the next shot too quickly)
 
Being Type 2 and Male.

Hello Again,

Its me again with more Questions..

If you keep your BS in normal (non diabetic range) and you keep your HbA1c in the range at about 5.5 to 5.9% what are the chances of doing nerve damage and damage to your eyes and damage to the 2nd function of your middle bits (errections etc).

I have looked on the internet with regards to this subject (2nd function of your middle bits) there is a lot of info but no real life info with regards to affects experiences etc.. Or this could be due its a personal nature, :oops: if this is the case I am very sorry. :oops:

But I am new to all this (9 weeks now) so I am still learning.

Anyway, hope you all have a nice weekend.

cheers
Simply_h.
 
Being Type 2 and Male

There are plenty of threads around regarding Retinopathy, Neuropathy, various other 'opathies and also ED.....Erectile Dysfunction.

Many Member's have previously posted their experiences with all those complications. How they deal with them, treatment options and how to prevent.......

If you do a search with the relevant 'keywords' you should find them all.....too many to link to here.
 
what are the chances of doing nerve damage and damage to your eyes and damage to the 2nd function of your middle bits (errections etc).
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Listen to first part of lecture :shock:
protection in patients with diabetic nephropathy
http://www.diabetes-symposium.org/index.php?menu=view&source=archive&sourceid=75&id=254

All Started with me in A&E with BG@ 30 :shock:
I have T2 just over three years now well as far as i know ? Consultant did say prob T2,. 3 years before ?
BG since always been around Hb1c 5.6 Apart for three month blip After an operation went to 9.8
last Hb1c 5.6

I have the following Diabetic problems
Neuropathy in feet
Minor damage to one eye
Mini Stroke :|

I have many Spinal problems from bad fall
just over a year now

Private parts don't work could be spinal or diabetic ?
Mutton dagger Was slow to respond before fall ? :oops:

Incontinence more than likely spine started 8 weeks after fall
Legs don't work same with Right arm both Spinal damage


Is this kind of info News you wanted ?
All i can say is try and keep BG low and cross your fingers

As s@~t happens

Bob
 
No! As many / Most on here have very good BG levels are free of any damage
Some have bad control get off Scot free :?:

All you can do is your best , and keep good long term BG control
Far better to know what could happen than blindly carry on

You did ask
Question...Should i give up too ?

Sorry if i upset you

Bob
 
simply_h said:
So out the out look does not look great for me then.. May as well give up now.. :cry:
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Depends on your attitude to life and Diabetes.......think negative thoughts and you will no doubt develop complications. Think positively and do something about controlling Diabetes like many of us here do and you can delay or even avoid any progression towards those complications. You should read all the success stories on this Forum.

Bob has been unfortunate in the things that he has had to endure but he is still trying his best to control his Diabetes. Helping Member's here as well. Bob certainly isn't one to give up. :)

Life...... is what you make it mostly.......
 
Hello bowell,

No you did not up-set me (well may be just a little) but us newbies need a little shock treatment. :D

Its just I am new to all this and it really does do my head in, as before I was care-free, now have to watch what i eat, drink etc.. Just drepresss me BIG TIME.

I have even read that extreem sports and diabeitc to not mix.. Whats all that about...???

It does run in the family, so I knew new it would come, but at 35 (me thinks it was well too soon)..

As everything I read, kind of say once you are DIABETIC, then all the rest of the issues will come...

Hence my Questions, as if I could avoid all them other things that come with being diabetic, I would try my hardest to do what I can to STOP them or at the very least to slow them down..

As I want to Live a health live, not one with a bag full of drugs I have to take daily.

I am low-carbing, stopped the smoking, exersising a lot as well...

I guess I will know more at the end of the month as my 1st HaB1c was 6.6, so I got my next one in about 4 weeks, so we shall see what effect this 'New Way of Living' is having on me..

I am sorry for going on..

Thank you for your time.

Cheers
Simply _h
 
Hi Simply_h

Your diagnosis HbA1c was about the same as mine (6.5) and I reckon they have caught both of us very early. I think my outlook is pretty good, and I don't see why yours shouldn't be too. Thanks to this site among other supporters, I have been given lots of good advice and suggestions as to how to get to grips with it.

This is my diabetes, and I am in charge of it, not vice versa. I am in good control of my bgs, though they are a little high for my liking at present. I'm sure they'll drop as my weight does.

I'm an Atkins low-carber, which suits me but may not be the right lifestyle for you. It doesn't stop me having a treat - fish and small chips today, with mushy peas, produced a bg reading of 6.7 just now, 90 minutes later. I'm pleased with that, but I know it can't be more than an occasional treat or I'll start putting weight on again! :shock:

Diabetes is not the end of the world. In fact, it may well be the best thing that's ever happened to me, because it's given me the kick up the a**e to get started on a healthier way of living. At you age, it looks like a long and lonely road - but it will be healthy and should be active, and you will get a lot of enjoyment from it.

Just imagine if you'd developed a severe nut allergy instead. Would you risk anaphylactic shock and sudden death by eating nuts? Diabetes is slower and more insidious, but if you identify the foods you need to consume sparingly, you'll find that there's plenty left out there for you to enjoy.

Don't let it get you down! If it does, come on here and have a good rant or a moan! That's what we're all here for - each other!

Now do excuse me - there's a bottle of red wine on the window sill and I want to get to it before any more evaporates . . . :wink:

Viv 8)
 
stopped the smoking, exercising a lot as well...
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Smoking best thing you can do Well done !!!!!

Take things slowly your BG are not very high so no need to panic
things will soon slot into place, then you just get on with it


Onward and upwards :wink:

Sports I have a new one :D
I am out this weekend with the video Catching the Grumpy @#?@ bus drivers out
That will NOT lower the ramps :evil:
 
Didn't a diadbetic Stephen Redgrave win 5 gold medals? So certainly no need to give up! I know for certain that 80's footballer Steve Mabbut was capped for England (not often I'll admit) whilst he had diabetes. I was going to say suffering diabetes but if controlled properly you don't suffer.
 
Hello All.

Thank you Cugila, Bowell & Viv - I was kind of having a really bad day, and everything was getting me really down.

May I thank you for all your support and advise, it really did make me sit up and pull myself together.

Going forward, the more I understand diabetes, the better I can deal with it in my own mind and try too not let it bother me too much.

Thank you all again.

Cheers

Simply_h
 
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