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<blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 2085191" data-attributes="member: 345386"><p>In my personal experience, what people do and don't feel is very personal indeed, and not necessarily the same through their journey with diabetes, or other metabolic dysfuntionality.</p><p></p><p>For instance, when I was diagnosed, in 2013, with a fasting plasma glucose of 15.6, then an HbA1c to confirm the diagnosis of 73. I was completely asymptomatic.</p><p></p><p>In 2017, I did a home OGTT, and reached my peak at 30 minutes, at 9.4. At 9.4, I felt sluggish, but unsettled, although I will say part of that could have been the discomfiture at seeing a leading 9 on my meter as it'd been a long time since the last one.</p><p></p><p>My 2 hour point of that OGTT was 3.3, and I felt absolutely fine. I often run well into the 3s and feel tip-top.</p><p></p><p>At the point of my diabetes diagnosis, I could eat toast, or sandwiches and feel fine. Now if I eat gluten, it takes me a couple of weeks to get over it. I'll spare you the detail. It's not pleasant.</p><p></p><p>On that basis, I wouldn't ever challenge anyone saying they feel x, y or z at any blood glucose number. Depending on the circumstances, I might not always consider it to be diabetes causing their discomfiture. In my view it's just all too personal for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCUKMod, post: 2085191, member: 345386"] In my personal experience, what people do and don't feel is very personal indeed, and not necessarily the same through their journey with diabetes, or other metabolic dysfuntionality. For instance, when I was diagnosed, in 2013, with a fasting plasma glucose of 15.6, then an HbA1c to confirm the diagnosis of 73. I was completely asymptomatic. In 2017, I did a home OGTT, and reached my peak at 30 minutes, at 9.4. At 9.4, I felt sluggish, but unsettled, although I will say part of that could have been the discomfiture at seeing a leading 9 on my meter as it'd been a long time since the last one. My 2 hour point of that OGTT was 3.3, and I felt absolutely fine. I often run well into the 3s and feel tip-top. At the point of my diabetes diagnosis, I could eat toast, or sandwiches and feel fine. Now if I eat gluten, it takes me a couple of weeks to get over it. I'll spare you the detail. It's not pleasant. On that basis, I wouldn't ever challenge anyone saying they feel x, y or z at any blood glucose number. Depending on the circumstances, I might not always consider it to be diabetes causing their discomfiture. In my view it's just all too personal for that. [/QUOTE]
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