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What are safe glucose levels with home testing?
by Wyldwmn, Apr 16, 2004 12:00AM
My mother died at 49 with complications from Cushings Disease and had DM II before she passed away. Her ENTIRE family (mother, father, sisters, cousins, brother, nieces, grandparents) all have or had diabetes and my fathers biological dad died at 59 from complications with DM as well. I am 30 and not as active as I once was and have been getting readings of 140-220 two hours after eating and 19-80 when I get up in the morning or 30 minutes before I eat. I started feeling tired and thirsty all of the time and have constant sweats but don't have frequest urination or blurred vision. I have been having headaches and shakes so I decided to see why they were happening at certain times of the day and wanted to see if it had anything to do with blood sugar. I had a machine from my mom and was shocked to see the big jumps up and down. It is odd that I feel "better" when it is high and so lethargic when it is the lower ranges so I wanted to find out more about blood sugars and how they affect everything. My doctor can't get me in until late next month and would like more information before then. Any comments or advice:? What are good levels?
Doctor's Answer
by JDRF-Team-cd, Apr 16, 2004 12:00AM
Fasting 100-126mg/dl pre diabetes
Fasting over 126mg/dl diabetes
Random over 200 mg/dl on more than one occasion
Please use the control solution on the meter to make sure of the accuracy. It is also possible that you are so used to being high that it feels "different" when you are anything else.
Type 2 diabetes is hereditary but can be controlled with diet and exercise or oral meds. Don't panic. Your doctor will probably do a glycosolated hemoglobin A1c and/or a routine blood test to make a diagnosis. Watch your fats, refined sugars and carbohydrates. If you are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, meet with your educators learn more about diabetes and find out what to eat, how much to eat, and what to stay away from. If you are overweight, you may need to lose weight. Let me know what the doctor tells you.
Carol
Fasting over 126mg/dl diabetes
Random over 200 mg/dl on more than one occasion
Please use the control solution on the meter to make sure of the accuracy. It is also possible that you are so used to being high that it feels "different" when you are anything else.
Type 2 diabetes is hereditary but can be controlled with diet and exercise or oral meds. Don't panic. Your doctor will probably do a glycosolated hemoglobin A1c and/or a routine blood test to make a diagnosis. Watch your fats, refined sugars and carbohydrates. If you are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, meet with your educators learn more about diabetes and find out what to eat, how much to eat, and what to stay away from. If you are overweight, you may need to lose weight. Let me know what the doctor tells you.
Carol
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I am not a doctor and you may want to confirm this information with your physician, but before breakfast(fasting) 90-130.Before lunch, dinner and snack 90-130. Two hours after a meal under 160. Bedtime 110-150. This is from the Joslin Diabetes Center and as I said that you should check this information with your doctor. We know that a Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c should run about 6 for tight control. This can be a bit hard to achieve depending on your own personal control, but it can be done. Best of luck to you.
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