Is it Diabetes

[kolabear]

My daughter who is 29 was told that she had diabetes. I have a sister who became a diabetic at age 8. She is now 55. I also had a brother who became diabectic in his late twentys. My daughter first went to the daughter a month ago because of excessive sweating. Blood work was done(nonfasting) and her glucose was 60. She was called to come back in and they checked her blood (after fasting)with a meter this was a couple weeks later)and it was 199 they then gave her something to drink and waited a hour and checked it again. It was 230. They put her on a diet for a month and want her to check her blood throughout the day. This morning she had frosted flakes for breakfast blood sugar was 104 At lunch she had a chicken sandwich(texas bread)a few french fries two hrs later it was only 98. We could not under stand it not being higher. Tonight she had taco salad with shell and since we are trying to see if the blood sugar would rise. She drinked a Mt. Dew and ate a little Debbie cake. Blood sugar two hrs later was 94. She has a new meter and my sister is helping her a lot. The doctor had told her she just needed to watch and see what foods are bothering her. She is determined to watch her diet if it is diabetes but right now her blood sugar is not high. Are we missing something?She asked him why to begin with her glocose was only 60 and he said that is how it does in the beginning stages. Please help

[JDRF-Team-ES]

I am not a doctor and therefore cna't offer you any kind of diagnosis. It certainly does sound like diabetes may run in your family as it seems to in many families.  Sometimes in the early stages of developing diabetes, there can be a fluctuation in blood sugars such as those your daughter is experiencing.  This can be due to the fact that her body is still producing insulin, but may not always be functioning at full capacity.  A healthy diet is always a good idea.  It can't prevent diabetes from happening, but it certainly can help develop good eating habits and practices should it develop. It sounds like it may be a good idea to keep an eye on those blood sugars, without going overboard, to ensure that you can respond quickly if diabetes does develop.  It is wonderful that you have a good example of someone living with diabetes and all the support that comes with that.  It is not fun to have any disease and diabetes is no exception.  But it is a disease that can be managed and lived with. I wish you the best.
Es