Do I have Diabetes or just hypoglycemia???

[faithhart7]

I have hypoglycemia and my blood sugar usually runs less than 100 after eating, but yesterday it spiked to 176. Should I be worried it turned into diabetes? I am 40 years old, don't have insurance & haven't seen a doctor for tests in about 6-8 years.
I have been very thirsty, waking up to urinate 6-8 times during the night. I am very cold (live in Phoenix, Arizona) have been loosing weight even though I have been craving sugar from around noon until I fall asleep at night. Of course I have all of the hypoglycemia symptoms too, dizzy, shaky, confused, irritable, hungry, etc...
I can't really afford to get tests from a doctor unless I know I really, really need to!  Please help me and if you have any resources on cheap or free clinics for diabetes in AZ that would be great too!
Thanks & have a blessed day,
Faith

[Super_sally888]

Hello,

From what you are describing I'd say you are due for a checkup.
You should be checked in particular for thyroid and diabetes.

Thyroid basic testing should include TSH, FT3 and FT4.
For diabetes, you should test HBA1C.  You can buy a home kit to test the HBA1C at home.  Truely normal results should be about 4.3 - 4.6. Although some say normal is still up to 5.5 or even 6, I would recommend seeing a Ddr. if your results were higher than 5.5.

Are you overweight?  Are you physically active?  There are also lifestyle measures that can help to keep you healthy.

[faithhart7]

I believe that's what I've been using. My blood sugar runs between 60-90, so ne'er 100 even after eating. Yesterday it went up to 176 and I didn't eat anything different.
Thanks for any help and info you can give me...

[tombcx]

To find out if you are diabetic or not, to me, the most inexpensive and quickest way is purchasing a A1C self-test kit called A1C NOW made by Bayer available at WalMart or Walgreeen for about $29.90. This kit is very accurate and simply follow the instruction voila in 5 minutes, the result is in front of you. Good luck