blood sugar levels?/strator

[amommy]

Hope everyone is feeling well today!  
I have a question, and I hope some of you have some experience with this!  I am going to be doing shot 6 on Thursday.  For the past week or so, my blood sugar levels are really wacked out.  Now, I don't actually check it because I have never had a problem, but I can tell.  If I don't get up in the morning and eat protein immediately, it's like I can't recover for the rest of the day.  My body is craving protein like crazy.  The other day, I was in the car, it had only been 2 hours since I had eaten, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out.  So, I guess my question is, is this normal/common on treatment?  Or is this perhaps not related to tx at all and just another thing to add to the list?  Just looking for a little insight.  I realize that it is a matter of opinion :) Thanks for any thoughts :)

Strator- thanks for your post the other day re:emotions/faith.  I hate to see anyone struggle on this tx.  You are such a wonderful person, and it is so thoughtful of you to share such important details about your journey through this tx.  Thanks for making a difference in my journey.  I have ALWAYS been someone who struggles with faith and you gave me reason to pause and reflect a bit.  I came out feeling a bit stronger :)

[Forseegood]

wow, I wondered why I've had goofitis for so long, it's low blood sugar...yikes...great minds shake alike!

[vegas777]

hey buddy, how you be?

how'd the trip go?  is dad okay?

[GoofyDad]

<i>I have been "goggling" it all day</i>

I've been 'goggling" some today myself, and I think the secretaries are starting to get peeved. Time to switch to some dark glasses, or maybe I should stroll on down to the yoga studio down the street.....

<i>since the liver controls and regulates sugar levels, if it's not working properly, you will have a dumping of sugar when it should be storing it and voila!</i>

I've had mild blood sugar issues for years. Mostly low, so I get nervous, shakey and irritable when I don't eat. Sometimes blood tests would pop-up elevated, then retests would be OK. It seems to correlate to my fitness level, the better shape I'm in, the better I can modulate eating and keep things on an even keel. It's been pretty good for a couple years.

[cquest]

I found out I had this disease in part because of my sugar...I was having dizzy spells, went to a neuro, he did all kinds of MRI's etc, found a Pititutary Microadenoma (small tumor, pretty harmless) put me on meds for years, yada yada, still with the dizzy spells...finally he said, hmmm let me check your sugar, bam it was as low as 34 at one point...soooooo off to an endoctrine doc who orders CT of my pancreas, doesn't see anything...he was an a-hole and I didn't want to keep seeing him (mean to nurses, smelled like cigarettes, dirty, second hand store, burn hole in his suit jacket,yuk)sooooo time passes...I am getting many infections that other people are not...go to my regular doc and mention all this so they do liver enzyme tests which by the way had been off in the past but nothing was ever done...and I tell them do the HCV test...so since the liver controls and regulates sugar levels, if it's not working properly, you will have a dumping of sugar when it should be storing it and voila! low sugar levels. Sometimes my sugar is high, not that high but not in the correct range...Same for cholesterol, low levels show liver problems...
Cin

[strator]

LOL: I had to reread your comment. The first time I thought you wrote my metaphor was punishable. Thank you though.
On the sugar. I asked my doc a few mos ago and he said, it's fine I checked it. Ya know about 10 years ago when I wasn't drinkin for a few years, hadn't been dx yet, I was drivin a delivery truck and I'd get this passion for gummy bears. Everyday. Knew the little stops around the state on my route that had my favorites. Noticed after I ate a bag(which I always did), I'd get real sleepy. Maybe first time probably I started to experience the fatique from this. I'd get fatiqued w/out the sugar, but that really kicked it in fast. Anyways I got in the habit of eatin them before bed if I couldn't sleep. Still grab some white bread(which I usually never eat) or some gummies or pudding if I wake and can't get back to sleep. Probably why I wake again in a few hrs, bodies lookin for the carbs or sugar. But it does get me sleepy. Must be some correlation huh?
Don

[mikesimon]

Over 99 is outside of normal according to Quest Labs. The normal range is 65-99. A fasting glucose of 120 would be considered diabetic today or at best borderline. Post prandial (after meals) readings should ideally not get up to 180 according to very recent guidelines. The whole trend of the guidelines is downward. I read an article which stated that as glucose levels increase so too do cadiac events and that obtains even in the nondiabetic population. Sugar in the blood just ain't a good thing so watch it closely. Mike