not a so good update.... peek

So I took my Blood sugar and ate and yeah.... It didn't work. In fact I got one of the worse readings I've ever got... 240. So I took it again 10mins later to make sure the first reading wasn't flawed and it was 263. They say come to the hospital if it's over 200, but every time i do... by the time i get there it's under 200. I dunno.... I have doctors apt tomorrow.... I don't want to go on insulin!!

[Darkestlight]

Oh yeah I mean I took my blood sugar medicine.

[chellybeans]

did they give you instructions? mine are so meticulous.

i take a shot, then have a 30 minute window to eat. i test my blood two hours later and then eat again. i have to keep testing every 2 hours after i eat.

the shots aren't so bad. honestly. i hope this is just you starting to normalize.

[Darkestlight]

No my instructions were to just take this medicine every 12hrs. Then test 1hr after i eat. I didn't get very distinct directions.. Take this medicine. Let me know if it drops too low, and the hospital tells me to come in anytime its over 200.

[Darkestlight]

I'm just not a big needle person. I can't imagine giving myself a shot.....

[peekawho]

What did you eat?  How much? Are you drinking soft drinks or fruit juice?

You probably need a controlled diabetic diet, first and foremost.  But you may very well wind up on insulin eventually anyway.

Does the doctor know you only just now started the meds?  They take a while to work.

[Darkestlight]

I had a chicken cordon blue.... and I didn't even eat all the bread that came with the sandwich plus I shared some with my dog lol. It just saddens me since I've never had this problem and have always been able to eat w/e i wanted. I went to dinner tonight and had a salad and some veggie soup. Hopefully that won't do too bad so we will see.
No he doesn't know. I will tell him tomorrow at my apt.

[peekawho]

Good luck.  I hope things straighten out.  Thank goodness its not for long.  

[cutiemama]

When I was DXed with GD I was so worried about getting low sugar because I was put on insulin and my endocronologist assued me that pregancy is a very "insulin-resistant" state and it's very hard to get low sugar. If you end up having to go on insulin, it's not that bad. You're already testing your sugars 4 times a day so this is just an additional step.

I only had to inject myself before bed because I was able to control all my sugars by following a strict diet except for the 1st morning sugar. Good luck.