Am I diabetic?????

[neison71]

I've just begun checking my blood sugar levels the last few days because I have other health issues going on and
thought I'd better check that too...for the first time in my life, my blood sugar was 167....in the evening before dinner.
Since then, the lowest it's been is 97. Fasting this am was 127 and this afternoon about 45min after eating some cheese it was 202!!!  I have NEVER had an elevation, by BS has always been normal or slightly low.
This has me scared.
) :
neison

[WaveRider]

The A1c can be taken anytime. No fasting is required.

Your odd readings may be caused from:
Age of your meter
Defective meter
   * test w/another meter right after the 1st one. Compare the
     readings
Calibration, if any, to the test strips inaccurate
Wet or dirty fingertips

[alr1957]

bapenut is right. Cheese should not make your sugaer level rise that high but, you truly need to wait 2 hours after any meal to get your true readin after meals. The A1C test is the best way to go and it's a simple blood test. Don't worrry about anything until you get this test done.

[bapetnut]

Keep ckecking. The only answer is to see your DR and get a fasting A1C..normal people blood sugars go up that high but should always be below 140 2 hrs after a mean if they are normal. 97 is completely normal for a non Diabetic. Cheese would not usually make it go to 202 so if it runs in your family I'd check it. BEST answer is if you don't see a DR try and eat some high carbs or lots of sugar and if after 2 hrs it is over 140 that would mean pre- Diabetic...Good luck. Any other signs, like thirsty all the time? peeing in the middle of the night allot? Fatigue, weight gain or loss all of a sudden? Craving food all the time? If so SEE A DR