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Do You Have to Check Your Blood Sugar Levels? Posted: 03-09-06 13:16pm
I know this seams dumb to ask, esp when we
can feel our symptoms come on, but do you
have to keep check of your bs levels
throughout the day, has anyone have thier
dr ask them to do this? If so, what
should your levels be kept at, or in
between?
I can eat 1 egg and 1egg white w/some
shredded cheese (cooked in pam), 2 slices
of bacon, and 1 slice of whole grain
toast, and be hungry again in an hour and
a half. I realized that we have to eat
several small meals a day, but to me it
seams like that is a pretty good meal, and
I checked my sugar about an hr and a half
later and it was 95, I suppose that is ok,
I feel fine, but am starting w/ the
symptoms-headache, growling stomach, and
nerveousness. I know everyones levels
are different, but didn't know if that was
something that hypoglycemics had to do or
just go by symptoms alone.
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Stan
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Posted: 03-09-06 13:31pm
You can really only use it to track your
drops. It won't really necessarily work
to tell you when to eat, your body will
pretty much tell you that and if the sugar
reads low it's too late anyway. Learn to
pay attention to your body, it begins to
react right when the sugar starts to drop
and you'll start to notice certain
physical signals of this telling you to
eat. Remember, it's not the level of the
sugar but the level to which it drops and
the speed at which it drops, the latter
being more important.
