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Q: Should I Be Worried? Help Please
asked by: jim21 on April 25th, 2007
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for some reason, over the past week or so, something clicked in my brain that made me freak out over diabetes, and i can't figure out why lol. I got a blood sugar test kit thinger, it was a BD brand something or other. I pricked myself with a lancet trying to set up different situations for myself to see if my blood sugar increased alot, and im wondering if my results are something to be worried about, or if they are normal. After not really eating anything but breakfast (cherios, english muffin, and milk and some canadian bacon) around 3pm my blood sugar read 87 g/mL (i think thats the unit of measurement). over the next couple days, i took it every once in a while after various things and it never went over 110, then, as a bigger test i guess, i ate 2 cupcakes containing 26g of sugar, and had about 2 servings of gatorade, with about 12 grams of sugar in each. My blood sugar hit 138, and then was down to around 98 the next morning...is that normal? the 138 kind of shocked me.



I also took it after drinking a regular coca cola one time, it was 111

Edit: Im almost 16, if that changes anything, and i also noticed lately, really since i started worrying about diabetes, i have been urnating more than usual, but im not sure if that is just all in my head and im creating it or not because it tends to feel like i have to pee really bad but then hardly anything comes out.
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jim21
replied on April 26th, 2007
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anyone? jsut a simple yes or no as to if i should be worried would do justice
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themadmarmoset
replied on July 18th, 2007
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No Need to Worry
Any diabetic would be happy to have blood sugar levels like that. You should not check your sugar for at least an hour after eating. If it makes you feel any better Jim, I ate half of a banana yesterday, and my blood sugar was 310. Stop worrying, you are fine
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Angel HR
replied on October 10th, 2007
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Not At All
Diabetes is not at all a head ache. Its all how you take it.
In the United States alone, Diabetes affects an estimated 18,200,000 people, and that does not include the extimated 15,000,000 not yet diagnosed. It is at epidemic proportions. This makes Diabetes the third leading cause of death in the USA!
Millions of people find out from their family physician that a change in lifestyles as well as having to take prescription medications, lose weight, and endure blood tests for the rest of their lives is the only solution.
Even I was as much shock as you when I came to know that I have diabetes.
Then there was a good news for me, there is now a safe and clinically proven effective solution to control blood sugar!
"Diamaxol, along with a healthy lifestyle, has been shown in clinical studies to be 99% effective for Type 2 and 64% effective for Type 1. That's a strong claim, but we have thousands of successful cases and a 50 points in 30 days guarantee, no questions asked, to back it up."
isn't it cool........
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Venn
replied on October 21st, 2007
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Those blood sugar numbers are completely normal. When you eat a lot of sugar or other carbohydrates your glucose reading will go way up. A perfectly normal person will see their readings go to up to 140 or 150 an hour after eating a ton of sugary stuff by itself. But it will also go right back down to under 100 after an hour or two. In a more mixed meal (that has fat and protein, not just carbohydrates (=sugar)), a 1 hour after-eating reading around 120 would be more normal.

Generally speaking, after not eating for 10 hours, your number should be in the 80s or 90s. Home meteres aren't very accurate, so don't freak out over 1 or 2 higher numbers occasionally.
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kfkohio
replied on November 13th, 2007
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I wouldn't worry at all. I'd love for my son with diabetes to have those numbers - they're totally normal!
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honeypot
replied on December 6th, 2007
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You don't need to worry about it. It sounds normal to me.
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forend
replied on December 10th, 2007
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there is nothing to worry about. Many of the people I know have this problem it’s all how you take it.just try to do control and be happy. Razz Razz
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