Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 Hi Jan, As a type II, once you have your bg's in good control, you should test each morning on arising, then three days a week after different meals. The best time to check after a meal is 2 hrs after eating. This gives you the number that shows how well your insulin is working (the insulin your body creates). The numbers to aim for are " normal " bg's (what a non-diabetic's numbers are all the time) and that is considered to be approximately 75 - 120. If your numbers are consistantly between that range you're doing great. Sometimes when you are first getting control you will have what is called the " Dawn Phenomenon. " during which your am fasting bg's will be rather high compared to your daytime post-prandial (after eating) bg's. The reason is that before diagnosis your bg's were running much higher and your body got used to that high level. Now it sees a normal bg as being too low. Especially at night when you go up to 8 hrs or even more without eating. So in the middle of the night your liver will dump glucose into your bloodstream thinking that the normal bg it is seeing is too low It will level off soon if your post-prandial levels are good - the body just has to have time to adjust. You also might hve trouble with blurred vision - which of course you should report to your doctor and have tested, but it often happens when bg levels change dramatically. I can go more into that if you need the info Meenie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2001 Report Share Posted January 4, 2001 Janet, Sounds to me like these are all questions one's doctor should be answering. Kim > >Reply-To: diabetesegroups >To: diabetesegroups >Subject: normal levels? >Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 16:48:58 -0000 > >I have been using my monitor for a week now usually first thing in the >morning. My bgs are pretty consistant but I am >not sure what #s I should be aiming for. When you talk of good #s for > " you " , is that an individual thing or a general > " you " ? Are we all aiming for the same #s or what is best for each >person? Also, if the former is true, what is a good \ >bg to aim for after a meal and in the morning before eating? >Do I need to test more than once a day or is just the a.m. testing alright? >Ja > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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