Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 I went to see the diabetes nurse today for the first time and asked a few questions we were talking about When do you test the after eating BG? (postnandial?) Two hours after your first bite. Whats the difference between liver dumping and Dawn Phenomenon? Nothing. They are the same. What is Liver dumping? When the liver/body thinks your in starvation mode, it throws out extra sugar into the blood stream for energy/survival. Usually while you sleep, you have a low sugar/hypoglycemic. Tomorrow I start my classes. I will go for 4 Tuesdays, for 2.5 hrs each day. She also said that if your eat the same thing on two different days, you can get a different reading because the blood is always changing with sugar and your food could have beeen different preceding the same food you were testing with. I hope this helped for some folks.. Jany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 In a message dated 5/29/2004 6:08:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tacomab2@... writes: Has anybody else had this happen and is there a reason? Have you checked the battery in your meter? What is the expiration date on your strips? It could have been a number of things. It may never happen again. From time to time, I get readings that don't make sense. As long as the numbers are okay after the next meal, I don't worry about it. hugs Eunice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Did you wash your hands before taking your bs? Sometimes you can have something on your hands that will give you a falsely high reading especially if you've been handling fruits. Tammy This morning I tested when I got up and bgs were 95. I ate my breakfast, 1 slice whole wheat toast with 1T peanut butter and a 1/2 apple. Two hours later I felt like my blood sugar was low. So I took it and it was 271. After putting my eyeballs back in my head and picking my jaw up off the floor I took it again figuring the monitor was wrong. I used the left hand this time and the reading was 186, that is still pretty high for me, I have never had a reading over 140 after breakfast (been type 2 9 months). Okay I figured the meter must have screwed up so just to prove that I took it again on the right hand and again it read 271. I took it again on the left hand and it was 185. Has anybody else had this happen and is there a reason? I have heard the saying of " the left and right hand not working together " but I thought that was a figure of speech. I have currently stopped taking my meds with the doctors okay, i had been taking 2mg of avandia once a day and my last A1C was 5.9 that was last week. Also I know when I started taking the meds they said it would take from 2-4 weeks for them to start working completely which was the case. When you stop taking them how long does it take for their affects to stop. I really want to do this controll thing with diet and exercise, but things like this mornings bgs really confuse me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 I have had it happen that the readings were different in each hand, but never to such a drastic bit...and it does surprise me that bgs for you would be that high after two hours. Hmmm. Doesn't seem like enough to raise it...but some folks do have trouble with whole wheat bread I hear...and it depends on what brand too I think. Tam --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.690 / Virus Database: 451 - Release Date: 5/22/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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