RE: What;s up with my BG???

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In a message dated 8/21/2003 12:16:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

crim@... writes:

> Tested

> at 8:30 (2 hours after breakfast) and I got a reading of 174.

Hi Suzette,

That 174 could have been caused by a bad strip. This happened to me last

week. I tested with one meter and got a reading of 145. I then tested with

another meter and got a reading of 170. I knew that wasn't right, so I tested

with the same meter again and got 135. I then tested using the first meter

again

and got a reading of 139. When I get a reading I can't explain, I assume

that it is a bad strip.

hugs

Eunice

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Hi,

I have had diabetes for more than 30 years and have had this situation quite a

few times in my life. It was explained to me that certain body organs store

glucose and will release it under certain situations. One of these situations

is if you take anything that contains a steroid. Another is an unusual amount

of exercise. A third is if you get upset, nervous, or hyper over something. I'm

not sure, based on what I read below if anything like that happened to you. But

I have found it is best for me to ignore it and not to do anything, as my doctor

said, until my BG gets over 200. Then I give myself a shot of quick acting

insulin to drag it down. Hope this helps.

Jim

roxensilver wrote:

I wonder if some of you could offer insight as to what's happened to

my BG today.

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Suzette - I think you have it exactly right. Your liver is putting

the sugar into your system because you are not giving yourself any

energy in the form of carbs. Caffeine can also cause it to go up

but you only had one cup of coffee. You should try to find a

breakfat that has some carbs and some protein in it. Maybe some

lite toast (the really low carb bread tastes like sandpaper to me -

I like the " lite " versions that are usually about 15 grams for 2

slices). You can have a little cheese or peanut butter to get the

protein in. I have heard many people say that they need to have

some protein at breakfast to avoid a mid-morning spike. What time

was it that your sugar came down. The walk may have helped but it

also may have just been time for it to go down again. With me, my

sugars start to fall somewhere between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. (I get

up about 6:00 and have breakfast by 7:00).

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Without looking at my charts, I think it was something like 10:30 to 10:45

that I got the normalized reading. I've not experienced this kind of jump

at all these past few weeks, and it startled me somewhat. My readings have

all been pretty much a 10-20 point range all day most days. I've been so

proud of myself! But, I have been in such a hurry in the mornings lately,

that it has been really easy to just throw some protein powder in the

blender and go. It shouldn't be all that difficult to grab a slice of

bread, too. Just one oughta do it.

Thanks for the feedback.

sc

Re: What;s up with my BG???

Suzette - I think you have it exactly right. Your liver is putting

the sugar into your system because you are not giving yourself any

energy in the form of carbs. Caffeine can also cause it to go up

but you only had one cup of coffee. You should try to find a

breakfat that has some carbs and some protein in it. Maybe some

lite toast (the really low carb bread tastes like sandpaper to me -

I like the " lite " versions that are usually about 15 grams for 2

slices). You can have a little cheese or peanut butter to get the

protein in. I have heard many people say that they need to have

some protein at breakfast to avoid a mid-morning spike. What time

was it that your sugar came down. The walk may have helped but it

also may have just been time for it to go down again. With me, my

sugars start to fall somewhere between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. (I get

up about 6:00 and have breakfast by 7:00).

[Guest guest]

No, none of those situations existed for me. I'm not going to get in too

much of a knot unless this happens several times a week. It just really

startled me, because I thought I was being soooo conscientious.

Re: What;s up with my BG???

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Hi,

I have had diabetes for more than 30 years and have had this situation

quite a few times in my life. It was explained to me that certain body

organs store glucose and will release it under certain situations. One of

these situations is if you take anything that contains a steroid. Another

is an unusual amount of exercise. A third is if you get upset, nervous, or

hyper over something. I'm not sure, based on what I read below if anything

like that happened to you. But I have found it is best for me to ignore it

and not to do anything, as my doctor said, until my BG gets over 200. Then

I give myself a shot of quick acting insulin to drag it down. Hope this

helps.

Jim

roxensilver wrote:

I wonder if some of you could offer insight as to what's happened to

my BG today.

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I do the very same think each day after coffee.it spikes way up and then

comes way down. I have been testing this for 2 years now and its always

the same with coffee....i don't know why? sussie

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From: adam wershil

Any theories as to where that darn spike came from? Is it my liver

reacting to not having hardly any carbs???? This is a total mystery

to me.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Suzette

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Also, if you are all amped up and rushing around in the morning,

that can make your sugars rise. Your body is thinking - look, she's

running around, she needs energy, lets dump some sugar from the

liver. I notice that I do not get spikes on the weekend when I'm

more mellow.

Kimba