Re: Newly diagnosed; info please!

[Guest guest]

Carol, have they ruled out type 1 diabetes? I'm not saying you do have

it,but from your description it sounds as if this has hit rather

suddenly and hard. With type 1 you go through a " honeymoon phase " that

is similar to type 2, except your body continually makes less and less

insulin until it stops. Again, I can't dx or tell you that you do,

just something you might wanna consider, esp considering your profound

health problems.

Yes, those 1-2 hr spikes are important. According to the ADA, you

should never be getting over 150 (www.diabetes.org or com, can't

remember which) Different docs are gonna have different opinions on

this. Mine told me, and research I've found tends to agree, that it's

those initial spikes that can be just as damaging to the body. I have

always been given the rule of under 150 at 1 hr after eating, under

120 after 2 hrs of eating.

I hope your health problems clear up -- quickly!!

HTH,

Debi

[Guest guest]

Carol, have they ruled out type 1 diabetes? I'm not saying you do have

it,but from your description it sounds as if this has hit rather

suddenly and hard. With type 1 you go through a " honeymoon phase " that

is similar to type 2, except your body continually makes less and less

insulin until it stops. Again, I can't dx or tell you that you do,

just something you might wanna consider, esp considering your profound

health problems.

Yes, those 1-2 hr spikes are important. According to the ADA, you

should never be getting over 150 (www.diabetes.org or com, can't

remember which) Different docs are gonna have different opinions on

this. Mine told me, and research I've found tends to agree, that it's

those initial spikes that can be just as damaging to the body. I have

always been given the rule of under 150 at 1 hr after eating, under

120 after 2 hrs of eating.

I hope your health problems clear up -- quickly!!

HTH,

Debi

[Guest guest]

> I have

> always been given the rule of under 150 at 1 hr after eating, under

> 120 after 2 hrs of eating.

>

> I hope your health problems clear up -- quickly!!

>

> HTH,

> Debi

Dang! My doc wants me under 180 at 2 hrs after and before bed (I drop

hard and fast during the night even with a protein or fatty snack) and

under 140 before meals. I was diagnosed t1 back in May with levels

over 500 and an a1c of 14+%. (Even with crazy 200+ readings mixed in

with my under 160's (personal goal), my a1c was still 7+% in

Sept...yay!) I'd love to get regulated enough to lower my goal

numbers though! ) Under 120 2 hrs after eating is like a dream for

me...lmao. Someday...

-Jess