low blood sugar and pancreatitis

[Guest guest]

Hi all:

Questions to all of you that know more about blood sugar than I do.

I have been feeling so bad for quite a while. Not pain but that

doggone fatigue but weird dizzy etc.

Finally got a blood sugar monitor and two hours after a full meal by

blood sugar was only 98. I just got this thing so I haven't had the

opportunity to check it in the morning before breakfast.

Doesn't that sound a little low on a full meal? The paper I have

says it should be 90-110 before meals but up to I think it said 168

two hours after a full meal. I had problems with low blood sugar

while on TPN and I have suspected this all along. Also I get dizzy

sometimes and just have to stop in my tracks because everything is

floaty. No point in asking my PCP because she is a total jerk.

Last time I was in and told her how tired I was she wanted to give

me a muscle relaxer! All she does is pass out the pills that are

the most popular at hte moment. Of course though she doesn't give

pain meds and you must go to the quack pain management guy. As long

as he writes the prescription and doesn't do anything to me he can

be a quack if he wants.

Back on the subject, any input to this blood sugar thing. That

sounds a little low to me and I feel just like I did when it would

get low on TPN. I always manage to eat turkey and an apple to feel

better.

Advice please!

Thanks all

Kaye.........NC

[Guest guest]

Hi,

As a result of some difficulties with my islet cell transplant ( it

looks like some of my cells did not survive the procedure) I am

diabetic. I have been told that my blood sugar 2 hours following a

meal should be between 160 and 180. Pre-meal (approximately 5 hours

between meals) I should read between 80-120 with 80-100 being the

best range. My doctor says 67 and below for me is a hypoglycemic

range. Personally I feel hypoglycemic with anything under 80, and I

suspect that is because my pre-diabetic average was around 110, so I

am sensitive to lows.

Not being a doctor, I would agree that your blood glucose level

should be higher than 100 2 hours post-prandial if you are in fact

eating full meals. The American Diabetes Association recommends no

more than 4 carbohydrate exchanges per meal (one exchange is 15

grams of carbos). What kind of meals do you eat? Are you getting

enough carbos? And how many calories do you take in daily?

If your blood glucose is sub-100 2 hours after a meal, what is it

right before you eat? I would suspect it is probably too low.

If you do find that your blood sugar is often low speak with your

doctor and see if eating extra COMPLEX carbohydrates would be safe

to try. For a non-diabetic many consider a diet rich in complex

carbos to be very healthy. Rice, pasta, grains. Of course that was

before the Atkins craze and people ingesting massive amounts of

proteins and fats. *shudder*

As a diabetic I have found I cannot eat any more than 4 exchanges of

carbos per meal, and 2 per snack without risk of running too high.

If I eat 3 per meal and a touch more protein than what the ADA

recommends I seem perfect. I have heard many diabetics say that the

ADA diet suggests more carbs than what most can tolerate safely. I

guess everyone varys a lot though.

Anyhow, you should let your doc know your levels and talk about how

to modify your diet to get some more glucose going. And complex

carbs burn more slowly helping one to maintain an even gluclose

level. Ask about chromium picollinate also. It is a mineral that

seems to help keep blood sugar even and less spikey.

AND REMEMBER! It is Diabetes Awareness Month! I just became a

diabetic a few months ago. I just joined the ADA!

best of luck,

Bert