Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 That's great, Marc...but what was it one and two hours after testing? Those are the really important numbers, as far as telling you how your meals affected your BG. Vicki << Good news. Just took my bg and it's 6.3mmol/L That's five hours after my last meal. >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 Very good news. Good progress, Marc!! Barb > Good news. Just took my bg and it's 6.3mmol/L > That's five hours after my last meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 You said you were " only scheduled to take BG before going to bed. " Who scheduled you? Was it your doc? Testing one hour before bedtime isn't going to tell you anything about how food affects your BGs. Diabetes is a proactive disease -- the more you get involved in your care, the better it is for you -- don't be a passive patient and expect the doctor to tell you what to do. .. You need to learn how your body reacts to foods and act accordingly. One test a day at bedtime simply won't give you this information. Unfortunately, there are plenty of docs out there who don't give very good advice. Some even make patients feel guilty if they test often! If you have one of those, best thing to do is test as much as necessary, lower your BGs then at your first checkup show him/her how well you're doing - then tell him/her how you did it and the tresting amount that was involved. Or you could just get another doctor. Vicki << I realize that, but you see I was only scheduled to take my bg before going to bed. But I felt different than normal and wanted to test it. I wasn't even thinking yet of checking it after meals. Guess I'm not wanting to have to prick myself that often yet. Before every meal, and then two hours later. Advice please. Marc >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 You said you were " only scheduled to take BG before going to bed. " Who scheduled you? Was it your doc? Testing one hour before bedtime isn't going to tell you anything about how food affects your BGs. Diabetes is a proactive disease -- the more you get involved in your care, the better it is for you -- don't be a passive patient and expect the doctor to tell you what to do. .. You need to learn how your body reacts to foods and act accordingly. One test a day at bedtime simply won't give you this information. Unfortunately, there are plenty of docs out there who don't give very good advice. Some even make patients feel guilty if they test often! If you have one of those, best thing to do is test as much as necessary, lower your BGs then at your first checkup show him/her how well you're doing - then tell him/her how you did it and the tresting amount that was involved. Or you could just get another doctor. Vicki << I realize that, but you see I was only scheduled to take my bg before going to bed. But I felt different than normal and wanted to test it. I wasn't even thinking yet of checking it after meals. Guess I'm not wanting to have to prick myself that often yet. Before every meal, and then two hours later. Advice please. Marc >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 And if you're avoiding testing because pricking your finger hurts too much, get another kind of lancet device, one that has a depth dial. The one I have came with the Ultra meter (great meter!) and has about eight dial settings from very light to heavy. After four years of testing about ten times a day I still set it at the lightest - and I can hardly feel the prick. And be sure to change your lancet tip frequently - it hurts if it gets dull from repeat usage. Vicki << I realize that, but you see I was only scheduled to take my bg before going to bed. But I felt different than normal and wanted to test it. I wasn't even thinking yet of checking it after meals. Guess I'm not wanting to have to prick myself that often yet. Before every meal, and then two hours later. Advice please. Marc >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 Congratulations, Marc! That's great :-) Sandy ------------------------ Good news. Just took my bg and it's 6.3mmol/L That's five hours after my last meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 Congratulations, Marc! That's great :-) Sandy ------------------------ Good news. Just took my bg and it's 6.3mmol/L That's five hours after my last meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 Congratulations, Marc! That's great :-) Sandy ------------------------ Good news. Just took my bg and it's 6.3mmol/L That's five hours after my last meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 Re: Thanks to all That's great, Marc...but what was it one and two hours after testing? Those are the really important numbers, as far as telling you how your meals affected your BG. Vicki I realize that, but you see I was only scheduled to take my bg before going to bed. But I felt different than normal and wanted to test it. I wasn't even thinking yet of checking it after meals. Guess I'm not wanting to have to prick myself that often yet. Before every meal, and then two hours later. Advice please. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 Re: Thanks to all That's great, Marc...but what was it one and two hours after testing? Those are the really important numbers, as far as telling you how your meals affected your BG. Vicki I realize that, but you see I was only scheduled to take my bg before going to bed. But I felt different than normal and wanted to test it. I wasn't even thinking yet of checking it after meals. Guess I'm not wanting to have to prick myself that often yet. Before every meal, and then two hours later. Advice please. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 Re: Thanks to all That's great, Marc...but what was it one and two hours after testing? Those are the really important numbers, as far as telling you how your meals affected your BG. Vicki I realize that, but you see I was only scheduled to take my bg before going to bed. But I felt different than normal and wanted to test it. I wasn't even thinking yet of checking it after meals. Guess I'm not wanting to have to prick myself that often yet. Before every meal, and then two hours later. Advice please. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 " Sandy " wrote on 01/27/2002 07:24:56 PM: > Congratulations, Marc! That's great :-) > > Sandy > ------------------------ > Good news. Just took my bg and it's 6.3mmol/L > That's five hours after my last meal. Thanks Sandy, it does feel great. Now if I can maintain it. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2002 Report Share Posted January 27, 2002 " Sandy " wrote on 01/27/2002 07:24:56 PM: > Congratulations, Marc! That's great :-) > > Sandy > ------------------------ > Good news. Just took my bg and it's 6.3mmol/L > That's five hours after my last meal. Thanks Sandy, it does feel great. Now if I can maintain it. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 whimsy2@... wrote on 01/27/2002 09:08:34 PM: > And if you're avoiding testing because pricking your finger hurts too much, > get another kind of lancet device, one that has a depth dial. Well, the one I have does have a depth dial. And I won't avoid the testing. I just another test, well an hour ago, which was three hours after eating supper. 8.7mmol/L I guess that's not bad considering I had potatoes for supper. Something I am going to wean myself off of. Marc PS: People keep saying one to two hours after eating one should test ones bg. Which is it? And how to I decide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 whimsy2@... wrote on 01/27/2002 09:08:34 PM: > And if you're avoiding testing because pricking your finger hurts too much, > get another kind of lancet device, one that has a depth dial. Well, the one I have does have a depth dial. And I won't avoid the testing. I just another test, well an hour ago, which was three hours after eating supper. 8.7mmol/L I guess that's not bad considering I had potatoes for supper. Something I am going to wean myself off of. Marc PS: People keep saying one to two hours after eating one should test ones bg. Which is it? And how to I decide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 BGs peak somehwere between one and two hours. Everyone is different. That's why we say one AND two hours - so you can find your own peak. Test both at one and two hours after eating and keep good notes. Pretty soon you'll see how your own body reacts to foods. Don't do it just once -- you need to do it that way for at least a week (or longer) - and do it each time you try a new food. This will give you the information you need Vicki << Marc PS: People keep saying one to two hours after eating one should test ones bg. Which is it? And how to I decide? >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 BGs peak somehwere between one and two hours. Everyone is different. That's why we say one AND two hours - so you can find your own peak. Test both at one and two hours after eating and keep good notes. Pretty soon you'll see how your own body reacts to foods. Don't do it just once -- you need to do it that way for at least a week (or longer) - and do it each time you try a new food. This will give you the information you need Vicki << Marc PS: People keep saying one to two hours after eating one should test ones bg. Which is it? And how to I decide? >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 That's a good attitude, Marc! and (assuming you're a type 2) after a while you'll have a clear picture of how your body responds to foods and you can cut back on testing so often....although, as I mentioned, things do change so you need to do frequent checks now and again. Vicki << Ah! Okay, well my GP didn't seem to think I really needed to do that, but you people seem such a good source of advice that I will start doing that. That's nine tests a day though, going to run through my lancets and strips pretty fast that way. Oh, well my health is worth the cost. >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 In a message dated 1/27/02 8:01:28 PM Central Standard Time, marc_lombart@... writes: << Guess I'm not wanting to have to prick myself that often yet. Before every meal, and then two hours later. Advice please. >> I am in love with my Soft-Tac meter....takes readings on the arm. Testing is not a problem and it was a problem before with sore fingers. It really interferred with my sewing life to have sore fingers. ressy who has multiple lives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 whimsy2@... wrote on 01/28/2002 06:20:33 AM: > BGs peak somehwere between one and two hours. Everyone is different. That's > why we say one AND two hours - so you can find your own peak. Test both at > one and two hours after eating and keep good notes. Pretty soon you'll see > how your own body reacts to foods. Don't do it just once -- you need to do > it that way for at least a week (or longer) - and do it each time you try a > new food. This will give you the information you need Vicki Ah! Okay, well my GP didn't seem to think I really needed to do that, but you people seem such a good source of advice that I will start doing that. That's nine tests a day though, going to run through my lancets and strips pretty fast that way. Oh, well my health is worth the cost. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 whimsy2@... wrote on 01/28/2002 06:20:33 AM: > BGs peak somehwere between one and two hours. Everyone is different. That's > why we say one AND two hours - so you can find your own peak. Test both at > one and two hours after eating and keep good notes. Pretty soon you'll see > how your own body reacts to foods. Don't do it just once -- you need to do > it that way for at least a week (or longer) - and do it each time you try a > new food. This will give you the information you need Vicki Ah! Okay, well my GP didn't seem to think I really needed to do that, but you people seem such a good source of advice that I will start doing that. That's nine tests a day though, going to run through my lancets and strips pretty fast that way. Oh, well my health is worth the cost. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 whimsy2@... wrote on 01/28/2002 06:20:33 AM: > BGs peak somehwere between one and two hours. Everyone is different. That's > why we say one AND two hours - so you can find your own peak. Test both at > one and two hours after eating and keep good notes. Pretty soon you'll see > how your own body reacts to foods. Don't do it just once -- you need to do > it that way for at least a week (or longer) - and do it each time you try a > new food. This will give you the information you need Vicki Ah! Okay, well my GP didn't seem to think I really needed to do that, but you people seem such a good source of advice that I will start doing that. That's nine tests a day though, going to run through my lancets and strips pretty fast that way. Oh, well my health is worth the cost. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 > Ah! Okay, well my GP didn't seem to think I really needed to do > that, but you people seem such a good source of advice that I will start > doing that. That's nine tests a day though, going to run through my > lancets and strips pretty fast that way. Oh, well my health is worth the > cost. ***Definitely!! I think most docs do not have enough information about diabetes, tight control, etc.to properly communicate with their dm patients. Most folks here have reported being handed a dx and a " here, take these pills " and advice like anything under 8 is ok. I think there are genuinely tons of people who aren't compliant, but I also think half of those don't get any information about diabetes, how it works, complications, or any other reason to become compliant. And they're certainly not told that weight loss improves insulin resistance, or anything about insulin resistance. The few who are motivated come to the internet and lists like this (IF they're connected and IF they are even aware of lists like this). It's sad. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 > Ah! Okay, well my GP didn't seem to think I really needed to do > that, but you people seem such a good source of advice that I will start > doing that. That's nine tests a day though, going to run through my > lancets and strips pretty fast that way. Oh, well my health is worth the > cost. ***Definitely!! I think most docs do not have enough information about diabetes, tight control, etc.to properly communicate with their dm patients. Most folks here have reported being handed a dx and a " here, take these pills " and advice like anything under 8 is ok. I think there are genuinely tons of people who aren't compliant, but I also think half of those don't get any information about diabetes, how it works, complications, or any other reason to become compliant. And they're certainly not told that weight loss improves insulin resistance, or anything about insulin resistance. The few who are motivated come to the internet and lists like this (IF they're connected and IF they are even aware of lists like this). It's sad. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 > Ah! Okay, well my GP didn't seem to think I really needed to do > that, but you people seem such a good source of advice that I will start > doing that. That's nine tests a day though, going to run through my > lancets and strips pretty fast that way. Oh, well my health is worth the > cost. ***Definitely!! I think most docs do not have enough information about diabetes, tight control, etc.to properly communicate with their dm patients. Most folks here have reported being handed a dx and a " here, take these pills " and advice like anything under 8 is ok. I think there are genuinely tons of people who aren't compliant, but I also think half of those don't get any information about diabetes, how it works, complications, or any other reason to become compliant. And they're certainly not told that weight loss improves insulin resistance, or anything about insulin resistance. The few who are motivated come to the internet and lists like this (IF they're connected and IF they are even aware of lists like this). It's sad. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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