Poll of the Day > Blood glucose levels

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Is 81 blood glucose after waking up normal?

What about 88 blood glucose 2hrs after eating?

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How can one tell if theyre insulin resistant?

by having high blood sugar consistently

I'm insulin resistant and can't get my glucose levels under 400 pretty much. A1c is over 11 regularly now. Anything under 120 is good (not sure what you have to worry about on the low side, since I never hit the low side).

Sounds like your fine right now but if your doctor is monitoring it you might want to change your eating habits now to avoid a more drastic change and or pills/insulin later.

why you would want to destroy your body like that is ridiculous

Adam_Savage posted...

why you would want to destroy your body like that is ridiculous

I'm in good shape actually, I was originally overwieght (not by a ton but a good 30-40 pounds more than was healthy). I had this great idea that loosing weight and exercising would help get my blood sugars under control since diet alone was not doing it.

After loosing 40 pounds though, my levels actually went freaking up, so i have mostly given up at this point. I'm maintaining my weight (I could still lose about 10 more pounds if I really worked at it), but honestly it doesn't make a difference and my kidneys are going now (along with severe eyesight problems etc). Ain't anything I can do about it. I can try a few alternative drugs like Victosa, but that has a history of hurting the kidneys and isn't recomended with someone who already has stage 3 kidney disease, so it might help my blood sugars in the short run, but increase the speed my kidneys go.

I have no intention of doing Dialysis, so when they get bad enough (about nother 50% drop...you can avoid dialysis till your at about 3% filtration and i'm at about 53% right now), I'll just die. Could be a few years, could be shorter.

My wife had a similar issue and died due to an infection in her heart because they couldn't get her blood sugars under control either (she was in the hospital due to kidney failure and under dialysis (which she wasn't able to get fast enough so they sent her to another hospital in Oregon).

I've done the whole get healthy, eat no carbs etc etc, it didn't work. I still avoid carbs, I take my pills etc, but I've pretty much given up on it getting better unless they come out with a new medication in the next year or so.

it literally does not matter if your physical appearance looks to be "in shape"

if your average blood glucose is 400+, you are destroying your pancreas, liver, kidneys, and nerves.

there is not one single valid reason to not use insulin.

would you like to know why your levels went up when you lost weight?

it's because that implies that you're being more active, and actually using the sugars stored in your body for energy, which is going to raise your sugars because you cannot use what little insulin your body is still producing. proper exercising is going to raise your levels, at first, since you do not manage it. if you did, your sugars would actually trend down during and after workout.

wolfy42 posted...

but I've pretty much given up on it getting better unless they come out with a new medication in the next year or so.

they did.

in 1929.

it's called insulin.

@wolfy42
I read your long post and that is perplexing af! Cant blame you for giving up. But I refuse to believe that that is it. Do you know that having a tumor near or around the pancreas can cause your blood sugar to spike uncontrollably? And if you get that addressed you could go back to normal?

Im on my 8th week of a 600 cal a day liquid diet as a preventative measure. Its called The NewCastle Diet, based on the study done in the UK where diabetes was essentially cured.

HornedLion posted...

@wolfy42
I read your long post and that is perplexing af! Cant blame you for giving up. But I refuse to believe that that is it. Do you know that having a tumor near or around the pancreas can cause your blood sugar to spike uncontrollably? And if you get that addressed you could go back to normal?

Im on my 8th week of a 600 cal a day liquid diet as a preventative measure. Its called The NewCastle Diet, based on the study done in the UK where diabetes was essentially cured.

It could very well be something like that. Back when my wife was sick and I was taking care of her, they diagnosed me with cancer (lypatic) and wanted to do tests. I couldn't due to taking care of her and while there was very annoying symptoms for awhile, they went away eventually and it's been 6 or so years now.

Thing is, I'm done with hospitals. I realize this may sound insane but I spent from 2011 to 2017 constantly in the hospital or at home taking care of my wife. So many hours in the ICU etc, and after all that she passed without us ever getting to do more than move to washington.

I just have nothing left in my gas tank to use on myself and I am not going to deal with treatments etc. I don't know what is causing my high blood sugars, blood pressure (though that is mostly taken care of by meds at least), extreme dry mouth (even using tons of methods to fight it) and a bunch of other problems. When I get sick (like I did after getting the 4th covid shot), I don't go to the hospital, I just live through it. I'm done with hospitals. I was willing to try dieting, exercise etc, and I'm taking pills and insulin but yeah, it's not working and i'm still getting worse.

If it's something like cancer etc, then I won't do any treatments anyway so there is no point in getting it diagnosed. My doctor knows my feelings on the issue and is ok with it (not happy, but she accepts it). I have no family anymore, no close friends (just casual ones), and am more then ready to be done with all this, I just would like to avoid suffering much in the process. I have a DNR to ensure I don't waste resources on a machine or in the hospital if I have a stroke or something, and i'm just trying to keep entertianed/not bored and in as little pain as possible until I pass.

The normal range for someone who hasn't eaten anything for 12 hours is 70-100 mg/dl. Normal 2 hours after a meal is under 140.

If your blood sugar level is 101-125 fasting or 140-200 two hours after eating, you may have pre-diabetes. Diet & lifestyle changes may slow or reverse the progression towards diabetes.

If your blood sugar is over 126 fasting or over 200 after eating, you are probably full-blown diabetic and should be seeing a doctor.

A better indication of diabetes is to have your doctor check your A1C levels. Blood sugar gives you a number for one point in time, and sugar levels can vary considerably during the day and day to day. A1C measures how your body has handled glucose over the past month. It's kind of like a long-term average. Normal A1C is 5.6 or lower. 5.7 to 6.4 indicates pre-diabetes, and 6.5 or higher is diabetic.