Have a q about blood sugar levels and some symptoms. (Metformin, plan)
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First do you guys have a some suggested blood sugar levels?
I have searched and found some with different numbers.
Either way, last Saturday I woke up with horrible symptoms. My arms and hands real sore like I slept on them. Along with my legs hurting. My hands are kind of numb and I lost some fine feel. Like holding a pen and writing is hard, turning the key infusion ignition, etc.... Same on Sunday same on Mon and tues.
I saw a doc on Monday, typical take some vitamins, do blood work. Had to fast but did bloodwork this morning.g waiting.g for results. I have done a little legwork myself. I have worried about a blood sugar issue in the past, and I am overweight and have a poor diet, real bad recently, lack of sleep, lots of stress.
So I bought a cheap blood sugar tester. I hadn't eaten for about 6 hours and got a 77 which seems to be o. The lower side. I also ate a crappy meal some Easter candy and a bowel of icecream with soda. Something not way off from a bad night of eating, with some extra sweets.
2 hours later I hit a 167. My question is I have seen charts say under 180 is fine at this time and others that say 140.
I was curious if you guys could help clear it up. I plan to monitor it and keep a log, and inform the doc.
I am worried my symptoms could be diabetes related, or even fibemyalgia or something else. But my body isn't working, my hands aren't working and it tremendously affects my work I haven't been to work yet. Trying is wrong.
Once again yes I am seeing doctors and will follow their orders but there is waiting of course, and I need to get into a back to work phase ASAP and I can start a longterm fix for me.
The numbers you have given aren't all that abnormal and the 87 is good. I would think that your symptoms might be due to something else but your doctor will have to review everything. The best measure of your blood glucose is a test called HbA1C, which measures a 3-month rolling average of your glucose. You have to be fasting for most lab work and that test may take a day or so to get back, depending on where it is done.
The numbers you have given aren't all that abnormal and the 87 is good. I would think that your symptoms might be due to something else but your doctor will have to review everything. The best measure of your blood glucose is a test called HbA1C, which measures a 3-month rolling average of your glucose. You have to be fasting for most lab work and that test may take a day or so to get back, depending on where it is done.
Yeah I was leaning towards that as well. I obviously will wait for the doctor's orders.
I am starting to feel a bit better and regaining more use/feeling of my hands especially my right. Still not 100% I work with my hands and welll been home from work the last 3 days, and its been 5 days since I started, trying to get a head start on the.. take a test, wait for results, prep for test take this, etc....
If it was something related to blood sugar I could try and eat and maintain a healthier blood sugar.
For now I don't want to change "normal" habits too much until I am fully diagnosed.
If your "normal" habits are what you said you eat, you have to stop eating like that and start eating healthy and try to get rid of the extra weight. Your body will thank you for it. Don't wait for the doctor to tell you something is wrong to make this change.
That is the high end of normal, I purposely loaded up on bad crap to do a sort of stress test onmyself. It has kind of shown I do not have a horrid blood sugar problem on my worst day. Which is good.
I have bad habits yes. I had a bad "something" still seeing doctors about it. Until this something is figured out I don't want to throw extra variables into the equation by changing my habits too drastically.
Once we diagnose the problem I will treat it.
My life has been hectic the last year or two, my health has not been near the top of my priorities. I know I need to change it. Had plans to once a big project at work was finished. My body appears to say something else so I am starting to now.
I'm an Insulin dependent Diabetic, and for me, I know that I have to very carefully focus on what I eat - because, for me, it does effect my glucose numbers , and I know that If I have a Pizza and pasta dinner, I'm going to pay the price when I check my glucose the next morning. It wasn't until
I carefully did some "meal planning" and made significant food choices that I saw a really nice change
in my glucose numbers. I'm on Insulin in the morning, and at night. I'm also on Metformin in the morning and at night. But if I don't watch carefully or don't make the right food choices, I'm going to
suffer. My numbers dictate whether or not I have to Increase my insulin each day. Insulin is very expensive (Lantus Flexpen). So I have to keep my numbers down.
My Endocrinologist wants my numbers under 140 (130 on a good day). My A1C went down from 7.8 to 6.2. I'm thrilled!
167 at 2h is pretty high for a normal person and suggests you've some insulin resistance, that you're on the road to diabetes. Your fasting numbers are normal- but those are the LAST to go bad. Take the the high 2h # as an early warning call (I'm guessing you're around 30 given your user name?) and act now. Many people never get that warning until they show up in the doc office with 300 fasting blood sugars or at the ER with 700.
The other symptoms, if they were related to diabetes, would only come after being a full diabetic for many years. You've something else happening there.
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