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I just had, well, not the best breakfast but one that would tie me over till lunch time. I posted below about gastroparesis. My a1c dropped in January from 6.4 to 6.0 and my doc thinks my a1c may be even lower when we get the blood results back since i managed to drop 22 lbs since the fall
back to my original post, I just had a McDonald's breakfast of eggs, one quarter of a biscuit, the entire hash brown and some coffee with half/half, no sugar. this is my normal meal 3 times a week. on my off days my breakfasts are a little healthier cause i make them at home or dine at healthier places than McD's. my waking sugars have been between 110 and 130
i took my sugar post breakfast and it was 199 but 15 mins later it fell to 156 with no metformin yet. i also briefly had the uncomfortable symptoms of nausea and heartburn but they went away
is the 199 too high post meal? maybe if i switched to eggs only with an english muffin/oatmeal this might drop the GI?
once i had an entire container of brown rice (1 qt) a few years ago and my glucose was 225 even hours after i had eaten. i took a metformin and it reduced to 160 and continued to fall. my doc told me this is ok as long as the numbers come down
i have cut down on my metformin from 850 mg tid to once per day but this might be a mistake tho my doc approved it. had a bannana for snack. today even after lunch ( healthy, light turkey wrap and beef barley soup) my sugar was in the low 200's, something it never was before(well maybe it was) and i got nausea and heartburn. tho i didn't take any metf today and i know it WILL go down, it still worries me. i don't want to wreck my a1c which was at 6.0 3 months ago.
is it possible to have these high readings and they won't do any harm? am i worrying too much? these nausea attacks have been so even with normal readings but all of a sudden theyre happening after meals when the sugar is higher than it should be
ive also lost weight, hopefully that is due to victoza and not the illness getting worse
im crossing my fingers, hoping that the a1c won't be any more than 6
well i went shopping after work to buy a replacement biking helmet and had to walk a lot so that helped. my sugar was 84 when i got home. so it does definitely go down but i don't like these readings in the 200's post meal. i might have to start taking at least 2 metformins now instead of 1. or maybe even go back to the 3rd. i don't want to wreck my a1c
I also got nauseated when my glucose was too high. Or dropped too fast, or too much.
It really isn't safe to spike or roller coaster. Jmo, aim for more steady readings.
Depending on what you eat, certain foods might give some of us late spikes. Example, Dreamfield's pasta spikes me at 3 and 4 hours post meal instead of at one and two hours. I think it's because it's made to be digested more slowly. I know many diabetics it's happened to. Does it stop me from eating Dreamfields? Noooooo....but I watch portion size and prepare for the late spike by having a small glass of wine, which helps me a little.
Why aren't you taking your met? Met has to be taken on a regular basis in order to work well.
i thought it was making me nauseous and i somehow convinced my doc to approve it but now im thinking it might not be from metformin. its been hard for me to get the thick pill down esp in the AM since my appetite is suppressed and i am nauseous so there really isn't time to take 3 pills but now i might have to force myself
i can switch to oatmeal and eggs only at McD's and scrap the hash brown and biscuit. maybe that will work better
the 140 reading would be an hour after the meal, right?
jeez, can a 200 reading make you nauseous? if so, maybe my sugar is still too high post meal. i just hope my next a1c won't be over 6, ive worked hard to get it down to 6
Jmo, but no. At one hour post meal blood glucose should be 140 or less and at two hours it should be 120 or less. ideally.
I become nauseated when my glucose falls too quickly, even if it falls within normal ranges.
Dang, It was too late to go back and edit this post when I realized what I did. I meant to say YES, that is hyperglycemia and no it isn't normal.
So sorry I wasn't clear.
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