How long does one really have to fast before taking a Fasting Blood Sugar test to measure the blood/sugar level. I went for a physical today. All I had was a couple of toasts and water all day at around 8:30am in the morning. I had my physical at 3 pm and when my doctor [...]
I was told to test my blood sugar one hour after I took my first bite of a meal for my Gestational Diabetes. Today I got busy chasing around my toddler and ended losing track of time and accidentally had to take my blood sugar level at 1 hour 15 minutes.. Does the 15 minutes [...]
My Doctor told me my blood sugar was 111 and she wanted me tested for diabetes. How did she get my blood sugar level? Thru urine? Blood? Is 111 high?
My mother is diabetic(I am not), and we were talking about her blood sugar testing machine- the one that pricks your finger and you place the blood on a strip for the machine to test. I decided to see what my blood sugar level was and was a little startled to see that it read [...]
needless to say it felt like a ton of bricks was dropped on me. i asked this question on wednesday. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtuTQHWlKBSuOemSFoiPFofsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090923173753AAWyQ7q well the following day i went to the ER w/ a blood sugar level of 600. i just got released this morning. the doctors, Rn’s and nutritionist all explained what to do and expect, [...]
I’m more interested in how "Lisa", patient mentioned in article was not testing correctly as stated by her doctor, any thoughts on this? _____________________________________________ How can your A1C test results help your control? Here are two examples. Bob D., 49 years old, has type 2 diabetes. For the past seven years, he and his doctor [...]
Will this completely mess up the results? Will it still give me my ‘random’ blood sugar level or would that have been a different test?
my mom ate cake, tea and cheese once she came home from work. she decided to take a blood sugar test and it said 19.5. is that her blood sugar level in general or was it because she had just finished eating sugary things? she never got checked for diabetes so we don’t know if [...]
then today at 3:30 am i got 125…maybe 6 hrs of fasting (my dinner last night rice fried chicken and regular coke) what does it mean? am i diabetic? im only 29 years old breast feeding mom; what is the real normal range of BSL is it true if u r stress and lack of [...]
I have diabetes and when I take my blood sugar level with my meter, the leval is not the same depending on which finger I use. For instance, I just took my test with my middle finger and got a reading of 101. I did another with my third finger, just seconds later, and got [...]
I went to the doctor and got a blood sugar test. The results said it was normal but I hadn’t eaten in 8 hours and I was very hungry. I’m just concerned becuase I had gestational diabetes. Is 95 a normal fasting blood sugar level? This was a random test not a fasting test.
This past summer I’ve had a problem keeping my blood sugar level up, it seems to let me know when it’s time to eat again! 2 days ago I had the worst episode and was taken to the emergency room because I couldn’t get my blood sugar level up enough. After the ER Doctor had [...]
If I test my blood sugar at 1 hour after a meal and then again 2 hours after that same meal, is my 2 hour blood sugar supposed to be higher or lower than my 1 hour sugar? I am supposed to test 1 hour after a meal but sometimes I don’t remember until an [...]
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I get dizzy spells so my doctor instructed me to test my blood sugar level whenever I get dizzy, it’s always in the low 90′s. Is that good? It doesn’t matter what time of day it is or how much food I’ve had, it’s always in the 90′s.