[Diabetes-talk] QUESTION

[Diane]

Good grief!
Once again, EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT!!
You know what your low is.
Some people don't even know they are having a low.
Di
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] QUESTION


>i always thought a low reading was 55 or below.when did this change
> Debbie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] QUESTION
>
>
>> If you have a reading that low, do a second test. If it also is low and
>> you are fairly certain that you have gotten enough blood on the strip,
>> treat for the low. Generally, one does this by following the
>> "fifteen-fifteen rule", that is, eating fifteen grams of carbohydrate,
>> waiting fifteen minutes and then testing again, eating fifteen more
>> grams of carb if the reading is still low. By "low", The American
>> Diabetes Association now means below 70 mg/dl. Many authorities say one
>> should treat if the reading is below 80 mg/dl and one does not
>> anticipate eating immediately.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Paul & Paula Jordan" <paujor at fuse.net>
>> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:27 AM
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] QUESTION
>>
>>
>> This morning, when I got up, I did my fasting glucose test for the day,
>> and
>> had a reading of 52 milligrams per decileder.  I know that this is low,
>>
>> But should I react, or treat it like a normal day.  I know that I can be
>> asymptomatic, but at what point do I just grab the bull by the horns,
>> and do
>> things differently?please advise.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul
>>
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