[Diabetes-talk] QUESTION

[Diane]

YOU GO GIRL!!!
Me  too!!!
Diane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] QUESTION


> 55 wow I would pass out at 55 that is way to low, I start feeling shaky at 
> 80
> Cheryl Echevarria
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:44 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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