[Diabetes-talk] Follow up: low numbers WAS RE: Rule of thumb ontesting after exercise?

[William and Bernadette Jacobs]

Got that right!!!

Bern
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Follow up: low numbers WAS RE: Rule of thumb 
ontesting after exercise?


>I doubt it.  The human body is fickle; sometimes we don't know the reasons 
>bg readings depart from what we expect. Your strips are probably just fine. 
>In any case, you're the first person I've known who complained about lower 
>numbers.  Don't panic; rejoice!
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Apr 21, 2011, at 6:40, "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler65 at windstream.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Okay, but now, for the past three days, my numbers have been lower than 
>> what
>> has been typical for me of late. Yesterday I got a 99, and just now got a
>> 96. Is this, perhaps, an indication of test strips expiring/going bad?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:04 PM
>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Rule of thumb on testing after exercise?
>>
>> It certainly could have been.  In my experience, the bg reading goes down
>> almost immediately as a rule when one begins exercising.  I wouldn't call
>> that skewed, though; it's a good thing!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alan Wheeler
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:50 PM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Rule of thumb on testing after exercise?
>>
>> Hi,
>> For a type 2 diabetic, what is the basic rule of thumb on testing after
>> exercise? I think I remember it being something like 15 to 30 minutes, 
>> but
>> not sure.
>> I asked because I got a surprisingly good reading almost immediately 
>> after
>> carrying a hamper of laundry down three flights of stairs, hauling it 
>> across
>> the complex, and down one flight of stairs into the laundry room, etc. 
>> Was
>> this morning's reading of 107, 24 hours after a reading of 139 skewed
>> because of the exertion?
>>
>>
>> "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."
>> Corrie ten Boom
>>
>> Psalms 33:3 Psalms 150:5
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Alan Wheeler
>> Lincoln, Nebraska
>> awheeler65 at windstream.net
>>
>>
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