[Diabetes-talk] Blood sugar swings.

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

I know there are debates on what a "perfect" range should be, and it is
a little different depending on if you're type 1 or 2, but typically the
upper 100's are considered "high." If you had been running in the lower
100's then had a spike into the mid to upper 100's, you may possibly
feel symptoms like tiredness or feeling unmotivated, but typically even
the upper 100's aren't high enough to cause those symptoms indicative of
a high range. I would consult your endocrinologist just to make sure
nothing else is going on.

I will notice a slight difference when going from lower numbers to upper
100's (150 to 200) but nothing similar to what I will feel when 250 or
higher. Actually, when below 120, depending on certain factors, I will
have that I-need-a-snack feeling, grin. And now that I'm pregers,, my
doctors are comfortable with me sitting in the mid and upper 100's for
now since I was having too many drops.

So it kind of varies in terms of the symptoms depending on the
individual and all the contributing factors that go into glucose
control. And of course, testing as frequently as possible really helps
to gage things and catch drops and extremes.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alan Wheeler
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 5:08 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Blood sugar swings.


Hi folks,
I know it's been a while since I've been on here. Just a lot going on.

So, here's my question. This morning when I tested, it was up around
150-160. Now about 20 minutes ago, it was at 111. Would this kind of
drop leave a person feeling tired and draggy? Not used to thinking about
it. Would sort of just test in the morning and go on with my day, but
it's been a real Monday, so when I felt lethargic a while ago, I thought
I had better test again. Any thoughts?

Alan
"The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work that you
need most to do and that the world most needs to have done.The place God
calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's  deep
hunger meet."
- Frederick Buechner's definition of "vocation" in his little book
"Wishful Thinking" Psalms 33:3 Psalms 150:5


Alan Wheeler 
Lincoln, Nebraska 
awheeler65 at windstream.net 
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