Could it be the met doing this?

[daybyday]

My random blood sugar levels always used to be below 100, usually in the 70's, 80's, or 90's. Now they are always above 100. Usually between 110 and 130. Could the met be doing this? Is it good or bad? What does it mean?

[Gen224]

DbD--

while met could be doing this (although it's unlikely--met *mitigates* blood sugar spikes, not causes them), there are two options:

1) you're becoming pre-diabetic or simply diabetic. It would take more testing to confirm or deny this, but it really isn't something to mess around with. If your condition is changing, it's much better to stay on top of it than not.

2) your bcp could be doing this. Bcps do have the ability to raise one's blood sugar, much like pregnancy can also do this. If it's your bcp, you can d/c it or ask your doc to raise your met dosage--or change your bcp.

Whatever's going on, I would strongly suggest that you talk to your doc. After eating, your glucose levels should be between 80-120 mg/dl. 3-4 hours after eating, you should be between 50-80 mg/dl--and your body should be calling for food (i.e., hunger). If you find that your levels are abnormally high when you're a distance from your last meal/bite of food, talk to your doc ASAP. You're worth it--take care of YOU! :)

[daybyday]

what should they be after 2 hours?

[daybyday]

asting blood glucose:
70–99 milligrams per deciliter or less than 5.5 mmol/L

2 hours after eating (postprandial):
70–145 mg/dL (less than 7.9 mmol/L)

Random (casual):
70–125 mg/dL (less than 7.0 mmol/L)



how come this one says 70-125, how do i know what's right or wrong?

[Gen224]

What I know is this: The normal non-diabetic's glucose ranges from 70-100 mg/dl when fasting. Hunger manifests when glucose levels drop below 80mg/dl, unless you're dealing with hypoglycemia, at which point you may end up with a reading that is much lower than 80mg/dl before you would expect it (i.e., 2-3 hours after a meal or sooner). There is a category created by the ADA for those who have fasting-glucose levels of 110-126 mg/dl called "impaired fasting blood glucose," and it tends to be called (in the vernacular) 'pre-diabetes'. Fasting blood glucose levels of 126mg/dl or higher indicate diabetes. If this is suspected, you can test two hours after a meal and expect to see a result of 200mg/dl or more.

I hope you can figure it out--diabetes is nothing to goof around with. My grandmother was type 1 and it took her eyesight and quality of life. She ended up being 'brittle' and dying at age 66. Much too young for a woman of her vibrancy--and it might not've happened if she'd been better able to control her disease.

[Leslie8007]

It may not be diabetes either .......... mine was like that they found out that the problem is that my body makes and releases the insulin but the pcos has caused my body not to use the insulin therefore they needed to do a long acting glucose test. You get a blood draw, you drink seven up like drink with about 2 cups of extra sugar in it LOL ok it just tastes that way, then 1 hour later you get another blood draw, then another hour later you get another draw to see how your body reacts to the sugary drink.