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[Sho_Nuff82]

This chart needs some work. 4.0/50/2.8 is very low and surely a horrific experience.

Not really. While technically hypoglycemic, I've gotten as low as 39 while doing a therapeutic fast and felt fine.

A good resting rate is 70-90 range. You can easily spike into the high hundreds if you drink a can of soda shortly before testing.

Edit; referring to mg/dl with the above numbers

 

[Alavard]

Hi, OP. I was diagnosed at 20 with type-1 diabetes, and I'm now 31. The first thing I want to say is that you're going to be fine. If you do end up having diabetes, it will mean a major adjustment to your life, but if you take care of yourself, you'll be okay.

You need to understand a little about the difference between type-1 and type-2 diabetes.

Type-1 is the one they used to call 'juvenile diabetes', because it usually emerges in children (but not always). In type-1, your pancreas produces no insulin (the hormone that breaks down carbohydrates into energy), so you need insulin added to your system directly (through injections or using a pump). Generally, a type-1 diabetic will take their blood sugar several times a day (at each meal at the very least), and will take some insulin with each meal. Also, they usually have a separate non-meal type of insulin to act as background throughout the day. The insulin they take at meals is very fast acting, whereas the other insulin is slower acting and much more long-lasting.

Type-2 diabetes is a more complicated beast. Type-2 diabetics have become resistant to their own insulin, even though it's still being produced. Type-2 is often associated with advanced age, high-carb diet, or overweight individuals, but it can appear in anyone. Type-2's have a wider range of treatment options. Some type-2s can just adjust their diet and exercise and that's enough. Some Type-2s take medication which lowers their resistance to their own insulin. Some need injections of insulin like Type-1s do.

Now, 10.7 on blood sugar is high, but not dangerously so. When I was diagnosed I was over 15, and shortly thereafter I was slightly over 20. 10.7 is also probably too high to not be diabetes though, after a single bagel. Bagels are bread, and bread is a slow-acting type of carbohydrate. It doesn't spike your blood sugar as fast as a can of coke or fruit juice - it ramps up much slower. So that means your body couldn't keep up with the rise in blood sugar from the bagel.

I'm not a doctor, but if I had to guess, I'd say you're in the early stages of either type-1 or type-2. In the early-stages of type-1, they call it the 'honeymoon phase' - your pancreas is producing insulin, but at a reduced rate.

Anyway, again, if you do have diabetes, you're going to be fine. I've had it for 11 years now and have never been back to the hospital for it since. Personal glucometers are getting more advanced and easier to use every year, medications are getting more effective, and injection needles are smaller and smaller. Most of my coworkers don't even know I'm diabetic, because everything is so small and circumspect.

Edit - I didn't notice the OP mentioning all this came from work. The OP should definitely contact their family doctor ASAP. They'll order the additional necessary tests, and refer you to an endocrinologist and hopefully a diabetic team if you're indeed diabetic.

 

[NorthAndSouth]

RBG over 11.1 is significant. Your blood sugar levels can rise post-prandially but again best bet is to talk to a doctor regarding the results. They'll probably make you do a fasting blood glucose test which if its still elevated would be diagnostic.

You can have diabetes and not fit the "typical" picture associated with obesity. Some types occur during pregnancy or because of an autoimmune condition that can present later in life.

It's cliche af, but doesn't stop it from being the best thing to do: speak to your doctor if you have any concerns or questions.

 

[cress2000]

Not really. While technically hypoglycemic, I've gotten as low as 39 while doing a therapeutic fast and felt fine.

A good resting rate is 70-90 range. You can easily spike into the high hundreds if you drink a can of soda shortly before testing.

I guess I can only speak for myself. Even 65 makes me feel like ending myself. I'm a type 2 diabetic but could only reach levels that low when my doc had me on Glipizide and Metformin.

 

[Maxim726X]

I'm assuming that you're referring to hemoglobin A1C.... If you are, you have diabetes.

Please see an endocrinologist.

 

[True Savior]

You ate before. Its kinda irrelevant the test. Do it again.

 

[Maxim726X]

You ate before. Its kinda irrelevant. Do it again.

That only applies to blood glucose tests...

Hemoglobin A1C tests measure blood sugar levels for the last 3 months (the typical lifespan of an RBC). Basically, it measures how much glucose is being carried on a given unit of blood (glycosylated hemoglobin)

 

[Bronetta]

I'm assuming that you're referring to hemoglobin A1C.... If you are, you have diabetes.

Please see an endocrinologist.

He didnt even bother seeing a family doctor, forget seeing a specialist.

 

[Fades]

That only applies to blood glucose tests...

Hemoglobin A1C tests measure blood sugar levels for the last 3 months (the typical lifespan of an RBC). Basically, it measures how much glucose is being carried on a given unit of blood (glycosylated hemoglobin)

It was done during work, not a doctor's appointment. It was a glucose test using mmo/L as a guide. 10.7 is a little high normally, but not after eating an hour before.

 

[Maxim726X]

It was done during work, not a doctor's appointment. It was a glucose test using mmo/L as a guide. 10.7 is a little high normally, but not after eating an hour before.

Ohhh okay. Disregard.

Very rarely see it in that unit of measure. My mistake.

 

[Tremis]

Considering above 10 is abnormal for post-1hr of the 50gram oral glucose challenge test and you only ate a bagel, I'd certainly repeat an A1c if I was your physician.

 

[hobozero]

OP, free advice - take this little scare as an excuse and see your doctor regularly. If you don't have a family doctor, great excuse to get one.

Cool story time:

I moved to the big city about 9 years ago, didn't have a dr when I got here any never bothered to get one. Overweight, not in particularly great shape (understatement), one day i have a trip and fall and break my pinky finger. No big deal, it's a pinky.

Go to the hospital (yah, Canada) and the guy there takes my vitals. Looks at my blood pressure, and goes and gets another dude to take it. Then they go get another machine, assuming it was busted. Then they go get a doctor to take it, assuming they had to be wrong...

270/180.

So I am laying in the emergency room a few hours later, on IVs and nitro patches and whatever other tubes they have in me, and the doctor comes in and says "I know this isn't a good time, but did you know you were diabetic?".

So the moral of the story is: pay attention to stuff like your blood sugar levels, cause you might not be lucky enough to break your pinky.

 

[Maligna]

Thanks again for the sound advice everyone. Going to hope the second test goes better, but I'm already adjusting my diet and exercise just to be sure.

 

[Althane]

This chart needs some work. 4.0/50/2.8 is very low and surely a horrific experience.

That's cold sweats and shakes, for sure. Also, if it's anything like my lows, insatiable hunger and an overwhelming desire to collapse like jelly.

5-7 is what I hear as "good" control, with the lower towards 5 being indicative that you may be going low too often.

 

[Spartancarver]

What test is this exactly? Hemoglobin A1c?

If it's A1c then the nurse is an idiot, because eating a bagel an hour before the test would not change a thing. It's a standardized measurement of your blood glucose level averaged over the past 3 months. And yes, 11 is quite high. Anything above 6.5 will get you an automatic diagnosis of diabetes.

You should see a physician.

Edit: Ah, not A1c. Proceed then.

 

[maven]

Disclaimer: I am a medical doctor (in Australia). I am not an endocrinologist. This is not a substitute for advice from your own physician.

What you had was a random blood glucose check. Your result was high. It is affected by eating, but 11 (mmol/L) is around the level where we get concerned about diabetes.

A fasting blood glucose is the same thing done after a period of fasting (it's a snapshot of the amount of sugar in your blood at that point in time). Less than 7mmol/L is generally what we like to see for a fasting test.

An HbA1C is roughly an average of your blood glucose over the preceding 3 months. It's a measure of glycated haemoglobin (Hb). It's a different test that your doctor can order, and will give you an idea about whether you have chronically elevated blood sugar.

Go see your family doctor. They will arrange the appropriate tests to check if you have diabetes. Regardless, with a random sugar of 10.9, I would be looking very hard at my diet. Keto (done correctly) is a sensible suggestion. Lots of non-starchy vegetables, meat, eggs, nuts, seeds, healthy fats. Very little sugar and starch. Good luck. If you do have type 2 diabetes, it is absolutely curable by changing your lifestyle. Google Jason Fung. He's a renal physician with an interest in diet (and fasting). That would be a good place to start.

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But go see your doctor