Thursday, January 12, 2012

I keep getting asked the BIG question... so...do you have diabetes or not??

For the most part I think my  blood glucose numbers were looking pretty good but still there have been a couple of times where they were a little high... I just didn't have any idea. I did know that it was much BETTER than before.

Welp, I decided to give myself a blood glucose tolerance test and find out. 

I drank 75g of carbs (20oz of juice - by the way, for someone who is used to NO sugar at all... that was a LOT for my tummy to handle on an empty stomach.). 

You fail the test if 1 hour later your number is over 200 and 2 hours later your number is over 140.

I tested at 1 hour and it was 206 - okay... I guess that means I fail. Ho hum.

10 min later I tested again.... 140! Sweet!!

2 hours later I tested again .....drum roll please....

102!!!

So, i guess that means that I'm definitely not type 1 (the kind that isn't producing any insulin at all) and I might be borderline type 2...so I will need to keep an eye on my carbs and my blood sugars just to be safe. 

Now, with my sister-in-law her diabetes went away for 3 months after she had her son and CAME BACK after 3 months. Its called a "honeymoon period" and I will have to keep an eye out for that. 

Praying it stays away and continuing to eat low carb/high protein because truthfully, I felt better that way anyway. :-)


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