Please can someone shed some light on all this for me. I go tomorrow morning for a 3hr gluc ose test and the dr had me checking throughout the day fri sat and today can someone please tell me if these are normal readings. I have polycystic ovarian diease (had hysterctomy) and severe constant headaches this time I have had no real high readings like last time but I have had severe headaches Fri 8:11 pm ate a steak sandwich and the reading was 77 friday at 9:43 I ate a honey bun and it was 117 friday night at 12:50 am it was 72 went to bed. Sat morning upon waking 83 woke with a bad headache severe one ate a piece of toast at 11:30 and it was 81 sat afternoon at 3:18 it was 62 Sat at 4:42 I ate fried chicken and noodles and it was 119 Then at 7:15 it was 82 Then at 9:36 I had such a bad headache went to bed and it was 152 Woke up this morning and it was 91 no headache at 12:30 ate sausage and eggs and it was 110 It is now 5:30 and we ate supper at ponchos and got home and I checked it and it is 93 Can anyone please tell me if these are nooormal readings according to the vial of test strips they are all low but the pharmaist said dont go by that Any opinions would greatly be appreciated I am just trying to figure if these headaches are pretaining to the congential adrenal hyperplasia ,migraines, are the high proctlain, or sugar levels. Thanks again and I really really appreciate all the info Bev

The most important test you can do are the fasting and the post prandial (2 hours after eating). The 2 hours after eating (should be less than 140) is very important because it tells how your body handles the food that you have eaten. What it is when you eat is more important when you are on insulin so that you know how much to take.

The fasting numbers sound fine.

Good luck on your test.

Cora

I want to add a caution concerning the test. Some doctors tell you to drink the drink and come back in a given time for the next blood draw. If you encounter that do not leave the area. My sister ran into that problem. We knew she was going for a test and tried to call her later to see how it went. There was no answer so we went to see about her. She was passed out on the floor at her house.

It is good that he is doing at least 3 hours. It can take some time for you to cycle through. A person can be high at 2 hours but in another couple hours you could be low. In that way some have been diagnosed and treated as diabetic when it is actually hypoglycemia. That can be a big mistake and hopefully your doctor is wise in that respect.

I agree with the previous poster as to what is important. Glucose tolerance test are being used less and less.

Dealing with glucose problems requires that you know what is going on and keep records. Don't expect a doctor to do everything but expect to be educated to the point that you can handle it.

I hope all goes well tomorrow. I will be watching this post to see how how you are doing.

I am curious where the original poster is from?

I am from Weatherford Texas

How did your glucose tolerance test go?

I am still waiting for the results. I called yesterday and they said it had not came back yet. I will post as soon as I get them Thank you so much for all the help I really mean that. I will let you know as soon as i get the results Thanks Bev