? about test results - Diabetes Message Board

chrismth · 03-17-2001, 06:26 PM

For the last three evenings I have had normal, fasting level glucose readings 2 hours after dinner. Tonight I had meat, several low carb veggies and 2 small baked potatoes plus a dish of regular ice cream for dessert (my second dish today, I don't normally do this) I tested at 8pm and it read 91!! Could it be possible that I don't have a problem with 2 potatoes? Naturally I think that maybe all my elevated results in the past several weeks were due to improper testing technique and I'm really perfectly normal. If so, then I was consistent in my poor technique!

Has anyone had this happened-foods that you would expect to cause a problem have turned out to be okay? I know I will have to have a test meal of the offenders again to see if they cause the same elevations. Could it be that regular ice cream (not low fat) may not be as bad as it would seem?

Chris

Oldguy · 03-19-2001, 01:52 PM

Hi Chris
___NO, you're not experiencing bad testing techniques...So many times have so many foods surprised my wife and I. The fats are not the concern, but the sugar in the ice cream is what to consider. My wife, who is an insulin dependent very brittle diabetic (spikes, spikes, spikes), is not physiologically offended by spaghetti with meat sauce. And as for a baked potato, as long as it's well buttered, it isn't that bad either. Take the meat out of the spaghetti, and the butter off of the potato and WOW! The fats and oils in the ice cream, the fats in the spaghetti sauce, and the butter on the potato all seem to slow down the assimilation. I've always said, totally controlling my wife's blood glucose is like pushing a chain down the street...God bless,,,Oldguy

bjk47 · 03-19-2001, 03:06 PM

WOW, that's really interesting. I haven't been checking my sugars regularly. I keep thinking I know what is happening by the way I eat. But I guess I really need to check blood sugars more often.

Chris, how often do you check you sugar? I most often do a fasting am and sometimes an afternoon prior to dinner. Thanks, Barb

chrismth · 03-19-2001, 10:24 PM

Hi Old Guy:

I have an update since I posted this about getting 3 normal readings 3 nights in a row and questioning my previous testing technique. Last night I ran a pasta test meal-it was cheese ravioli with meat sauce and a salad. My reading at 2 hours was 176, at 3 hours 174, and at 5 hours 145. So I am sure my previous technique was fine. I would have thought the cheese in the ravioli would have helped, but the results were almost as bad as the night I had a regular pasta meal.

So what does this mean? I shouldn't eat pasta? (I am sure there are other foods I may not have tested yet that would give similar results)

When I tell my doctor about my research project when I see him in about 6 weeks, what should I expect him to do? A random glucose test or a 2 hour glucose drink test done in the am could very well be normal. Would that be the next logical step?

I'm not sure what to do about this.

Chris

chrismth · 03-19-2001, 10:28 PM

Hi Barb:

I have not been diagnosed with diabetes, this is a little research project I've been conducting on myself since having a hemoglobin A1C of 6.3 I thought that was a tad high for someone who wasn't supposed to be diabetic so I bought myself a home glucose meter and started testing at various times per day. I rarely test in the am because my fasting level is normal, but you can see I have been getting some abnormal results, mostly from meals big on carbs. now I have to figure out what to do about the results.

CHris