Disclaimer: I guess I'm just thinking out loud here, not asking for advice, but expressing confusion. Since both my parents have diabetes, I got a fasting glucose done yesterday morning after fasting 10.5 hours.
What I know as normal for me is that if I don't eat enough in the morning (like the sole banana I had for breakfast the day before my test) I will have a bout of low sugar a couple of hours later: feeling faint/dizzy, trouble seeing, lack of coordination, the whole nine yards. Luckily I don't actually pass out like my brother does. So it doesn't make sense to me that after fasting for 10 hours it's at 104--slightly elevated, as the nurse said (4 points over normal). At this point I haven't eaten for 7 hours and it feels slightly low. If I've learned anything, I'm not diabetic yet, but my pancreas has issues. I definitely have to keep on the cut-out-sugar-and-white-flour path. ETA: I'm shopping online for glucose meters. They're cheaper than I thought. Does anyone have any advice about how to avoid really sore fingers? Like, is there a place on the finger or a particular finger that's better to poke?
What I know as normal for me is that if I don't eat enough in the morning (like the sole banana I had for breakfast the day before my test) I will have a bout of low sugar a couple of hours later: feeling faint/dizzy, trouble seeing, lack of coordination, the whole nine yards. Luckily I don't actually pass out like my brother does. So it doesn't make sense to me that after fasting for 10 hours it's at 104--slightly elevated, as the nurse said (4 points over normal). At this point I haven't eaten for 7 hours and it feels slightly low. If I've learned anything, I'm not diabetic yet, but my pancreas has issues. I definitely have to keep on the cut-out-sugar-and-white-flour path. ETA: I'm shopping online for glucose meters. They're cheaper than I thought. Does anyone have any advice about how to avoid really sore fingers? Like, is there a place on the finger or a particular finger that's better to poke?
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