Blood glucose 11.9 mmol/l (214mg%)?
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at
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The normal reading blood sugar of a non-diabetic is between 80-120, but since you’re glucose was 214 that is a problem. However, the fact that it returned to normal and stayed that way is an indication that you’re body does produce insulin which lowered the glucose level. I don’t believe you have Type 1 Diabetes based on what you’ve said so far. If you want to see your doctor you can. Just know that Type 1 Diabetes is a genetic disease so if no one else in your family has it, there is an extremely small chance you might get it.
My fiance wanted to do kind of the same thing where she drank a regular soda and tested her blood sugar. It came up as 172, and she started freaking out. We both knew it was the drink, and it seems that in this case, the same is true. The squash drink is made of a highly-concentrated fructose syrup which is essentially loaded with sugar (as per Wikipedia).
By the way, monitors don’t inaccurately read glucose levels to a higher or lower side. If it did, the manufacturer would not sell a defective product that could potentially harm a consumer that needs a calibrated machine like a glucometer.
A normal person’s blood glucose shouldn’t be above 11, whatever time it is.
The fact that it’s gone down is good. The monitors have a certain degree of error, so perhaps the monitor was reading on it’s high edge, and you had a slightly high reading.
Go and see your doc about it, just to put your mind at rest. You do need it sorted, but it could be nothing.
"If your blood sugar went over 200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/L) at any time you testedd, you just registered a diabetic blood sugar level and should consult with a doctor as soon as possible. Two random tests results of 200 mg/dl are considered diagnostic of diabetes according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Diabetes Mellitus published by the highly conservative American Diabetes Association.
Again, if your doctor says, "Let’s just check it again in a couple months" and does not urge you to take a more aggressive approach, it’s time to look for a new doctor, one who has kept up with the current approaches to managing diabetes. It’s your kidneys, heart, nerves, and vision that are at risk, not his."
I was in the same situation at uni. I was told I was hypoglycemic and then after leaving uni I was told I was diabetic while I was preggy. You should see your own doctor and not wait. Now that I am in renal failure I am told that they are happy with my sugar levels being over seven. You should get the absolute truth and insist that you be accurately tested and informed. Insist. You will need to know the truth for your life’s sake. Diabetes is not curable. It is a killer disease. You need to know what to do for YOUR life, not someone’s guess.