How do you test your blood glucose when your doctor advises you to take medication for diabetics with meals ?
Checking BG levels while fasting and post fasting. Are you allowed to take medication or not while testing Blood Glucose after taking medicine at breakfast ? Should I delay taking the medicine after breakfast. Pls help, am confused, my Doctor is out of the country.
Hi, I can help you with this. I’ve been diabetic for over 10 yrs. The first time you test is first thing in the morning,before eating & taking your meds. That is your "fasting level" for the day. Then, you know to eat small meals that have equal parts of proteins & carbs every 4-5 hours. (proteins being all meats,beans,peanut butter & carbs being pasta,potatoes,rice) I promise you it will become like second nature to you once you get it down. Then you can either check before your meal or most likely 2 hours after a meal & that way you’ll know if you ate the right thing. Your fasting blood sugar should be between 75 & 125 & then 2 hours after a meal, you should be (where your Dr. would tell you) or if you ate correctly between 100- 145. Now every time your reading is over 170 it’s killing your vital organs & you know you don’t want that. It will take a while to "even out" & soon you’ll be able to tell without testing if it’s high or low. Of course you would still test to be sure. I found out the "hard way" that you really can’t cheat & tell your Dr. that you’ve been doing good when you haven’t because they have a test they do that tells wat your levels have been for the past thre months! AAAHHHH I know! BUT I assure you,if you just get used to this diet,you won’t be hungry & the difference in how you feel is truely astounding! I hope this has helped you in some way & please feel free to email me if you have any questions.Yep, I’ve been to every class on diabetes & I even have the T-Shirt! Take care,you can do it!