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!
You have to test it both times. Check out this website:
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DA/00007.html
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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!
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For fasting BG you don not take anything after your dinner and night dose of medicine. For PP sample take your breakfast and your drugs as usual and give the sample after 2 hours
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Balance medication with food eaten. Meds will bring sugar level down.
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