Looking for advice

[Tdm]

Sausa

That is lots of carb rich foods in that meal so not surprising you spiked into double figures. ie chips, pastry and beans are all quite high carb foods, even with low sugar sauce on the beans. The fat in the chips and sausage roll and the fibre in the beans may have delayed the release of the glucose from the carbs which is why you were still quite high at the 1.5 hour point but great that you were back down to 6.2 2.5 hours later and then 6.1 at 3hrs. Those are good normal numbers and the food you ate would explain the 12.
I don't think there is anything there to be concerned about, except perhaps a slightly less than healthy diet! 😉

Gecro

 

[Tdm]

Sorry. I have no idea how and why that happened...

 

[Inka]

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I’ve just checked at 2.5 hours and it’s 6.2.

That’s a great normal blood sugar 🙂 That and your normal HbA1C should reassure you.

 

[rebrascora]

Carbs aren't an issue in a normal diet.

They may cause your levels to spike higher than having a more balanced meal though. If this had been a lower carb meal and the OP's levels had hit 12 that would have been a bit more puzzling.

 

[Inka]

Hello, new here! I am 47, slim and have never had diabetes-related issues previously. I had a brain haemorrhage in August last year which I’ve recovered well from but it has knocked my system out of whack and some things, eg blood pressure and blood sugar regulation, aren’t working as they should be. I monitor my blood sugar levels with a monitor and they seem to vary a lot. They are often ok (around 5.5/6) but also often pretty high (8+). I just tested now, 1.5 hours after eating, and the level was 12.2. My GP got me to do the hba1c test in November, which came back normal. I wasn’t convinced so repeated it - result came back today, normal. My question is - can the hba1c test get it ‘wrong’? For example, if my blood glucose levels see-saw, could it be taking the average of the highs and lows and coming out normal?
Any advice gratefully received. Thanks

Thinking more about this @Nat0483 , is your concern that you had undiagnosed diabetes prior to the haemorrhage which was the cause of the bleed, or part of the cause? Where does your comment about blood sugar regulation not working as it should be originate from? I’ve not heard of a bleed causing that - is this something you were alerted to in hospital?

People with diabetes have a higher risk of a number of conditions, but I’d not heard it the other way round.

 

[Nat0483]

That is lots of carb rich foods in that meal so not surprising you spiked into double figures. ie chips, pastry and beans are all quite high carb foods, even with low sugar sauce on the beans. The fat in the chips and sausage roll and the fibre in the beans may have delayed the release of the glucose from the carbs which is why you were still quite high at the 1.5 hour point but great that you were back down to 6.2 2.5 hours later and then 6.1 at 3hrs. Those are good normal numbers and the food you ate would explain the 12.
I don't think there is anything there to be concerned about, except perhaps a slightly less than healthy diet! 😉

Thanks, it’s not the sort of thing I usually eat for dinner! That is very reassuring, thanks.

 

[Nat0483]

Thinking more about this @Nat0483 , is your concern that you had undiagnosed diabetes prior to the haemorrhage which was the cause of the bleed, or part of the cause? Where does your comment about blood sugar regulation not working as it should be originate from? I’ve not heard of a bleed causing that - is this something you were alerted to in hospital?

People with diabetes have a higher risk of a number of conditions, but I’d not heard it the other way round.

Thinking more about this @Nat0483 , is your concern that you had undiagnosed diabetes prior to the haemorrhage which was the cause of the bleed, or part of the cause? Where does your comment about blood sugar regulation not working as it should be originate from? I’ve not heard of a bleed causing that - is this something you were alerted to in hospital?

People with diabetes have a higher risk of a number of conditions, but I’d not heard it the other way round.

There was no indication that I had issues before the bleed. The bleed happened in the part of the brain called the medulla, which controls certain processes eg blood pressure, digestion, respiration, and the release of adrenaline (which in turn causes increase in blood sugar levels) - I was told that my new symptoms (definitely blood pressure rise, possibly changes in blood sugar too) were the result of the bleed, not the cause.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

There was no indication that I had issues before the bleed. The bleed happened in the part of the brain called the medulla, which controls certain processes eg blood pressure, digestion, respiration, and the release of adrenaline (which in turn causes increase in blood sugar levels) - I was told that my new symptoms (definitely blood pressure rise, possibly changes in blood sugar too) were the result of the bleed, not the cause.

It's worth keeping eating your previous diet, testing at two hours, and tieing up with your GP to organise a hba1c in three months.
If you change anything now, it'll skew the results.

(Unless your two hour reading suggest you need to)

 

[helli]

That is lots of carb rich foods in that meal so not surprising you spiked into double figures. ie chips, pastry and beans are all quite high carb foods, even with low sugar sauce on the beans. The fat in the chips and sausage roll and the fibre in the beans may have delayed the release of the glucose from the carbs which is why you were still quite high at the 1.5 hour point but great that you were back down to 6.2 2.5 hours later and then 6.1 at 3hrs. Those are good normal numbers and the food you ate would explain the 12.
I don't think there is anything there to be concerned about, except perhaps a slightly less than healthy diet! 😉

As an occasional meal with the kids, I see nothing wrong with it for someone without diabetes.
There is no need to reduce carbs if you don't have diabetes.
If you look at Libre graphs for people without diabetes, they can spike to 1 and given inaccuracies in meters that @travellor mentioned, I think we need to be aware of unnecessary scaremongering.

 

[Inka]

There was no indication that I had issues before the bleed. The bleed happened in the part of the brain called the medulla, which controls certain processes eg blood pressure, digestion, respiration, and the release of adrenaline (which in turn causes increase in blood sugar levels) - I was told that my new symptoms (definitely blood pressure rise, possibly changes in blood sugar too) were the result of the bleed, not the cause.

Thanks @Nat0483 That makes sense. Yes, adrenaline can affect blood sugars. I’d hope that your own insulin production would adjust to deal with any higher than your usual range sugars, but I completely understand your concerns, especially after suffering something like that.

Your carby meal was a good test (and there’s nothing wrong with eating a meal like that. I have children and eat chips, fishfingers - all that kind of food sometimes). Your blood sugar came back down well, and a spike after a carby meal is normal in people without diabetes. It also came back to a sensible level rather than plummeting down to a very low level, so that’s good too.

From what you’ve said, I’d think it likely your HbA1C was accurate (unless you have anaemia, etc) so was truly in the normal range as you’ve been told.

 

[Nat0483]

Thanks @Nat0483 That makes sense. Yes, adrenaline can affect blood sugars. I’d hope that your own insulin production would adjust to deal with any higher than your usual range sugars, but I completely understand your concerns, especially after suffering something like that.

Your carby meal was a good test (and there’s nothing wrong with eating a meal like that. I have children and eat chips, fishfingers - all that kind of food sometimes). Your blood sugar came back down well, and a spike after a carby meal is normal in people without diabetes. It also came back to a sensible level rather than plummeting down to a very low level, so that’s good too.

From what you’ve said, I’d think it likely your HbA1C was accurate (unless you have anaemia, etc) so was truly in the normal range as you’ve been told.

Great, thank you. Really appreciate all the info and advice. I will stop fretting now!