Newbie with weird questions and odd doctors

[MalamuteSora]

Been curious about my blood sugar, because even though it's fine when fasting, it becomes high and stays high after meals. Unfortunately my local doctors are judging my condition based entirely on the average blood sugar test I had - they also believe that only a blood sugar reading of 15mmol/L diagnoses diabetes after a meal, despite clear evidence otherwise.

Furthermore, for some reason my blood sugar keeps dropping and rising again up to 6 hours after a meal. A glass of water can make my sugar climb up again when it was dropping before. I'm very weird, but without the ability to convince my doctor's they are making wrong assumptions, I don't know what to do from the starting blocks

 

[Docb]

Hi @MalamuteSora and welcome.

What numbers are you actually getting?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

The other is the inherent variability in the equipment itself. Home BG monitors, and also the technique you use (washing and drying hands etc) can cause variations in the results you see. The monitor may appear to promise decimal point accuracy, but in reality there is an allowable strip-to-strip variation of up to 15% for 95% of results (and more than that for the other 5%)

This can lead to significant differences in the numbers you may be seeing, even if you just checked the same drop of blood with 2 different strips.

That’s not to say that monitors aren’t helpful... but sometimes it’s tempting to get very focussed on smaller variations and look for a reason behind them, when actually the meter is only telling you they are ‘more or less the same’ 🙂

 

[Inka]

Hi @MalamuteSora 🙂 The important question has been asked above - what actual numbers are you getting? Blood sugar naturally goes up and down throughout the day and night in someone without diabetes.

It sounds like you’ve had an HbA1C test which you were told was normal. What was the number you got on that test?

Do you have any symptoms of diabetes or any risk factors? What led you to have the HbA1C test and see a doctor?

 

[mark king]

Hello @MalamuteSora.
Please inform us what your numbers are, have you been tested for Diabetes?
This may be an over simplification of things but here goes.
Been curious about my blood sugar, because even though it's fine when fasting.
so if you don't eat any carbs [food] your blood sugar remains stable -- true, that is what should happen.
it becomes high and stays high after meals.
This is also true - if your body is not processing your food intake correctly. i.e. your Pancreas is failing to release insulin properly. That would make you a Type 1 Diabetic.
To lower your blood sugar you body needs some assistance in this case some Insulin which you would have to add by injection or a pump after making a suitable calculation.
If your Pancreas is still part working i.e. allowing some insulin into your body, diet and tablets may suffice to control your condition.

Best

 

[Inka]

@mark king Reading between the lines, it appears the OP has had a normal HbA1C test:

“Unfortunately my local doctors are judging my condition based entirely on the average blood sugar test I had”

So they haven’t been diagnosed with diabetes.

 

[Inka]

@MalamuteSora Can you list some of your own test results? And confirm you had a normal HbA1C?