Monday, December 8, 2008

Numbers

I shouldn't post on Mondays. I am too busy. I managed to get all my readings this week and an extra one too. Since my diagnosis, I tend to follow about a six-month pattern: add a medicine, numbers are close to target range, but never fully there. Then one day, or maybe one week, they shoot up again. And the medicine needs to be changed. I think I may have hit that point as my fasting has been hovering in the 120s for months now and suddenly went up. The fasting is the one reading that the food I consume should have no impact on. After all, if I haven't eaten, my blood sugar shouldn't be high, or so it seems. I will get my twice-a-year lab work done in about two weeks; Then I will probably have a doctor's appointment. And when I record my food below, know that I am always drinking water.
Fasting 142, 151 ( took two since the first was higher than expected)
After breakfast 85 (used to be breakfast was when my body could tolerate only a small amount of carbs, but looks like I need to up my carb intake at breakfast. That won't be hard. This breakfast was a bowl of Special K protein plus cereal. )
After lunch 123 (two turkey dogs, half an apple, carrots, and a wasa cracker with cream cheese)
After dinner 186 (chicken breast, 1/2 cup of rice, 1/2 pear, broccoli--I was disappointed in the high number here. I thought the menu was good...I need to stick to about 45 g of carbs per meal I guess.)

4 comments:

Amanda Irene said...

well maybe your med is low at the end of the day. Is your fasting morning a high number?

Amanda Irene said...

oh, and good job!!!

Amanda Irene said...

OH, I see you said it was high. Duh?!?!

chris k said...

Good job! It must be very frustrating when you think that you're doing the right things. Keep chugging away and keep the numbers coming.