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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 11:03 AM
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should I tell me doctor to stuff it?
Last year, I had a blood glucose test, and my standing blood sugar level was 104, and two hours later, after drinking that nasty orange crap, my blood sugar level was 106. Yesterday, I had mt. dew, and three oreo cookes, about two hours before I got my blood sugar level tested and it was 111...I looked up some stats on proper blood sugar levels, and i'm well within the norm..below are stats from medicinenet.com
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=17384

On waking up (before breakfast) 80 to 120
Before meals 80 to 120
2 hours after meals 160 or less
At bedtime 100 to 1


But my doctor is trying to get me signed up for diabetic clinics, and is preaching this doom/gloom about getting diabetic meds...so, should I tell my doctor(whom i don't like) to go stuff it? thanks.
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 11:04 AM
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1. Get 2nd opinion.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 11:10 AM
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2. I think I am
my wife and I live like we are diabetic, meaning low/no sugar, and shit like that, because both of her parents are diabetic big time(her parents come over all the time, and eat, plus we like being a good example)...but, my wife and I know quite a bit about diabetes, and what my doc, doesn't even jive, with what my mother in law doctor tells her, or even what my father in law's doctor tells him, its almost like writing an essay...and turning it in to three different english teachers...and all three teachers give you three different grades.

my mother in laws usual standing blood sugar level is in the mid 200's, and my father in laws is in the 160-180 range...I have a strong feeling my doctor is trying to get me signed up for a bunch of crap, that I don't need...but a second opinion, is very sound advice...
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 11:25 AM
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3. Locking.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules_detailed.html

From the rules: Do not post messages asking for medical advice.
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