Blood Glucose Strips

fruitytuttytutty asked:


I had my 28 week appointment and the midwife did a urine strip test and found glucose in my urine. I had had a cup of sugary tea and sugary cereal for breakfast in the morning. However, she did a blood test too but I won’t get the result for a few days.

What are the chances of having gestational diabetes? Has anyone had this happened to them?

KAYLEN

artdr294 asked:


My husband is diabetic and needs to know how much sugar is in his blood. The stores here do not have them in stock. If they do, it gets (sold out) wiped out.

MAY

naturegirl1831 asked:


Okay, so I’m 6 months pregnant, and at my monthly midwife appointment she tests my urine. Last month, the test strip showed that there was a high amount of sugar in my urine. She sent me for a blood glucose test at the hospital, where I had to drink this icky orange drink, and then an hour later they drew my blood to see how I metabolized glucose. The test came back negative, or normal I guess. Then this month (yesterday) at my appointment, we did the usual urine test, and again it showed excessive sugar. She asked what I had for breakfast, and I replied Fruitloops (lol). She said to stop eating sugary cereals, and to cut back on sugar in general, in everything I eat. She said no pop (I don’t drink it anyway), no ice cream, no fruit juices, etc. She said if I show excessive sugar again next month, she will have to send me for more elaborate testing at the hospital, which won’t be fun. She is worried that I might develop gestational diabetes.

This leaves me with the question, how much sugar is “too much”? Because now that I’m reading labels, there is sugar in EVERYTHING! For example, on the Fruitloops box, it says 12g of sugar per cup of cereal. BUT, I bought this “boring” cereal, called Nature’s Harvest, which is all natural oats and almonds and stuff. But it also says 12g of sugar!!!! So this has me all worried, I’ve been taking every possible precaution during this pregnancy, and now to find out that sugar might be bad! Any advice? I don’t see my midwife again till next month, and I’m only supposed to call her if it’s an emergency. Thanks!
Thanks for the link Kate. Don’t get me wrong though, I’ve been eating healthy during my pregnancy! Lots of fruit and veggies, eating 5-6 smaller meals instead of 3 big ones, etc. I really don’t eat much junk, I’ve cut out empty cals like sugary sweets, chips, and the like. I’m taking a prenatal vitamin and following the diet guide in my book “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. It’s just judging the sugar in what I do eat that’s hard!

TUMO

markdief86 asked:


I know how expensive it is to buy Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems, so I found this ad in PREVENTION magazine and figured I’d get a free meter with free test strips for my boyfriend who recently was dropped from his insurance.

Their website lets you choose from 2 meters. One being a fairly big meter for those of you with bad vision, or a slightly smaller version that’s more discrete.

Don’t forget when you sign up to go back to the main page and re-sign up. This way you can add parents, family, friends or other addresses so you can receive more strips.

This is for the FREESTYLE company. I believe it said 3-4 weeks delivery, but I had gotten mine in 2 weeks. Good Luck you diabetics!

https://www.freestylelite.com

P.S. Don’t forget to remind family & friends you have a meter coming to their house so they don’t throw it away!

TOLLA

GIRLY asked:


That’s to measure the blood sugar and cholesterol level in the body.The maker is Roche

KARLI

dips v asked:


What can I do, I am on JSA income based with wife and 2 kids so can not afford to pay £22 for them each week or so. I was only diagnosed in Juy, and find them very helpful in controlling my diabetes t2, control is what its all about to avoid complications.
I was diagnosed diabetic in July 2008
Diabetes UK strongly reccomends home testing, and they are a prescribable item in the UK, as I used to get them before. I think it is because pct pressurising cost cuts.

I have written to my MP, and he has acknowledged, but not replied yet.

REED

IRFANI asked:


i am frequently checking sugar in urine by test strips and it shows sugar level normal, creatine level normal and protein level normal. is it necessary to test the level in laboratory? or is is sufficient to keep my sugar level in this way?

TEENIE

Katie K asked:


I am a 25 year old with Grave’s disease (and after radiation, I am hypothyroid). My father is a Type 1 diabetic.

Lately I’ve been getting horrible headaches and occasional dizzy spells. I have switched to water recently, and drink probably 190-250 oz every day. One day a couple of weeks ago, at the onset of a headache, I checked my blood sugar and it was 213. So, I went to buy some more strips and started keeping track of my sugars after that. Some days it stays close to the normal range. Most mornings, my fasting glucose is under 100 (it has been as high as 131 in the morning). But, some days I go through blood sugar hell.

A few weeks ago, I was feeling weak so I stopped for an oreo McFlurry. I started to feel sick after only eating about a third of it, so I put it down. At about 20 minutes, I started to get a headache, so I checked my glucose and it was 191. At 45 minutes it was 276, at 1 hr 15 min it was 161, at 2 hours it was 80, and at 2 hr 25 minutes it was 55. I was feeling horrible at that point, so I ate a few peanut butter crackers and went to bed. The next morning, it was 80 fasting.

I went to the doctor last week, and he checked my sugar (I had eaten 2 hours before) and it was 164. 6 weeks before my glucose was registered at 73. He will draw a fasting and an A1C this coming Monday. He basically told me that Type 1 is based on the urine, and that to diagnose diabetes at all my fasting has to be above 126 or he has to catch it above 200.

Is it normal to have some days with normal blood sugars and some days that are just off?

Is this the beginning of Type 1 diabetes - where my pancreas is working but not consistently working?

What causes the sugar to spike so high but then to crash?

With my dad being a Type 1 diabetic, and my already having an autoimmune disorder, I have the feeling I am starting to get Type 1 vs Type 2 diabetes. Does Type 2 see a fast drop? In my mind, I think “insulin resistant” would mean that if your blood sugar goes up to 276 it would take a longer amount of time to go down to normal. Whereas, it seems like during my episode of hyperglycemia, my body had a slow response to kicking out the insulin, but when it did pump it out - it dropped fast.

Has anyone else had this problem?

SHERINE

Juan asked:


Well honestly im feaking out people the doctors are confusing me.You see Im a truck driver and recently I was do for my medical evaluation.Its a every two year thing.well this year it came out that ive got protein in my urine no blood and my glucouse levels are normal. My blood test are basically normal colesterol you might guess tipical trucker high.They did a blood sugar glucose test test strip. it showed 120.any body help set my mind at ease please.

MATIA

Juan G asked:


I know they’re suppose to whiten your teeth but I heard that they’re bad because the clorox gets into your blood.

MIKINEA