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From: ddbyrnes on 28 Jan 2006 05:44 Is this number bad enough over time for complications to begin?
From: Pete Romfh on 28 Jan 2006 08:17 ddbyrnes(a)gmail.com wrote: > Is this number bad enough over time for complications to > begin? I'd be delighted with it, but others might like to see under 100. -- Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet. http://www.bigoven.com/~promfh promfh (at) hal-pc (dot) org
From: W.M.McKee on 28 Jan 2006 08:45 On 28 Jan 2006 02:44:08 -0800, ddbyrnes(a)gmail.com wrote: >Is this number bad enough over time for complications to begin? If you were a non-diabetic, and if you are talking FBG, medical consensus would say you are high. Speaking for myself, a confirmed diabetic, I would say that's pretty good! From what I gather from my reading and checking into things, I would say the damage is not likely to occur at a FGB of 101. But if you routinely let it ride up during the day for significant periods of time, such that your average BG for whole the day is significantly more than that, say at the 125-130 level, or greater, then you are probably going to start seeing some degree of damage over time, depending on how high you let it maintain... This is why the hba1c is so important. It gives a measure of your average BG over a 3 month period. We all have some spikes and dips... The average over time is just as important as the actual BG at any given point in time. I hope this helps. Perhaps someone else will have a better explanation. Will, T2
From: Blash on 28 Jan 2006 09:40 ddbyrnes(a)gmail.com writes: > Is this number bad enough over time for complications to begin? I think most people would be ecstatic to have this reading.......
From: Susan on 28 Jan 2006 09:46
x-no-archive: yes ddbyrnes(a)gmail.com wrote: > Is this number bad enough over time for complications to begin? > It's diagnostic of impaired glucose tolerance and suggests that your post meal numbers may be drifting into damaging levels. I've been diabetic for years, and I've only had an fbg of more than 109 once, despite having developed severe peripheral neuropathies. Susan |