I am quite sure that a non diabetic person will never have a reading of any
where near 200. I also had and still have those feelings in my extremities,
and in my case, they are from neuropathy or permanent nerve damage. This is
progressive, particularly if sugar levels are not brought under control and
this can lead to very serious complications. I hope you are able to get
some help with your sugar levels immediately.

Best of Luck to you,

Carole

-----Original Message-----
From: sactokat@... [mailto:sactokat@...]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:48 PM
To: TypeTwo@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [TypeTwo] Blood Sugar


Hi, I am a lurker here and appreciate the knowledge of those
on this list.

I have recently learned that I am having trouble controlling
my blood sugar. This came to light while I was in a hospital
trauma center with a broken back. A nurse told me that I
was spilling so much sugar in my urine that it was clogging
the catheterer. Since that wasn't the reason I was in the
trauma center - they tended to treat only the immediate - my
back. After my release, I was in a torso brace for 6 months
and in the beginning of that recovery period, I was somewhat
medicated. If I didn't take the pain meds - soon I was very
miserable and when I DID take them - I was still somewhat
miserable since I couldn't ever seem to clear the cobwebs
from my head.

Anyway, since the accident, I've come to notice gradually that
I have tingling in both legs and both hands/forearms on an
equal basis. Sometimes it is very faint, but at other times I
am just plain uncomfortable and it almost hurts. Sometimes,
it also makes me awkward on my feet. Most of these
sensations I have chalked up to being a result of the broken
back and serious whiplash.

One day I was feeling particularly crappy - and my cleaning
lady's sister had a test kit with her. My blood sugar in the
middle of the afternoon was 154...I work at home, so
eating isn't actually very scheduled and at that time I always
had a can of Dr Pepper in my hand. I checked the internet
about a reading like this and actually didn't find out too
much. A month of so later I felt awful and I asked to have
them check my blood sugar level and it was 254!

Thanks

Kathy




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