I have a question? Does everyone need a between meal snack to keep their sugars level? It seems if I don’t have a snack, by hour 4 my sugar is anywhere from 76-90 something. I’m not on insulin. Is that normal. For instance, my fasting was 113, I ate at 9:15 and by 1:30 my sugar was 78. I did have a higher carb breakfast.
Well I don’t know what normal is but I usually do need a mid-morning snack. However, I do take insulin. I checked your profile and it looks like you take oral meds? Maybe they do something?
Sorry I’m not much help.
It is advised that spreading the carb load you eat throughout the day. Rather than eat three meals of larger carb portions, eat 5 meals and snacks with lower carb content. Type 2 diabetes is a problem with insulin resistance, thus your body doesnt produce enough, and what it does isnt really effective at coping with the carbs of your diet. So rather than stress it with three big boluses of carbs taking longer to normalise your bgl, we lower its workload by having smaller frequent carb loads so its easier for the body to normalise your bgl. Hope this makes sense to you.
76-90 is perfect & perfectly normal. I’d be dancing to be there! Why would you want it to be higher?
I guess because I feel shaky there, but I feel shaky at other times also, like when my sugars are rising. I said in another post I know I’m sensitive to epinephrine. Thanks
I do 3 meals, 3 snacks a day. All my meals are pretty small though. I am a pumper and would fight for those numbers! 
Feeling shaky is not fun - but keep in mind that if your numbers have been running higher previously (I see your A1c was 11 last time - yikes!) - having normal numbers can make you feel “shaky” until your body adjusts. Hope that helps.
Actually I had a test done since, but it was still 9 something. I know that’s still not great but I think that test was affected by my real high #'s in Dec and Jan., because it was done in March. I get another one in May. My readings have been pretty good now, except for the times I eat what I shouldn’t, which isn’t often. I do allow myself low carb bread and sometimes I splurge and have oatmeal. What a shame, to consider oatmeal a treat 
I absolutely agree - I used to love oatmeal. In fact, I only ate really good quality, complex carbs - no white or refined stuff. It was really, really hard to accept that, alas, my pancreas doesn’t know the difference between carbs from chocolate cake and those from quality complex carbs. It’s a sad, sad thing…but since accepting it, my numbers are soooooooo much better.
I also allow myself low carb bread - 1 slice a day (8 grams) but never eat oatmeal anymore because it’s such a carb load. I try to hold to 30-40 total grams of carb per day (40 on days where I’ve been especially active.
To your original question, I have to eat something every few hours or I will get some spikes - this has to do with my basal or “background” insulin needs. I used to be on only oral meds, but after stopping everything except Metformin, switching to no-carb, then testing 10-15 times a day and slowly adding a few carbs, I was able to discover that my biggest problem was my fasting numbers - both dawn phenomenon and in between meals - so I went on Lantus (basal insulin). No sulfonylureas or other side-effect laden pills.
By the way, I should add that you are obviously making progress!! From 11 down to 9 is good. If you are interested in the 5% Club - you might visit http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16535158.php
Actually, her entire site, and her book, are very helpful. http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/index.php
Thanks, I checked out the site and it is inspiring. I know the oatmeal has to go. I also have Dr. Bersteins book and follow that pretty much of the time. I’m getting a little bored with what to eat though. I’m still having some issues with my digestion. It seems like I can’t tolerate ruffage too well. It makes me feel bloated and a little yucky and seems like it doesn’t digest. I go for a consult with a surgeon for an endoscopy on April 1st. Hopefully everything will be o.k. Thanks for saying I’m making progress, I think I am too!
Progress is always a blessing.
I’m so sorry about the digestion issues - and I hope that they find nothing serious.
If I’m understanding you, you are a bit constipated? Is that it? If so, make sure to have plenty of liquids cuz things won’t get movin’ without it if ya know what I mean.
If it’s just general “discomfort,” metformin can cause some of that until your system gets used to it. Taking it with or after food helps.
If digestion is an ongoing issue, you might consider getting your thyroid checked. I am hypothyroid and T2 - a common occurence. Without my thyroid meds, nothing moves!!!
Please let me know how the endoscopy comes out.
No, it’s not constipation, that’s fine. I just have a general yuk feeling in my upper abdomen and get bloated on occasion. I sometimes have twinges of pain. I dealt with stomach issues on and off since I was a teen. Sometimes they were really bad, the symptoms seemed like pancreatitis. After test back then they told me I had gastritis. I also had my gallbladder out last year and I thought it would take care of it, but it started again in about Oct?. The yuk feeling seems to be worse at the end of the day and is worse since I’m on the Metformin hcl. (about 3 months). I take omprezole in A.M… Oh well, hopefully everything will be fine, Thanks.
Just as Cheri said. Our bodies strive for equilibrium & balance & adjust. When you’ve had high BG for a while, normal feels odd as your body readjusts. Best thing to do is to get used to normal BG & ride it out. This doesn’t take long. Forcing it higher isn’t a good plan.
Irene, about your stomach discomfort. When you’re at your doctor, have him/her check you for gastropareisis. My endo says that this goes undiagnosed in a lot of diabetics. Hope you don’t have this & it may not be because you’ve had tummy problems before. But, that bloated feeling & pain twinges could be a symptom of this. It’s caused by high BG impairing the vagus nerve that controls stomach emptying/digestion.