This sounds a bit like me. I am on Met 500 2 times a day also and I also exercise between those times now (although I just started this in the last month and it is only walking on the treadmill about 45 minutes usually) but I also do some muscle toning exercise after my din (which is usually around 8 or 9 ish. Unless, are you eating before you exercise? I do mine before and eat late. I haven’t had any lows in the mid night but I now waking up lower, as per my othe responses.
I am wondering if I do not need my second Met. I have get my prescription refilled soon and I bet my doctor will want me to come in before I do that (grrr another 95$) but I wonder if he will take me off my second dose? Could this be possible - that I don’t need my second dose anymore? Interesting…
Under 70 is considered low BG. That’s the usual number given.
One 67, regarding your mom’s fasting, means nothing.
I was hypogylcemic for decades before being diagnosed, as were many others. No doctor ever told me this was something to be watched or anything to be concerned with. Wish I had known. I figured as long as it wasn’t high, I was ok.
Waking up to 64 isn’t cause to do anything but eat. Remember, there’s a margin of error with all meters.
Well, being clinically diagnosed as having hypoglycemia does depend on a set of criteria. To be fair, there isn’t a single number at which everybody is considered hypoglycemic. When I say “guideline”, I mean a number that is used as a general borderline between normoglycemic and hypoglycemic. That number seems to be 70ish. Again, that doesn’t mean you’re going to pass out or start having siezures at 69. It’s just a caution zone that means you want to keep a close eye on your numbers if you are diabetic.
Personally, I don’t consider any number in the 60s as being dangerous in and of themselves. I function fine in the 60s, have never been unconcious or had siezures in the 60s, and generally feel great. I know that I can crash though and 60s are definitely a range for me to monitor closely and I’ll always have my rescue glucose close at hand at that point.
You seem to be doing fine with your routine so I wouldn’t lose sleep over it, but everybody is different and you know yourself better than anybody else does.
Heh, just so happens thatI’m at 60 right now. Since I won’t be having dinner for another 3 hours, and I’ll be walking over to the movie theater in 20 minutes, it’s probably a good idea for me to correct now, and check again in 20 before I head out. =)
Thanks guys for all the info. I now understand low number better. My doctor said because I was on Met that I wouldn’t go low - well, I think he was wrong. Like I said, I don’t FEEL any different. I woke up at 58 today (my normal groggy morning self!) and just had my breakfast so I am fine. But it is nice to know what I should look out for and that I can be low. Wonder why doctor says that?
I think my new lows might be because I am exercising too close to bed - maybe I will try to change it around and see what happens.
That said, I know that highs above 140 are supposed to be when damage starts - what about lows? I know that people who get too low can pass out etc but other than the danger in that - do low numbers cause damage too?
Yikes. Co-worker who is in training to be an EMT notes that a BG below 60 in an unconcious patient is an automatic ride to the hospital and a big hit of dextrose on the way. keep some rescue food next to the bed. tablets, candy, etc…and remember to set a temp basal if you are on a pump that reduces your insulin from 2-4 am if you don’t want the snack.
