Am I diabetic? (very shocked)

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    Eidah
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    Hi friends.I never tested my blood glucose before. I started testing after I got into a ketogenic diet. I always got 70 to 90 fasted and always under 100 one hour after meals. I was keto adapted for a bout a month with no carb nites. I got 5 to 6 yellow on my ketonix.Tonight, I decided to have a full pizza and ice cream for the first time in a month. I tested to fined my blood glucose one hour after the meal 200. retested, 190. I am shocked and scared at this point.

    #228437

    Penny Danner
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    That is normal.  It will be up after eating like that.  I'm friends with a woman who is doing graduate courses for nursing and hers are like that after eating on cn.  Don't panic.  Test your fasted ones again.

    #228438

    Jenelle Brewer
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    Eidah, this is completely normal.  I know you worry about diabetes, but IF you had read all of the stuff I told you about 😉 you would remember that yes, this is what is going to happen on CN.This does NOT mean you are diabetic.My first CN after about 30 days of keto, I tested at bedtime and I had the highest blood glucose reading I've ever had (since I got my glucometer and started testing).  Fasting blood glucose was a bit higher for the next 2 mornings, and then it went back into my "normal" range.You must remember that the ranges considered "normal", "diabetic", etc -- the ones you will find on any medical website's chart -- those are numbers that have come out of an average population, eating an average diet.  Keto is a whole new ballgame.  Physiological insulin resistance is what you and I have discussed in the past.  I know you have read that you need to eat carbs for 2-3 days before fasting bloodwork, or that your reading will look crazy and you may get a false diabetes diagnosis.I know you have read that.That is what you are seeing.

    #228439

    Eidah
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    Thank you very much Pensguys and curious. Today my BG was 110 fasted in the morning. .Funny observation: My ketonix continued to flash yellow 3 to 5 flashes all night. This could mean two things. That the ketonix is a piece of ?@%  or that my body continued to burn the fat from the pizza and ice cream before the glucose ???? maybe because I am keto adapted??

    #228440

    Jenelle Brewer
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    Eidah, my pattern was always this:Night of CN:  Still registered decent amount ketones.Next morning:  Even higher than the night before.NEXT night:  Ketones were way lower than normal.I don't think the Ketonix is a piece of crap.  I think our bodies just do interesting things that we don't fully understand.  🙂

    #228441

    Eidah
    Participant

    Thanks much curious for the clarification. My ketonix readings are exactly like yours. 🙂 so to me, as long as the device is true to itself, its good enough.  🙂

    #228442

    Jenelle Brewer
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    My ketonix readings are exactly like yours. 🙂

    I wondered if that would be the case.  Good to know!  😀

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