What did you eat for lunch, Puckertoe?  From your numbers, it appears
that you may be eating a bit more carbohydrate than your body can handle
at one hour, but that you have a strong second phase insulin response
that knocks your bg down quite a bit.  That salad had very little
protein in it.  Protein keeps your bg level longer, without spiking you.
 Have it at every meal and snack.

If you're just beginning to control your carbs, you may feel jittery at
numbers that are healthy and that won't bother you later.  If you feel a
low, you'd be better off having a small ration of glucose tabs or non
fatty candy like smarties, some milk or a quick sip or two of juice.
You don't want to eat something that takes long to act, nor eat so much
that you stay on the roller coaster.

Feeling lousy even with normal or near normal numbers is very common in
folks who are adjusting to better control.  Your body is used to a lot
more sugar circulating, and it's reacting strongly in the second hour to
what may be too high glycemic a meal for you at this time.

The best thing to do to even it out is to plan meals of no more than
15-20 carbs or so, and to eat three moderate sized ones with two small
snacks between to keep your bg as even as possible and to avoid spikes
that induce to strong an insulin response, knocking you down hard at
that second hour and beyond.  Protein and fats are your friends as you
strive for slower bg rises and fewer lows.

Susan

You don't want wild fluctuations but unfortunately that's what diabetes is.
I don't know what to tell you about lunch.  Sounds like you should have had
some sort of additional carbs with that meal, yet you were at 160 at an hour
after eating and that's a bit too high.  It also sounds like you didn't test
before you ate.  Could be your BG was too high then.  As for the candy bar,
that was probably one of the worst things you could eat for the hypo.
Probably too many carbs and probably contains enough fat to keep it from
being fast acting.  Plain sugar like hard candies is a better idea.

Puckertoe, you could test your numbers five times in five minutes and
get five different readings,  nothing too drastic,  there are meter
variations all the time.

Even though your numbers are not technically low, if you are shaking,
they are low for you.  Always be prepared with something on you so that
you limit those experiences.

Loretta

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On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:44:34 -0700, "Puckertoe" <DontSpamMe@Home.com>
wrote:

G'day G'day Puckertoe

  The answer to your query is more than likely in your use of "wild
fluctuations."   The sequence 65, 85, 75 does appear to represent a
wild fluctuation for a T2 diabetic.  (T1's will have to talk for
themselves.)   They would be on the low side for many T2s.  Personally
I'd feel more comfortable nearer the 100 mark (5.5 mmol/L in the
international readings.)  However this is a personal thing. Some
people fluctuate more than others.  Some people have become
conditioned to higher levels feeling normal than others.  The lettuce
and oil dressing would not have provided significant carbohydrate so
low values were to be expected.  

Non-diabetics without any significant metabolic resistance have more
stable blood glucose levels.

Americans for some reason generally subscribe to the notion that meter
readings fluctuate by 20%.  I don't.  There are laws governing their
accuracy.  This though is not the same as trend. Accuracy is in part
of matter of correct calibration. In general meter readings from
reading to reading are more consistent.  Put simply the expected
fluctuation is much less than the required limits of accuracy.

The reading taken at one hour was high at 160.  All this means is that
you have a typical pattern for T2 diabetics in the early stages of the
diabetic progression ... your initial release of insulin is delayed.

The excellent news is the 98.  It suggests that once your insulin
release kicks in you are able to bring the blood glucose back down to
normal fasting levels of about 100.  If you do what you need to do, ie
exercise regularly, test regularly and more importantly learn from the
testing what you can and can't eat, practice some restraint and
develop a good working relationship with your GP or diabetic nurse
you've a good chance of keeping your body in working order for a
longer period of time.

Best wishes,