I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Off-Topic => Diabetes => Topic started by: donnia on September 20, 2008, 03:39:11 PM
-
Okay, weird question..... Could my blood sugar levels be a little higher if I don't get ENOUGH carbs? My bs has been averaging about 125 in the am and pm. Well... yesterday I was a bad girl and ate 3 tacos and a good hand full of french fries... then later I had a bag of popcorn for a snack. This morning my bs was 102. The lowest it has been was 101 in the am and the night before I had eaten a bowl of cereal at midnight (I blame that on the sleeping meds I take.... I was sleep eating.... thats my story and I'm sticking to it!). I am soooo new to this and just trying to feel my way around so ..... help please :flower;
-
If you are an insulin dependent diabetic, you may need to eat before you go to bed to get a lower blood sugar. If your body has nothing to digest overnight, sometimes you get too low and then your liver releases emergency sugar reserves... and you wake with higher blood sugar.
Goofy but true.
-
I am diabetic due to prednisone. We are hoping my diabetes will go away when I get off the prednisone (06/09). I take 5 mg Glipizide in the mornings. I take my prednisone after I eat breakfast.
-
Bedtime snacks are a must for most diabetics - it's necessary to keep your sugar from bottoming out during the night, and causing your liver to dump sugar and raise your morning reading.
-
Thats what I was thinking jbeany. Thanks!!
-
Usual bedtime snack for a diabetic is a carb and protein along with 8 oz of milk, such as a sandwich. This was the usual hospital treatment. Sometimes fruit and plain crackers and cheese was used.
Good Luck
-
Thanks Chris! I think I will eat a sandwich with milk tonight.