Hypoglycemia

Well it's not the first time something like this has happened, just the first time with those particular symptoms. More commonly what will happen is that I'll feel extremely nauseated and sometimes dizzy and I'll feel better after eating. It happens most often right in the morning then I feel better after breakfast. I have been told that it's fairly normal to feel like that when you are hungry, but that seems a bit off to me.

Oh I see what you mean. Yeah, I feel the same in the morning. So yucky. I don't think it's exactly normal to feel that bad when needing to eat. Eating right makes a huge difference and just being aware that it happens. Good luck!

I'll keep an eye on things. I probably will call my doctor if it happens again.

Ick I hope I don't have to drink anything orange flavored. Orange stuff makes me nauseous. It's not really the fear of having diabetes that makes me not want to get tested. It's more of a general disdain for western medicine. I've been tested for so many different things in the past and they all come back negative. I think I'll loose my mind if I have to go through a whole bunch of other testing just for the doctors to tell me that they can't find anything wrong and everything is coming up normal. I have also had lots of very bad experiences with prescription medicines so if I am diabetic I'd be searching out natural remedies first. Another thing that concerns me is the low sugar/no sugar foods. Those usually have artificial sweeteners in them. I try to avoid those as much as possible. I truly believe that those artificial sweeteners are worse for you than refined sugar. I know I do need to exercise more, it's hard for me to get motivated to do it in the house though. I can't wait until I can afford a membership to a fitness center. Being in a place devoted to exercise makes it a lot easier to get into it. I definitely want to take some yoga classes and things like that. Anyway all that being said, I know you are right and I should get tested. I just wish that my S/O could come to the testing with me, but he can't since it's a long distance relationship. I know my mother would be willing to take me there but it's not the same.

Well- I don't want you to take this as medical advice, but I totally respect (and agree with) your feelings about Western medicine. Do you have access to a gluccometer? Or would you be willing to buy one to do some testing yourself (perhaps seeing the doc if the numbers are bad)? The machines run about from about $30 to up and over $100; and then the test strips will run another $30 or so. You'd probably have to look at a few places to find the less expensive ones, but they exist and they're just as accurate. If you can get your hands on a machine, you'd want to test first thing in the morning, then eat 30 jelly beans (I could double check the number of jelly beans if you want- but it does have to be an exact amount & it does have to be a high sugar food) then you would test on the same schedule the lab would- one hour later, and two hours later. Every machine is slightly different in terms of the ranges of normal for the machine. Oh & if your not in the US it's measured on a different scale & I don't know those numbers. But assuming your in the US- you want your wake-up/fasting reading to be over 70 and under about 110, your 1 hour test should be between 120 and 150 (ish)- 150 through about 200 would be concerning but more likely pre-diabetes not diabetes; up and over 200 would probably mean type 2 diabetes. The two hour mark is more about how it compares to the one hour mark. If you shot up to say 170 at one hour but bottomed out to 60 at two hours, that's very alarming. But if you were 160 at 1 hour (kind of concerning but not a huge deal) and at 2 you were back to 120, most docs would say that's in the normal range. There's more you would want to know before embarking on a self-test; but with a little research it's totally do-able that you could test yourself & understand your results. Also as far as the artificial sweeteners, you even have some other viable options if you are in fact diabetic. Agave (natural sweetener made from cactus) is safe for most diabetics, I find I can handle honey & real maple sugar or syrup just fine too (some can't though), and even sugar in the raw doesn't wreck too much havoc on my numbers unless I go overboard with it. For me, and again this varies from person to person; the only one that really sends me through the roof is high fructose corn syrup. If I eat something with that not realizing it (I read all my labels but sometimes it sneaks in in something you'd never think has it) I can tell with my next reading.

Well it seems like a lot is involved with the testing. I think I'd be scared that I'd do it wrong. I don't have access to a meter. I think my mother should probably get one since she was told that she is pre-diabetic, but she hasn't bothered because her blood levels are just barely in the pre-diabetic range. I think I'll just see how things go and if something like this happens again then I will talk to my doctor about it. I just thought of something else. Is it possible that the blood levels can fluctuate more dramatically at that time of the month? Just wondering because I had the first heavy day of my period today and wondering if that has anything to do with it.

I guess it fluctuates with me. There are some days where I feel like I need to eat every couple of hours, and other days I have no appetite and am fine going several hours without food.