Oh My Goodness! I can't believe it? I wonder?

[Oopsie Daisey]

I woke up this am and my blood sugar was like 368? NO food in me and I didn't break my diet yesterday at all either. I wonder if I dare to eat breakfast. I wonder if stress is doing this to me. I want to beep my doctor but I know he goes to church in the am on Sunday's so I don't want to beep him. Scared out of my wits. I took my sugar medication to see if I can get it down...

I can't believe all that stress will do to my life but can it do this too?

I am so in shock. Anyone else out there a diabetic? I do not live on insulin.

Melanie

[Theodora]

This sounds really serious. (And no....I don't have direct experience with diabetes, though it wouldn't surprise me to find out that stress does affect your blood sugar levels.)


I hope you HAVE consulted with your doctor or a nurse about this.

Let us know how you're doing???

Will be keeping you in prayer. Thanks for responding to my a.m. post.


Love,

Theodora

[Oopsie Daisey]

Hello Theodora:

I forgot I posted that. My blood sugar finally dropped to 228 and then it dropped to 161 and so I will wait and call the Doctor tomorrow. For whatever reason, it dropped after I took prednisone because he has me taken it every other day now and so it may have something to do with withdrawal from Prednisone. That would be the only effect I am feeling, other than crankiness but my crankiness can be just me. That was pretty high blood sugar and I knew that he wanted me on insulin if it went that high again but I knew it would wait until tomorrow but whatever was causing it was what I was concerned about because I had been super careful. I think perhaps it may be weening me off the prednisone. Interestingly enough. I will contact him though if it continues. I know I am stressed but I also know that my sugar has been strange for the past several months since I was diagnosed with it.

Thanks Theo. It affects every area of my life when my sugar is whacko.

Thank you so much.

Melanie

[Janice]

Melanie,
I have a friedn who is diabetci ans she says,YES stress can cause your sugr level to skyrocket. Hers has been over 400 before because of stress. Did yours come down??

[Oopsie Daisey]

Hi Janice:


Yes my sugar dropped and bottomed out on me so much I couldn't sleep. It went below 100 last night and I couldn't sleep all night long because when blood sugar goes low I get agitated and achey and so it came down. I did think of something that may have sent it high but over time I will be able to tell. I just didn't know it would. But it was probably more than likely days of stresses and then when it was bottoming out yesterday then I felt nasty that way. But this am I got up and it was okay to start my breakfast. It was like only 113. So that was good.
My mom said the same thing. Both my parents are diabetics and I finally reached them after church last night.

Melanie:)