sugar level

Hi Anxious Lion, do you have a blood sugar meter?  The reason I'm asking is that there's no way to know how your food affects your blood sugar unless you can test it.  Anyway, for trying to lower your FBS as well as the blood sugar in general, staying away from softdrinks, cookies and candies is helpful, so you're doing well with that choice.  However, if you're eating a cup of rice with every meal, then maybe that's why your blood sugar was high for the fasting.  Even if you don't have diabetes in your family, sometimes age and weight can make you "prediabetic".  Daily exercise helps control blood sugar, too.  I don't know why you're thirsty but it might be normal thirst in any case.  Sometimes using a lot of salt makes us thirsty.  And maybe the exercise is making you thirsty, too.  I didn't know the name "ampalaya" but I see that it's also called bitter melon in English.  I've read that some people use this to help with diabetes control.  I also believe anxiety can have different effects on the body. 

Some people whom the doctor calls "prediabetic" can control their blood sugar within normal limits with a very low carbohydrate diet and regular exercise.  Maybe you should ask your doctor the next time you see him if you should get a meter. 

hi, thanks for the advice. but i am really anxious about these. last night i dont eat rice instead i take apple and 1 fish, then i go for a walk with some friends, and it takes 2hrs of walking... everytime a feel thirst i always think of diabetes or my sugar went up.. i am really scared of what is happening... it happens so fast.. last year i i took my FBS twice in diffirent month but it is in the normal range, until christmas season when i started feel the unusual thirst until now.. is unusual thirst common to pre diabetic? i dont have any symptoms... if so how to avoid it?

Hi Lanie G. Yes that's what i searched. Unsual thirst only come when your sugar level is high means you are in diabetic range but i am on pre-diabetic. It started last december when unsual thirst bothers me, at first i am trying to convince my self thats only anxiety because i have been check for blood glucose just recently (August and November 2011?) which came to normal 94 FBS. Not until January 29, 2012 when the result came back to abnormal 120 FBS. I dont have any Blood Sugar levels problem before. i was being check yearly with my cardiologist together with my cholesterol , uric etc. So i dont think if is anxiety. I am really afraid because everytime i feel thirst i know my blood sugar was high and end up diabetic that fast. But some books and reputable sites told that prediabetes will develop type 2 in 5 to 10 years. So sorry if i am confused and scared because i have many nieghbors and friends who has this disease so i know how hard it is.

yup! i changed it! well, last week diabetes issue did not bother me, i thought my sugar level was fine.. no weakness, no thirsty feeling etc... but last night after taking a huge meal a half rice and 1 hamburger, i feel thirsty and it last for an hour. i dont know if my prediabetes was already a full blown diabetes so i was scared. My thirsty feelings was on and off.. theres was a day that i dont feel thirsty... but today i got a thirsty feeling again.. any suggestion regarding that?

Ms. Lanie G. Thank you! I will go to my doctor this week. I just only want to analyze my situation.. because thirst and frequent urination dont go hand on hand in my case. In the office from 8 am to 5 pm i urinate 6 times daily but i dont get thirsty.. but when i am home i feel the thirsty feeling but i dont urinate a lot.. anyway it is wiser to buy a gluco meter. thanks for your suggestion. i am only anxious and scared. thanks again

Hi! Im back... i want to share something, after have been diagnosed as a pre-diabetic last february, i stay away from sweets, mostly from softdrinks, candys, donuts, cookies etc. and i exercise regularly 30 to 40 mins daily.

Last week i ask FBS and lipid profile recommendation from my friend who is already a doctor and i was shocked and depressed after i found out that my FBS climb to 174 (BLOOD EXTRACTION WAS DONE IN A SMALL CLINIC)..... I went to my doctor and told me that i already developed the BIG D (Diabetes). Immediately he ask for another test to confirm, this time aside from FBS he added OGTT (Oral glucose tolerance test) and HbA1C.... I prayed a lot....

The following day, i did the test in the hospital early in the morning... and i was surprised that all of the test was NORMAL!!!! My FBS is 88, then they give me a sweet juice after 1 hr they took some blood again, my sugar climb to 140, then after an hour they took again blood then my blood sugar went down to 100......HbA1c is 5.0, my doctor told me everything was fine, i dont know if the previous exam was correct but i am sure that you are not diabetic. He Immediately brought some gadget and he got some blood sample in my finger, he put the blood on that gadget and told me , your fine man... your blood sugar is normal.. the previous test was wrong... I feel fine and everything was good now....

Today, again for the final test my FBS is 87....

My Lesson: 1. Softdrinks are bad for the health drink water instead. 2. Exercise is better than medicine. 3. Always make a second opinion gadgets are not 100%n reliable...

Thanks for the prayers.. stay fit and stay healthy! :)

I feel comfortable now, from february to date i lost 10lbs... probably because of exercise. I jog every night for 30 to 40 mins, sometimes i exercise twice i bike in the morning and jog in the evening.. i always drink water, no softdrinks, juice or colored drink.. just plain water.. no candies, chocolates and sweet things.. 1 rice every meal, some pasta and lots of fruits... my blood sugar went down dramatically in 2 months... from 120 to 87... with no meds.... its true that it is possible to reverse prediabetic to normal.. just diet and exercise.. I thank GOD for all of these...

I talked to my friend who is a doctor that specialized in diabetes told me that 90% of diabetes cases is hereditary, 10% is acquired.. i dont know if it is true, i dont have any history of diabetes in my family and i am lucky... but he remind me with proper diet and exercise even you have family history of the disease this will not set in or maybe it will be delayed for many years..

Thanks Ms. Lanie, Have Fun! Enjoy Summer!