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Old Mon, Jun-16-03, 15:41
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
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Since you've only been on lowered meds for a few days, you could be seeing some rebound increase as your body adjusts to having to work without the aid of medications.
While 113 and 120 are certainly a lot higher than your usual morning readings, they're not what most would consider "in the danger zone" just yet, especially for a diabetic. Although lower is certainly preferable, a few days of higher readings such as what you're having probably won't cause you any harm.
How do your blood sugars look the rest of the day? Are they staying in an acceptable range? If so, it could also be a bit of dawn phenomenon that was being masked previously by your medications.
Keep a close eye on those blood sugars and definitely let your doctor know if they start climbing higher or don't start decreasing in a week or two once your body should have adjusted to having to do the work itself. It's going to be even more important to be vigilant with what you eat now and adding some morning excercise may help with those higher morning readings since excercise increases insulin sensitivity and most people have decreased insulin sensitivity (to either your own insulin or insulin that you inject) during the morning hours.
Above all, try to relax. Stress and stress hormones can cause havoc with your blood sugars even if you are normally well-controlled.
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