Author: rleathen

OK here is the second of many questions for the group from a new member.

Many times while driving for anything longer then 30 minutes or so I find I get very tired and sleepy. I have tested my blood sugar the last couple of times this has happend and the common denominator is that my blood sugar is elevated (in excess of 9.0 mmol) even though my BG levels were in the normal range prior to my trip.

My questions are as follows:

1. is this normal and does this happen to anybody else ?

2. does driving or maybe sitting in the relatively same position for extended periods of time have an impact on BG

Thanks in advance once again.

I have been reading everything I can get my hands on about diabetes and glycemic indexes but have been unable to find an answer to my question so I thought I would post it here.

When managing your blood sugar what is more important, the blood sugar level attained or how quickly it rises. For example gievn the two following scenarios which one is worse:

Scenario 1 – food causes a rapid rise of blood sugar over a very short period of time but only attains a level of say about 121 mg/Dl (6.7 mmol/L)

Scenario 2 – a food causes a much slower rise of blood sugar over a longer period of time but attains a level of say 151 mg/Dl (8.4 mmol/L)

I am trying to get a complete understanding of my newly diagnosed condition so any insight is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Rob L

Hello all I am 45 and just recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes…it does sometimes suck to have bad genes !!

Hopefully I will not be too much of a pain in the $%^ with all of my questions.