Good Blood Sugar Range Your Diabetes Nurse/Coach -prevent/delay diabetes and/or diabetic complications with information and help

Are you looking on this web page to help someone about whom you care? Perhaps yourself? Are you wondering what questions to ask your doctor? Are you trying to understand what the doctor told you? Are you trying to figure out how concerned you really should be about those lab results? The following paragraphs will tell you only part of what you need to know. The numbers only tell part of the story. The rest of the story is one that you or your friend need to understand in order to control your health and your life. Diabetes is a complicated, complex disorder that you will be in charge of most of the time. Your doctor or other health care provider will be involved in about 2 - 5% of your diabetes care. The rest of it is up to YOU!

Think about it. Would you put yourself in the hands of a doctor who was going to be in charge of your health 95 - 98% of the time knowing that that doctor had only a beginning knowledge (at best) of your disorder? No? You or your friend will be in charge of his/her own diabetes care 95-98% of the time. Knowing as much as possible about diabetes care is the very best way to ensure optimum self-care. A Certified Diabetes Educator is prepared to teach you/your friend what s/he needs to know to be in complete control of his/her own health and to stay well...and functioning for a long, healthy life. Your Diabetes Coach is a Certified Diabetes Educator with 10+ years of experience. Let the Coach help you or your friend -- today! *

Panic Values **

If your blood glucose is over 200 mg/dl for 2 days in a row, call your doctor.

If your blood glucose level is over 300 mg/dl for two readings taken 2-3 hours apart despite all your efforts to lower your blood glucose level, call your doctor.

If your blood glucose level is over 400 mg/dl and you double-checked to be sure the reading is accurate, call your doctor.

If you have a third episode of a blood glucose below 70 mg/dl within a seven day time frame, call your doctor or diabetes educator.

Treating a Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia)

If your blood sugar is below 70/mg/dl, treat it with a rapid acting sugar (glucose tablets are available from the drug store over the counter). Other sources include 4 oz. fruit juice, 4 oz. soft drinks (not diet drinks), 6 - 8 oz. fat-free milk, or fat-free (NOT sugar-free) candy. Be careful not to over-treat.

Wait 15 minutes. Re-check your blood glucose level. If it is still below 70 mg/dl, treat it again.

Wait 15 more minutes. Re-check your blood glucose level. If it is still below 70 mg/dl, treat it a third time.

Wait 15 more minutes. Re-check your blood glucose. If it is still below 70 mg/dl, either:

1. Call an ambulance with paramedics.

2. Have someone ELSE (not you) drive you to the Emergency Department of the nearest hospital.

Continue to treat and re-check every 15 minutes until the health care professionals take over.

If you are trying to help someone who is having a low blood sugar reaction, and they cannot drink or eat for you, do NOT pour liquids into their throat. Call an ambulance right away.

Working to learn more about your own body and its reactions at specific levels of blood glucose levels is one of the goals that Your Diabetes Coach can assist you in achieving, if that is your desire. Just let her know during your Initial Assessment Appointment.*

*Your Diabetes Coach, Inc will provide recommendations personalized for you. Call 251-510-7834 or email zonab2@gmail.com Right Now! Ask for a personal consultation. The staff at Your Diabetes Coach, Inc will schedule your personal appointment with the Coach at your earliest convenience when an appointment is available.

All consultations are by telephone with the Coach calling you at the number you provide. You will not incur any additional long distance charges beyond the initial call to make the appointment. Your Diabetes Coach, Inc. staff understands and abides by confidentiality and privacy laws, regulations, policies, and standards of care.

** If your Blood Glucose is higher than 140 mg/dl, take the following steps to bring it down yourself before calling your doctor using the guidelines given above:

1. Wash your hands very well, dry very well. If necessary, use alcohol to clean the site and re-check your blood glucose with your monitor.

2. If the results are still above 140 mg/dl AND you have no problems with your heart or kidneys, drink 32 oz. of water in the next 30 minutes.

3. During that same 30 minutes, be as active as your body will let you...walk, jog, run, if you are able. If you have other health problems that prohibit those things, then sit or lie down and move all the joints that you can through their entire range of motion as many times as you can in that length of time.

4. At the end of the 30 - 35 minutes of activity, stop being active. Rest, relax, catch your breathe for about 20 minutes.

5. Re-check your blood glucose and be prepared to be amazed at the dramatic drop in your blood glucose. (from 25 - 100 mg/dl -- depending on how vigorous your activity was.)

6. Wait 2 hours. During that 2 hours you may drink any calorie-free liquids, but do not eat anything with calories.

7. Re-check your blood glucose. If it has gone back up, repeat from step 2. If it has continued to stay in an acceptable range, then, resume your normal activities and meal pattern. Be sure to check your BG at least 4 times over the next 24 hours!