Hi, my father had a glucose tolerence test before he died, and the results seemed to be kind of strange. I have now started to wonder what they mean. This is from several years ago, but I would be most curious if any bona-fide endocrinologists could tell me what the deal was.
After fasting for 8 hours, his blood sugar was 95. He then was given 75grams of sugar water. Within ten minutes, his blood sugar was 145...within a total of 25 minutes, his blood sugar was 180! Then, within a total of one hour 25 minutes, it was back down to 85. All this within one hour, 15 minutes. When he did the test with 100g of sugar water, the results were even more strange.
Could anyone comment on this? Its no big deal, but I would like to know what this meant.
Hi, my father had a glucose tolerence test before he died, and the results seemed to be kind of strange. I have now started to wonder what they mean. This is from several years ago, but I would be most curious if any bona-fide endocrinologists could tell me what the deal was.
After fasting for 8 hours, his blood sugar was 95. He then was given 75grams of sugar water. Within ten minutes, his blood sugar was 145...within a total of 25 minutes, his blood sugar was 180! Then, within a total of one hour 25 minutes, it was back down to 85. All this within one hour, 15 minutes. When he did the test with 100g of sugar water, the results were even more strange.
Could anyone comment on this? Its no big deal, but I would like to know what this meant.
Your father would be diagnosed as "not-diabetic" by most docs but also could be warned that he seems to be on the path to Diabetes since his Phase I insulin response is a bit deficient.
Er. . .most if not all of the regular posters to these newsgroups would love to have a set of results like that from a Glucose Tolerance Test .
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Hi, my father had a glucose tolerence test before he died, and the results seemed to be kind of strange. I have now started to wonder what they mean. This is from several years ago, but I would be most curious if any bona-fide endocrinologists could tell me what the deal was.
After fasting for 8 hours, his blood sugar was 95. He then was given 75grams of sugar water. Within ten minutes, his blood sugar was 145...within a total of 25 minutes, his blood sugar was 180! Then, within a total of one hour 25 minutes, it was back down to 85. All this within one hour, 15 minutes. When he did the test with 100g of sugar water, the results were even more strange.
Could anyone comment on this? Its no big deal, but I would like to know what this meant.
It means he was not diabetic and metabolizes sugar in world class fashion (a good thangg).
I'm no expert, but his results don't sound that strange to me. His system overshoots then crashes. My glucose tolerance was similar - I peaked at 45 minutes at 200, then by two hours I had crashed to 65 - below my initial reading of 90.
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Hi, my father had a glucose tolerence test before he died, and the results seemed to be kind of strange. I have now started to wonder what they mean. This is from several years ago, but I would be most curious if any bona-fide endocrinologists could tell me what the deal was.
After fasting for 8 hours, his blood sugar was 95. He then was given 75grams of sugar water. Within ten minutes, his blood sugar was 145...within a total of 25 minutes, his blood sugar was 180! Then, within a total of one hour 25 minutes, it was back down to 85. All this within one hour, 15 minutes. When he did the test with 100g of sugar water, the results were even more strange.
Could anyone comment on this? Its no big deal, but I would like to know what this meant.
On 11 May 2004 10:07:21 -0700, [email hidden] (Brad Sheppard)
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I'm no expert, but his results don't sound that strange to me. His system overshoots then crashes. My glucose tolerance was similar - I peaked at 45 minutes at 200, then by two hours I had crashed to 65 - below my initial reading of 90.
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Hi, my father had a glucose tolerence test before he died, and the results seemed to be kind of strange. I have now started to wonder what they mean. This is from several years ago, but I would be most curious if any bona- fide endocrinologists could tell me what the deal was.
After fasting for 8 hours, his blood sugar was 95. He then was given 75grams of sugar water. Within ten minutes, his blood sugar was 145...within a total of 25 minutes, his blood sugar was 180! Then, within a total of one hour 25 minutes, it was back down to 85. All this within one hour, 15 minutes. When he did the test with 100g of sugar water, the results were even more strange.
Could anyone comment on this? Its no big deal, but I would like to know what this meant.
Yep, and I still do, just like Brad, anytime I'm silly enough to eat something to spike me that high.
Which isn't very often nowadays.
Cheers, Alan, T2 d&e, Australia. Remove weight and carbs to email. -- Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
