Miss Gayle just posted on another thread about testing, if you test every minite it is going to be different, your BS changes constantly. Why in the world would you want to check every minute? Give yourself at least 2 hours.

i know i think i panic , but then i thought may be the battery in my walmart reli on is not working i have never been that high ever .

ray

Just a plain croissant is a lot of fat and Carbs...what did ya have on it?

The Relion meter has an alert when it is low.

You just ate to good...LOL

Your doctor can advise you what you should eat and what your blood sugars should be.

Meters usually have some way of calibrating them, check the manual for instructions.

eating a croissant will definitely send you up, like Grannie says fat and carbs, you are looking at 36 or more carbs (dunkin donut bad), plus the fat will raise and if made out of white flour. And quit testing after evert few minutes. you will get a different reading each time, the blood is constantly changing...almost sounds like you want to keep testing until you get the number you want.

all meters are guaranteed to be within a set guideline for testing, take your meter to the doctor's and have them test you with theirs(they have special type to be almost within a few points) and then you test also. this way you will get an idea of how accurate you are with the doctor. I do this once a year with my doctor or when I get a new meter. If we are way off, she will tell me not to use that meter and I have been pretty close to hers.

stick to a set time frame of testing (2 hr after etc) and forget what your body is doing in between

thanks so much for your advice i really really hate this thing .it is not only eating any sugar but also to look for right things to eat .

thanks again

ray

Hello Ray
Im fairly new to the diagnoses of diabetes. For me at this point i only eat whole grain low cal bread, i would love a croissant but im to chicken, i wont go near anything made with white flour anymore. I also have a Reli on (Ultima) meter from walmart. My nutritionist told me today im pretty strict with my diet, and im prepared to be that way the rest of my life, for me its not a option.

Ray, we all hate this, but you need to learn to accept the fact you have this disease and learn how to control it, not it control you. It is not a matter of no sugar, it is a matter of watching carbs and unhealthy foods. Carbs are sugars so once you think that way, and get a good carb counting book, learn to read food labels it does it easier, you can do this and you can learn about FIDO...forget it and drive on lol...so instead of freaking out when you get a high number, take what you ate, figure out the carbs, etc and then don't it next time or see if you can get better numbers by only eating 1/2 portion, if that doesn't work, then don't eat it or try to find a substitution...you become a detective when you battle diabetes

Your right Gayle, like when i had a large banana with peanut butter, it caused an unwanted spike. Now i will have half banana and no peanut butter, its true you have to become a detective.