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Its showing 108 at lab test…is it normal?

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Title: Protein discovery could lead to better diabetes treatment and prevention: scientists identify a key component in the way the body balances glucose levels after a meal.(DIABETES BREAKTHROUGH)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Women’s Health Advisor (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 11 Issue: 7 Page: 5(1)

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Protein discovery could lead to better diabetes treatment and prevention: scientists identify a key component in the way the body balances glucose levels … An article from: Women’s Health Advisor

A few months ago, I was diagnosed as a diabetic following a series of blood tests (in which my blood sugar count was consistently more than 13 mmol/L.

I was started on medication (Metformin, 500mg, twice a day). Based on a hunch, I got myself one of those blood sugar measuring devices, stopped taking the medication for a couple of days and started taking my own readings.

This revealed my fasting (of 12 hours) blood sugar to be 5.6 mmol/L, two hours after breakfast to be 6.7 mmol/L, two hours after lunch to be 6.5 mmol/L and 6.9mmol/L after dinner and before bedtime. If I’m to believe what I’ve been reading, this is a normal blood sugar level of a person without diabetes.

I’ve stopped taking medication for over a week now and have been monitoring my blood sugar level, and it’s been around the figures I’ve mentioned above when taken randomly as well. Should I stop taking medications and go on with my life? Could I have been misdiagnosed?

if I have not had a bowel movement in a day or so, and I get the pressure feel, my sugar is elevated. my normal fasting blood sugar is 106 – today it was 145, re-did it was 154. went to the bathroom. 15 minutes later the sugar was 115. could lack of bowel activity raise the sugar?