Idiopathic,

I hope your doctor helps you. They typically are useless until it is too late. If he is not concerned then don't give up.

Synnove,

The dr pointed it out because it's BAD. A reading of 200 is bad but doctors simply don't like to do anything UNTIL your fasting number reaches about 100 and/or your 2 hour numbers get bad...at which point...it's REALLY bad. So, it is "normal" for the dr to tell you that your fine at this point? yes. Because as I just said, he will wait until it really bad watching those other stupid numbers to get bad before he gets concerned.

It really is like thyroid results, doctors were trained to look at the TSH numbers and only progressive doctors are accepting that those old guidlines are outdated and wrong, just like these blood gluclose numbers are wrong now. It takes forever to get doctors to change their ways. Looking at A1c, fasting, and 2 hour marks is old school and how they were trained. Research is showing that spikes at ANY time is bad and the numbers they use as guidlines need to be lowered also, to help people PREVENT it before its out of control.

If I had numbers anywhere NEAR 200 at any time I would be freaked out big time. I worry when they go above 150.

" But I also point out that normally, we do not take in that much glucose during a meal as that heavy glucose dring you are given in the lab"

That is kinda wrong. If you ever sit down and eat cake or any high starch it is the same thing. Matter of fact, I was told in order to do that test on yourself at home, eat 1 cup of white rice then check your numbers at 1 hr and 2 hr and it will tell you how your body handles sugar. It's not about numbers and doctors it's about how your body is handling insulin at all times. If your numbers are high, you need to be concerned don't just accept a doctor telling you that you are fine because some test says so.