Donna:

I had mine out YEARS ago. The oddest thing happened when I came home from the hospital. I had the oddest cravings for anything orange. I made my husband go out and buy me orange Hostess cupcakes.

then I had to have oranges, and then I had to have this orange chocolate thing. And I'm diabetic!!!!. My goodness, I will never forget all those orange cravings I had. I have no explanation about this.

May your procedure be uneventful and hope you recover quickly.

All the best
melody

Hi all

I had my gallbladder and ovaries out.

I posted results in my thread.

I was diagnosed with diabetes today. And yes I already knew it.
Today I learned it was 7 whatever that meant I don't really know.
I'm ready to do some research soon.

Now my reading two weeks ago was 118 and it was considered normal.
By the way they upped my metformin to two at night today.

Donna

Donna:

Hi, the number 7 is probably your a1c reading. That is a three month summary of your glucose reading. Normal is about 4 to 5.

Mine is now 6.2, down from over 9 (4 years ago).

118 (well it depends on who you speak to). Some might consider anything over 105 as to be a high reading.

To me, 118 is just fine.

It also depends on when you took this reading. Was it on a fast, 1 hour after lunch, etc.

But 118 is nothing to go nuts over.

Keep a good diet, and take your meds.

Melody

why did they remove your ovaries? this is usually not recommended for diabetic females.....

They removed mine because I'm over 50 and one of them had a cyst on
it. It was severely hurting me.

And I could have the other one left in with the chance that it could
have cancer if it developed a cyst.

Donna

not the most likely happening....and even post men. the ovaries do ( i understand) have functions....though i would agree having the one with cyst out.....

I think that 'normal' blood sugar numbers can probably vary from one person to another. I had a fasting blood glucose about a year and a half ago because I was having symptoms of diabetes (extreme fatigue and brain fog when I eat carbs, and some symptoms of neuropathy). I'm also overweight, and there has been some diabetes in the family. So I was really expecting to be told that I was diabetic, but no, the numbers came back 'normal.' In spite of that, the only way I can get relief of the symptoms (and lose weight, slowly) is to avoid carbs! So I strongly suspect that my 'normal' blood sugar numbers are lower than what the doctors have listed as a normal range. You have to listen to symptoms, as well as get test results. If your symptoms contradict the test results, then better listen to the symptoms!!

Kathleen