"Alan S" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:11:03 -0400, "Willy"
> > wrote:
>
>>Nick, although I'm new to this, I find my 2 hour readings are where my
>>spikes really show up. I noticed your Thur and Friday readings were at
>>ONE
>>hour, whereas your Saturday reading (which was much higher) was at two
>>hours.
>>
>>None of my business, but based on my own personal experience thus far,
>>it's
>>the two hour number that matters most.
>>
>>Does everyone in the group tend to agree??? I'm very new to this, so I
>>could
>>be wrong, but that is definitely what I find in my own testing.
>>
>>Willy
>
> No, not everyone does agree. My peaks are at one hour,
> others are at 90 minutes, others are at two hours. We each
> have to find our own peaks. Further, you will find that the
> better your control the earlier your peak, at least that's
> been the anecdotal experience that I've read over the past
> six years.
>
> From my reading of posts here and on mhd and asd.uk, three
> Yahoo groups, dlife and the ADA forum the vast majority of
> type 2's not on insulin, once they reach reasonable control,
> appear to peak at 60-90 minutes after a typical mixed meal.
> Usually closer to 60. People on insulin seem to peak later,
> often closer to two hours; as do many newbies in poor
> control.
>
> How many times have you done a "peak-finding" series after
> each of your three main meals of breakfast lunch and dinner?
> By that I mean a series of tests at 20-30 minute intervals
> after finishing the meal, compassing the period from 30-120
> minutes (or longer if numbers are still high at 120).
>
> Read this for a longer discussion on this:
> http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/20...-two-hour.html
>
>
>
> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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>



Actually (as I'm sure you know) I just started consistent regular testing
(rather than 3-4 times a day previously) the last 5 days. But I think your
statement "People on insulin seem to peak later,
> often closer to two hours; as do many newbies in poor
> control." certainly DOES apply to me. I'm just now getting my numbers
> within target range, and I'm a complete newbie, so thanks to everyone for
> their patience.

At this point, all I can say is, in my case, EVERY time I've done 60 and 120
minutes tests, my peak has been at 120, but hopefully within time I'll find
an experience similar to the results all of you indicate - else I just have
a "slow" system, which perhaps could account for part of my weight issue as
I TRULY have never been a "big" eater compared to everyone around me.

Willy