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Q: my counts are no higher than 150 after eating and about 115 before eating. do I have diabetes????

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11/21/09 10:43am

Hi Norma, Check with your Dr to be sure but my understanding is that a fasting BG >126 on 2 different days or 1 BG over 200 at any time is required for a Diagnosis of DM.  It would seem that there is some difficulty in your metabolizing of glucose but again, discuss with your Dr.

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By Norma— Last Modified: 11/16/10, First Published: 11/20/09