At Home Diagnosis??

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Registered: 12-13-2005
At Home Diagnosis??
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Thu, 09-11-2008 - 10:11pm
I have a family history of diabetes, (father, grandmother, grandfather) and lately I have been having early symptoms like fatique, unexplained weight loss and frequent urination.  Before I went to the doctor, I was wondering if there was some way I could mimic the glucose toleance test at home. I was going to eat/drink something sweet (I read somewhere you could substitute a certain number of jellybeans for the glucose solution) and then use a home glucose monitor to test my blood sugar at 1hr, 2hr and 3hr. Will this be in any way accurate? Thanks

 

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 09-14-2008 - 9:36am

There is a slim chance that those numbers by themselves are not indicative of if you


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