Weird experience

[Gemstone]

2 hours after supper, I took my bg on my left hand. As I ate pretty normally so was surprised to have a bg of 11mmol. To be sure, I took it on the right hand and got 8mmol. A difference of 3mmol is far too big.

Next meal I did the same, took my bg on both hands, still a difference of 3mmol. Now, I tested with another meter which read the same. Now, which hand is the good one? I'll chat with my nurse about this and meanwhile, I am taking the reading only on my right hand... the lower the number, the more encouraging it is.

[Anita]

3mmol fifference between the two hands?
I never thought about testing my left hand, I wonder if I have a difference...
I can not understand how can this be.

[juliedevos]

Could be whats on your hand. Alcohol screws up your bg well really anything else that you may have had on your hand. For example if you are right handed you use your right hand more. So lets say you put hand cream on its going to be wiped away faster on your dominant hand than on your other. This may have an effect on your bg.

I am just guesssing here....sounds like a strange situation.

[Anita]

Good point :idea:
I don't really use creams (not too much anyway...), but it might be related to the fact I'm using my right arm more.
Just the fact I'm using it more means it consumes more sugar, isn't it?

[juliedevos]

Well I just took my bg on my left hand and it was 4.8 and then on my right hand and it was 5.2. Now I know that a bg meter is not 100% accurate so I am thinking that maybe you need to have it tested against your lab results. It may be that the meter is just not giving accurate results.

3mmol difference is quite large and in fact neither reading may be accurate..should check that out with the control solution and then with the lab.

Anita,
Well you blood is circulating and yes the muscle that are working take up more glucose that the inactive ones but they take it up from the blood stream as it passes, therefore its circulating...so I am guessing over your entire body there shouldnt be a large difference in bg levels. Your body has to maintain a bg level of 5 mmol for normal cellular functions.

I could be wrong but thats what I am guessing.

Julie

[Gemstone]

Well, no cream for me and I wash my hands each time as if I don't have hot water on my fingers first, I have a hard time having blood.

If it happened only once I would think it was the meter, an error or even the strip but as it happened more than once, I think it might be something to do with my own blood circulation.

[Anita]

[quote:006fe909e9="Gemstone"]If it happened only once I would think it was the meter, an error or even the strip but as it happened more than once, I think it might be something to do with my own blood circulation.[/quote:006fe909e9]
Think so too - like your right hand is working harder than the left one, and as a result the sugar level is lower since it is rupidely consumed.

Julie,
You can probably check with some doctors on the university - is sugar spread equally over the entire body?
Are there organs with highier concentration of sugar than other?