What is the highest blood sugar reading you have ever had after taking it yourself?

Question

If it was REALLY high, what did you do about it?
How did you feel?

I just want to compare procedures for a high blood sugar!

Answer 1

Hey FrogButt, (gee, what a great visual...)
Any way, my highest was 426 right after lunch the day I had my training session on the meter. From dinner on I knew how to eat properly, so the numbers quickly went down to a healthy range.

In my training class we were taught to take a walk before meals to bring our blood sugar down. Exercise is very good for lowering blood sugar readings. If you are very active, then you need to monitor your readings carefully, and, of course, discuss them with you diabetes educator or physician. Readings below 70 are a problem, too. In our class, the pharmacist instructed us to ALWAYS carry around a tube of the fast-acting glucose tablets in case of low blood sugar incidents.

To repeat: to lower a high blood sugar reading, take a walk or exercise, then repeat the test.

Answer 2

Hi. My highest number was over 1,000. That was when I was first diagnosed with Diabetes Type 1. As you can imagine, the doctors were very freaked out, as I was. At the time, I didn't know how drastically dangerous that was. My lowest number was 38, which is quite bad, even though there may be others who have had lower numbers. That time was also during the first year after being diagnosed, while I was still learning how to handle things. I was having my insulin types changed a lot, as well as the dosage amounts. I was diagnosed in 2001. Since then, I have never, ever had numbers that went up anywhere near the highest number; and I have never gotten lower than the 50s when I become (rarely) hypoglycemic. I do what is called "tight control." That's where you keep your glucose levels between 80 - 130 always. That requires a lot of testing - about 10 to 12 times a day. It reduces the risk of serious complications by 84%, so it's worth all the checking. If I see that my levels are higher than 130, I will take an extra bolus of insulin to bring it back into range. I have to adjust carefully, so that I do not become hypoglycemic. The doctor didn't let me do this myself for the first 2 years. But once she saw I kept my levels in control, she gave me the freedom to adjust my insulin levels. If your glucose levels right now are around 475, you really need to see your doctor!!! Your Diabetes is definitely NOT under control. Instead of being bored and wondering about everyone else's numbers, you should be talking to your doctors, getting your insulin adjusted, and learning how to keep your levels under control. You need to take this seriously!! Diabetes is not a cold — it is a SERIOUS disease. You could end up having your legs amputated. You can go blind. Your kidneys can fail, leaving you on dialysis 3 times a week - not a nice procedure. You may need a kidney transplant or you can DIE. As good a job as I do keeping my levels normal, I still have Peripheral Neuropathy. Worse still, I have Gastroparesis, a serious complication caused by Diabetes. Look it up. It can kill you. I strongly suggest you read a few books about Diabetes when you are bored. It might help you a lot. I wish the best for you.

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Answer 5

I am writing to tell you what an incredible impact these methods had on my life! I have had type 2 diabetes for 27 years. For me, the worst part of this horrible disease is the severe pain I constantly get in my feet. The pain is so bad that I avoid standing and walking as much as possible. I've got to tell you that within the first month, my feet stopped hurting altogether and I can now walk totally pain free.

Believe it or not, I even danced at my niece's wedding last month, something I have not done in a many years. I've been following the book for six months now and my blood sugar is well within normal range. I feel great!

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Answer 6

This happened about 5 years ago...my meter at home read "HI"...my sugar in the ER an hour later (a serum glucose, not a finger stick) was 880.

I don't remember a whole lot about that...not my 12 hours in the ER critical care unit and the first few days in ICU.

It was a domino effect. Pneumonia led to DKA led to hypokalemia led to atrial fibrillation. Of course, I didn't know I had pneumonia. I had never had it before. I didn't know what it felt like. I blew it off as a chest cold.

Shame on me. I should know better.

Let's see...some doctor removed my pump and put me on an insulin drip. He also added LOTS of fluids, a Levaquin drip, a potassium drip, a heparin drip, a lidocaine drip and a morphine drip (I had 5 IVs going at once, a couple were piggybacked). Oh yeah...there was also a line in my ankle just for blood drawing (no fluids going in that one).

How did I feel? I can remember feeling like I had been run over by a train...a really, really, really looooooong train. That's about as best as I can describe it.

EMT

Answer 7

I remember a couple of years ago, my blood sugar was in the 500's. I sat down in the shade (this was in the summer), had my boyfriend get me lots and lots of ice water, had lots of insulin (I am on the pump so had to use a formula to figure out how much to inject), and stayed in one spot testing my blood sugar every hour until it got below 200, when it was safe for me to move around and not have it rise any higher.

As for how I felt, I was hot since it was a hot day out, but also weak, tired, and very thirsty. That's why I checked my blood sugar. What a shock it was that it was so high as I very, very rarely have it above 250 since being on the pump!

Answer 8

About 550mg/dL as I recall. I had been swimming in the neighborhood pool and the canula of my infusion site had come out of my hide - visible only when I eventually removed the site. I had eaten a relatively high-carb meal after swimming and bolused for it (the humalog not getting into me).

When I start getting much about 450mg/dL or so, my large muscles (triceps, legs, etc) begin to feel "weak".

I Immediately took (550-100)/40 = 11 units by syringe (each unit takes me down 40mg/dL, and 100mg/dL is my "target"). After a few hours I was back in range.

Answer 9

my highest ever was 630 when i was diagnosed.

i've had 1 or 2 around 500 since then.

what did i do about it?
i gave myself about 7 units of insulin and waited for it to come down

Answer 10

The highest that I ever had was about 535 but that was many many years ago.