In a message dated 3/11/02 2:05:51 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
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> Am not diabetic today,
> and all fasting glucose tests seem to come back OK.  But the idea of
> glucose
> intolerance or hypoglycemia has crossed my mind when I've occasionally
> nodded off after a heavy carb meal. >>>

Interestingly, the fasting glucose is usually "normal." Post prandial glucose
is the one that will often go up, then crash in a few hours due to the load
of insulin.

Likewise, I heard a lecture on Gestational Diabetes. Normally, the blood
sugars are OK, but following a meal they go way up.

Doc Don

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