Diabetics and vaping.

[Nermal]

"The A1C test gives you a picture of your average blood glucose (blood sugar) control for the past 2 to 3 months. "

Ron

So I have been led to believe. That is, over the last three months, with the most recent month being the most influential. It just so happens that cost and inconvenience of quarterly testing more or less dictates semi annual testing instead of quarterly.

The high readings that some experience are called "the dawn effect". On theory is that with a normal metabolism, blood sugars fall after the spike caused by eating and the little liver dumps glycogen to make up for it. At this point, with a normal metabolism the pancreas releases enough insulin to keep us in the normal range. Normal metabolism is not what you associate with diabetes.

 

[Princessdee]

This may or may not be helpful to you.
I'm type 2.
We have 2 horses. We were boarding them.
My A1C was 7.2 this time last year. I was on meds. They made me very sick. I asked if I could try to control it without meds and the doctor was game, but I had to have A1C every 3 months.

We finally found a home where we could keep our horses and bought it.
I take care of them myself now. Scooping, grooming, cleaning up the pasture, building things, whatever.

My A1C in Nov was 5.9
My doctor (tiny perky female) was all giggles and excitement.
She said 5.9 is "under diabetic range".
She believes all the activity of caring for the horses helped push me down.

When I asked if I could tell my eye doctor that I'm not diabetic anymore, she said "you will always be diabetic but you can tell him you weaned yourself off meds and your numbers are non-diabetic now.

My point is, I guess, that she was SO excited to see it below 6, so I don't understand why your doctor wants you below 5. That's just too far to push you.

For the record, I vape 6-8 ml a day of 20mg 70pg 30vg (my ADV) tho some i make for hubby and enjoy myself are 18mg 100% pg

 

[salemgold]

Look in the Health section. Many threads will be found on this subject. Here is one of them but, there is another even longer thread there somewhere.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/health-safety-vaping/162437-diabetes-vaping.html