Carol, I am thinking about my blood sugar when I first had low blood sugar problems in the 1970's and knew nothing about it. The paperback I read, which I have given away, described the up and down flow of the sugar in the blood in a day, and said that, with stress, the higher the numbers go in two hours after eating, the lower they will go, and then it begins to recover after it reaches a low point. That explains why we need to keep the modulation without big highs and lows if possible. We know what causes the sugar to go up and down. In my case, the lows were making me almost pass out, and the stress in my life was really bad. My doctor diagnosed me but only said to eat often and carry cheese. I laid down the law at home and got some of the stress under control and changed my diet to lots of vegetables and fruit and included the meat I always ate. The highs and lows became almost not felt at all. I did not test my blood but relied on how I felt. But I have since then controlled my blood sugar levels to some degree. With diabetes I had to control it more. Exercise is a huge factor in blood sugar control. We are old and tired. We have slowed down. But we keep at it. Dorisena

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