Diabetics beware!
May. 14th, 2014 03:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrI'd been wondering about some spikes in my blood sugar readings.
They were infrequent and occurred at times when I hadn't eaten anything. I finally noticed that they seemed to coincide with certain (ahem) "recreational activities".
But a test of what I *thought* was the cause didn't show a spike.
Tuesday morning I forgot to take a fasting level before playing around. Had quite a spike later when I finally did.
So I tried again that evening. Had a spike (50 point jump) but it still didn't seem to track when what I'd been assuming was the cause.
Then a while ago, I thought of something and checked the ingredients list on something. And there it was. Thee first three ingredients were chlorhexidine gluconate, gluconolactone, and glycerin. Culprit found. Those all are essentially sugar when your body gets done with them.
What was it? A water based "personal lubricant" (think K-Y Jelly clone).
Gee, apply that to a mucous membrane and your body will absorb it fairly fast and turn it into glucose.
That's one they don't tell you about in diabetes education classes!
They were infrequent and occurred at times when I hadn't eaten anything. I finally noticed that they seemed to coincide with certain (ahem) "recreational activities".
But a test of what I *thought* was the cause didn't show a spike.
Tuesday morning I forgot to take a fasting level before playing around. Had quite a spike later when I finally did.
So I tried again that evening. Had a spike (50 point jump) but it still didn't seem to track when what I'd been assuming was the cause.
Then a while ago, I thought of something and checked the ingredients list on something. And there it was. Thee first three ingredients were chlorhexidine gluconate, gluconolactone, and glycerin. Culprit found. Those all are essentially sugar when your body gets done with them.
What was it? A water based "personal lubricant" (think K-Y Jelly clone).
Gee, apply that to a mucous membrane and your body will absorb it fairly fast and turn it into glucose.
That's one they don't tell you about in diabetes education classes!
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Date: 2014-05-14 10:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-14 10:55 am (UTC)Also gonna be fun to explain to the nurse at my appointment tomorrow. Gotta avoid "gross" and "tmi" but still get the info across.