spike in sugar level

A random blood sugar of 237 mg/dl when all other blood sugars have been within target range does sounds a bit odd to me unless, you ate too many carbohydrates at Thanksgiving. Although, I am having a difficult time understanding why all of a sudden you are having a difficult time getting your blood sugars back in range when previous to Thanksgiving, you had such good control. Here are a couple things I can suggest. #1. Omit juice, regular sodas and fried foods from your daily routine. #2. Stay consistent with your carbohydrates at meals and try and limit snacking on carbohydrates in excess in between meals, especially in the evening. #3. As long as you are cleared by your health care provider, stay consistent with your daily activity (30 minutes, most days of the week of cardiovascular activity). #4. Make certain you are free of fever, illness, infection and stress, which can also increase blood sugars, and lastly #5, test your blood sugar when you first wake up in the morning and 1 1/2-2 hours after meals to check on your progress. If you still continue to have difficulty with blood sugar control and are out of target range, my suggestion is to let your health care provider know what has been happening.

I hope that this is helpful to you. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

Rosemary - I hope your spike was a temproary thing and it's better now. Not fun when it decides it has a mind of its own! I was just reading something my daughter sent me about how support groups really work when it comes to helping us maintain or sugar levels - you might have a group already but it sounds really promising and i think that i will try to find one - or maybe start one! here's the story - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/patients-as-doctors-peer-_b_810267.html