RJM62
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I have Type-2 diabetes that I've managed for years with diet and exercise. Over the past six months or so, however, my glucose control has become less tight. My FBS, postprandial, and A1C levels have been creeping up, with my last A1C at 7.1.
A few days ago I was going to fly a trike with a friend, as I've been seriously thinking about taking it up. It wouldn't be an "official" lesson because he's not a CFI, but I would be doing the flying. But when I took my morning FBS, it was 205. I'd been out with friend the night before, and we stopped at a Chinese noodle house right before I went home. I think the noodles were what did it.
In any case, 205 is way high compared to my average, but even the average has been creeping up around the 140 neighborhood. I tested again half an hour later, and it was at 200. I canceled the flight. Subsequent tests throughout the day were lower each time, and steadied at around 140 by nighttime. Since then, my morning FBS has hovered in the 140 neighborhood -- still too high, I know. But not so high that my doctor insists that I go on medication.
Rather, my doc gave me one month to shed some more pounds and do some more exercise to try to reign in the glucose. If I can't, then he's putting me on metformin. It's not the end of the world, I know. But the doc and I agree that diet and exercise is the better way to go as long as I can do it.
Now here's my question:
The problem I have is that I feel fine. I don't feel any different when my numbers are high. No drowsiness, no dizziness, no excessive peeing... nothing.
So... what do I base my go / no-go decision upon?
The other day, when I tested 205, I just said to myself, "That's too high," and grounded myself. But I had no real basis for that other than that, well, it seemed too high.
I fly under the SP rule, and my doc's not a pilot (nor an AME). He told me that if my levels are more than 20 or so points more than what I expected (or if they are abnormally low), or if I'm feeling any symptoms at all, I should self-ground. Fine, but I'm wondering if any of the docs here can offer anything more specific.
Thanks in advance,
-Rich
A few days ago I was going to fly a trike with a friend, as I've been seriously thinking about taking it up. It wouldn't be an "official" lesson because he's not a CFI, but I would be doing the flying. But when I took my morning FBS, it was 205. I'd been out with friend the night before, and we stopped at a Chinese noodle house right before I went home. I think the noodles were what did it.
In any case, 205 is way high compared to my average, but even the average has been creeping up around the 140 neighborhood. I tested again half an hour later, and it was at 200. I canceled the flight. Subsequent tests throughout the day were lower each time, and steadied at around 140 by nighttime. Since then, my morning FBS has hovered in the 140 neighborhood -- still too high, I know. But not so high that my doctor insists that I go on medication.
Rather, my doc gave me one month to shed some more pounds and do some more exercise to try to reign in the glucose. If I can't, then he's putting me on metformin. It's not the end of the world, I know. But the doc and I agree that diet and exercise is the better way to go as long as I can do it.
Now here's my question:
The problem I have is that I feel fine. I don't feel any different when my numbers are high. No drowsiness, no dizziness, no excessive peeing... nothing.
So... what do I base my go / no-go decision upon?
The other day, when I tested 205, I just said to myself, "That's too high," and grounded myself. But I had no real basis for that other than that, well, it seemed too high.
I fly under the SP rule, and my doc's not a pilot (nor an AME). He told me that if my levels are more than 20 or so points more than what I expected (or if they are abnormally low), or if I'm feeling any symptoms at all, I should self-ground. Fine, but I'm wondering if any of the docs here can offer anything more specific.
Thanks in advance,
-Rich