Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

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Bluetit1802

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5.4 this morning spiked to 7.6 post my usual brekky that doesn't normally take me up more tan 0.5.... Bedtime was 9.2.... Only had sausages, black pudding, egg and a teensy portion of instant noodles for tea....but test was 3 to 4 hrs later... 4.3 after cheese, scrambled egg and 2 buttered ryvita for dinner.....

Have I got this right. You went to bed on 9.2 but woke up on 5.4? That doesn't sound very likely. Was your 5.4 a rogue reading? A higher fasting level would fit in more with your bedtime 9.2 and your post breakfast 7.6.
 
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How would everyone feel about a summary of the days' readings to help follow this thread? Let me know if there are any objections. Apologies in advance if I have missed any posts or misread any posts.


M - T - W - T - F - S - S


Ally1 – 11.0 – 14.1

Bluetit1802 – 5.6 – 5.1

Brettsza – 5.5 – 6.0

Clivethedrive – x - 6.0

Coldethyl – 5.9 – 6.4

Dibbles1 – 5.5 – 6.0

Eddie1968 – x – 7.7

Jackthelad – 5.6 - x

JohnD54 – 4.7 – 5.8

Kezzer4321 – 8.0 – 6.7

Killerkaz – 5.0 - x

Kimbo1962 – 5.7 – 5.5

Lexa_x – 10.3 - x

Lorraine deer – 6.0 – 7.2

Loulou99782 – 6.5 – 7.5

Mandingo – 4.8 – 5.3

Mbabbasi – 6.5 - x

Mehh2015 – x - 5.1

MikeD - ? – 5.0

Millysue – 7.7 - x

Muggle71 – In the 6’s – 6.3

Pasha – 4.67 – 4.67

Patricia21 – 6.5 - x

PatsyB – 7.7 – x

Pavlovsdog – 6.5 - x

Phil1966 – <5 – 4.8

Poshtotty – 7.0 – 6.9

Sable_Jan – x – 5.4

Sanguine – 5.6 – 5.8

Silver Hammer – 5.1 – 5.2

Sjm1966 – 4.7 - x

S_k_s - 4.3 – 5.2

Susikav – 4.8 – 5.8

Vit90 – 5.5 – 5.9

Weefergus – 7.2 – 7.0
 
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Bluetit1802

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Hey! Well done @s_k_s I like that! Are you volunteering to do it every day? Or once a week? Or not at all ;)
 
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Robbity

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I'm not posting fasting levels on a regular basis, but readings are:
M - 5.9, Tu - 5.9
last 7 days: low: 5.8 high: 6.9 avg: 6.2
for the month: low: 5.8 high: 7.8 avg 6.4

They've been all over the place recently as I've not been too well for a while, and am definitely seeing this reflected in both my pre and post meal levels as well (though I am keeping pretty closely to my LCHF 30-50g carbs a day) .

Robbity
 
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Thanks Mike. Since the beginning of February (when I started testing) I've only had 2 lower than 7.0 so maybe I'm heading in the right direction. I did get a shock yesterday - but it was self-inflicted. For a number of reasons I didn't have anything to eat at all until 16:00 by which time I was really ravenous. So, I succumbed to 2 small slices of wholemeal bread at 9g carbohydrate per slice with butter and ham. Before eating I was reading 4.8 (probably barely alive !) and 1 hour after I was 8.2. Fortunately, I went back down to 6.8 after 2 hours. Taught me a lesson - eat 3 meals a day.
 
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Thanks Mike. Since the beginning of February (when I started testing) I've only had 2 lower than 7.0 so maybe I'm heading in the right direction. I did get a shock yesterday - but it was self-inflicted. For a number of reasons I didn't have anything to eat at all until 16:00 by which time I was really ravenous. So, I succumbed to 2 small slices of wholemeal bread at 9g carbohydrate per slice with butter and ham. Before eating I was reading 4.8 (probably barely alive !) and 1 hour after I was 8.2. Fortunately, I went back down to 6.8 after 2 hours. Taught me a lesson - eat 3 meals a day.
Yep, but good the numbers came down :)
 
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Have I got this right. You went to bed on 9.2 but woke up on 5.4? That doesn't sound very likely. Was your 5.4 a rogue reading? A higher fasting level would fit in more with your bedtime 9.2 and your post breakfast 7.6.
I would have said the 9.2 was rogue had I not checked twice.....5.4 is around my average fasting so think my body sorted itself out overnight. I think as its a cereal mix I did myself it may have been heavier in one of the more car by ingredients than usual. Think what I thought was coconut flour was actually coconut milk and it was heavy on that taste today
 
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How would everyone feel about a summary of the days' readings to help follow this thread? Let me know if there are any objections. Apologies in advance if I have missed any posts or misread any posts.


M - T - W - T - F - S - S


Ally1 – 11.0 – 14.1

Bluetit1802 – 5.6 – 5.1

Brettsza – 5.5 – 6.0

Clivethedrive – x - 6.0

Coldethyl – 5.9 – 6.4

Dibbles1 – 5.5 – 6.0

Eddie1968 – x – 7.7

Jackthelad – 5.6 - x

JohnD54 – 4.7 – 5.8

Kezzer4321 – 8.0 – 6.7

Killerkaz – 5.0 - x

Kimbo1962 – 5.7 – 5.5

Lexa_x – 10.3 - x

Lorraine deer – 6.0 – 7.2

Loulou99782 – 6.5 – 7.5

Mandingo – 4.8 – 5.3

Mbabbasi – 6.5 - x

Mehh2015 – x - 5.1

MikeD - ? – 5.0

Millysue – 7.7 - x

Muggle71 – In the 6’s – 6.3

Pasha – 4.67 – 4.67

Patricia21 – 6.5 - x

PatsyB – 7.7 – x

Pavlovsdog – 6.5 - x

Phil1966 – <5 – 4.8

Poshtotty – 7.0 – 6.9

Sable_Jan – x – 5.4

Sanguine – 5.6 – 5.8

Silver Hammer – 5.1 – 5.2

Sjm1966 – 4.7 - x

S_k_s - 4.3 – 5.2

Susikav – 4.8 – 5.8

Vit90 – 5.5 – 5.9

Weefergus – 7.2 – 7.0
I was .5.2 yesterday if you want to edit that in....
 
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Robbity

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I think it's a great idea to do this sort of summary, though I hope people won't start worrying over much if they're not getting good levels.

My meter gives me basic trends and averages, and the Bayer software that i upload to on my PC does the same in more details, and provides graphs too. But that's almost an overkill for me as it can do a lot of stuff with insulin as well that hopefully I'll not need for a long time yet...

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@s_k_s Hi I will have to start posting more regularly and get on your list.

We need a some form of grid in this editing suite so we can input data more easily who do we speak to regards that?

Neil
 
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4.6 before dinner
5.2 after dinner of chicken salad
5.4 fasting
All batch 44
I did try 61 and readings were almost same.
 
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