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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

heavyd said:
Woke up at 2.30 am when I was feeling somehow and BG was 5.7. And this morning at 7.45 am it has gone up to 6.4
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Nothing at all wrong with either number and in fairness they are so close together that your blood test meter allowable tolerances could account for the difference. It is only 0.7mmols difference which really is negligible
 
Diabeticliberty said:
You are off work again? I need a job like yours. I spend more time at my desk than the factory cat. Hang on what am I saying? The cat doesn't have a desk. He works from home
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Ive got 6 days holiday left so i take fridays and mondays off so its like a long weekend and 2 short weeks hopyou are well and ye bgs have came bk up
 
Good morning all.

Made a mistake today and starting reading my work emails right after getting up and before measuring my fasting levels (I could actually feel the stress) -- I am sure they went up by half a mol at least. So, 5.4 this morning.
 
ziggy_w said:
Good morning all.

Made a mistake today and starting reading my work emails right after getting up and before measuring my fasting levels (I could actually feel the stress) -- I am sure they went up by half a mol at least. So, 5.4 this morning.
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Even when stressed you turn in some pretty fine diabetic numbers. My own work emails give me DKA and blood pressure of a zillion over a milion
 
Glenmac said:
I've lost 2st since I began low carbing.Ive not been in the obese category,but once diagnosed 16 years ago thanks to NHS guidelines I just gradually gained weight!My DN advised me to lose some weight and exercise more.I had to remind her of my age(79) and that I could either do a short walk or housework or garden each day,but not all three!That was when I found the low carb info here.It has worked for me and all my results are down.....blood pressure,Hba 42 etc.Im now 9st 13lbs and having lost 2 inches ......height 5ft 2ins.Dont know how that happened.In fact I am now officially in the little old lady catagory and have the white hair to prove it!!
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Old is a state of mind. I never used to believe that, but having had a rocky few years and now coming out the other side, I do believe that you can "think" yourself old. I would not call you old. (little, maybe !!!!)

Well done with the weight loss.
 
Bubbsie said:
Urghhhhhhhhhhh...morning...frustrating day yesterday...planned to drive to London... deliver paperwork...diverted at the last minute...told had to dash off to work...waited...waited...waited...phone calls the whole day...finally early evening job cancelled...am I relaxed...philosophical about the whole experience...am I b***r...still tempted to pitch into the large bottle of SipSmith Gin sitting on the dining room table...and it's only 05:30am...it's been temping me since last night...and...if that fudging cat wants to go out one more time:banghead::banghead::banghead:...woke to a 5.3
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mmmmmmm gin.
 
Freema said:
yes actually I think you are right.. I hope to be slowly more strict again...at the moment I am ditching the weight focus but try to eat less though
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Just a thought but have you had a thyroid check recently? I know that my tsh is up ad I am really hungry, plus all the other goodies you get wen the levels are wrong.

And does your gp know about the interaction between metformin and levo?
 
Kentoldlady1 said:
Just a thought but have you had a thyroid check recently? I know that my tsh is up ad I am really hungry, plus all the other goodies you get wen the levels are wrong.

And does your gp know about the interaction between metformin and levo?
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Her GP will have the same interaction software and a hard copy of the BNF as I do at work. Whether they use it is another matter. Quite often they just leave up to us in pharmacy to pick up on errors.
 
ziggy_w said:
Hi @Diabeticliberty,

Yes, work can do this to us -- unfortunately. How are you feeling? Waking levels of 2.0 is low, even for you.
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I am fine thank you. A bit of glucose and stumbling around the pitch darkness with a mad as a box of bullfrogs labrador puppy always brings out my better side. Assuming of course that I have a better side which is under some degree of scrutiny :)
 
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