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

dogslife said:
Good morning all. 7.4 again this morning. :arghh: Off for my flu jab this afternoon. Seems ages since I made my appointment. Have been struggling with back pain for a few days so haven't been able to do much apart from my cross stitch which is to be part of a Christmas gift. Have a good day folks!:)
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Hope you feel better soon.
 
good morning all :)

4.4 today

hmm I've managed to put on over a kilo in weight this week doing exactly the same as usual :( no predicting how this works is there!
Had a nice little walk with the wee dog yesterday and thinking I'll have a 'household' day today :) the weather is looking like a mix of wet and bright so far ;)

Hope your day goes well :)
 
neithskye said:
5.5. Thinking of reducing my testing. Was diagnosed in July, and my BG steadily decreased at first, but I've been seeing the same numbers now for two months.
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I was thinking the same. Then last night, I indulged in a food item whose impact I was not quite sure what it will end up as. It takes me about a week to know the full impact of those kind of forays. I aim for tight control, due in large part to my history of Obesity and strong family history of diabetes....I don't know how long I have been cruising around my life with IR. So I am keeping the 'barbarian' of complications well away from my gate.
For me long after the immediate BG impact there is then the Fasting BGL to watch....So I may have to wait till end of Nov to reduce my test frequency.
 
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Had my annual review this afternoon with the Diabetic team Hba1c was 29, download from blood glucose machine was 85% of tests in the 4 to 8 range, only downside is the loss of hypo awareness which after 51 years of type1 good control is to be expected, all other blood results good.
 
philchap1 said:
Had my annual review this afternoon with the Diabetic team Hba1c was 29, download from blood glucose machine was 85% of tests in the 4 to 8 range, only downside is the loss of hypo awareness which after 51 years of type1 good control is to be expected, all other blood results good.
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Sounds like an excellent result other than the hypo awareness issue which must be very hard to cope with. Well done you, 51 years managing Diabetes should get a gold medal IMO.
 
PenguinMum said:
Sounds like an excellent result other than the hypo awareness issue which must be very hard to cope with. Well done you, 51 years managing Diabetes should get a gold medal IMO.
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Yes the hypo awareness is difficult but I'm getting the Dexcom G6 on Wednesday which alarms if you're going low or high, it will make a big difference for me , had my gold medal last year for 50 years, don't think it's real gold though lol.
 
PenguinMum said:
You were missed this morning! Hope your weekend with all the young ones was fabulous. I bet you and Mrs P are exhausted though.
PS. I gather your team did you proud.
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Very long story about this morning involving 5+ hr wait for recovery vehicle. Yesterday was so good. Lovely family meal and a Christmas tree decorated by a 3 year old and a 6 year old. Magical dog walk with that pair including feeding a troll minstrals so they could cross the bridge.
Edit: For anyone interested I will explain the troll story and dog walk to "heaven" sometime if people want.
 
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ianpspurs said:
Very long story about this morning involving 5+ hr wait for recovery vehicle. Yesterday was so good. Lovely family meal and a Christmas tree decorated by a 3 year old and a 6 year old. Magical dog walk with that pair including feeding a troll minstrals so they could cross the bridge.
Edit: For anyone interested I will explain the troll story and dog walk to "heaven" sometime if people want.
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Yes, please!
 
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