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

SaskiaKC said:
If you draw the line at cardigans, they will unravel all over the sofa and your lap.
If you draw the line at soup, it will spread out all over the table and turn into a Niagara to the floor.
If you draw the line at cats, they will draw the line across you, knock over the soup, and unravel the cardigan as they drag it through the soup into the lines they have drawn across you.

And as for two-year-old twins:

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I love this post Saskia, it’s really made me smile.
 
Hello all,

Missed a couple of days. So, here are my numbers for the last three days.

Thursday a bit higher for me with 5.4 -- suspect I had too much meat for dinner. Yesterday, fbgs were 4.7 and today 4.9,

@True Blue and @West335 -- Congrats on some very good progress. For me, it took about half a year to get my fasting blood sugars down to normal levels. So, you are really doing an excellent job. Winners both.
@West335 -- With new foods, I also test at 1 hour to try to catch the peak. There seems to be some evidence that high spikes can also be detrimental in the long run. Personally, I try to stay below 7.8 even at one hour, preferably lower than this. Testing it definitely worth the outlay, we learn so much about how we react to different foods, exercise, stress, lack of sleep, etc.
@karen8967 and @philchap1 -- So sorry to read about your hypos. Take care please.

Have a great weekend, everyone.
 
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ziggy_w said:
Hello all,

Missed a couple of days. So, here are my numbers for the last three days.

Thursday a bit higher for me with 5.4 -- suspect I had too much meat for dinner. Yesterday, fbgs were 4.7 and today 4.9,

@True Blue and @West335 -- Congrats on some very good progress. For me, it took about half a year to get my fasting blood sugars down to normal levels. So, you are really doing an excellent job. Winners both.
@West335 -- With new foods, I also test at 1 hour to try to catch the peak. There seems to be some evidence that high spikes can also be detrimental in the long run. Personally, I try to stay below 7.8 even at one hour, preferably lower than this. Testing it definitely worth the outlay, we learn so much about how we react to different foods, exercise, stress, lack of sleep, etc.
@karen8967 and @philchap1 -- So sorry to read about your hypos. Take care please.

Have a great weekend, everyone.
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Thanks! I think I'll start going 1 hour then. I'd do both 1 and 2, but like I've said before, strips ain't free for most t2s lol
 
West335 said:
Thanks! I think I'll start going 1 hour then. I'd do both 1 and 2, but like I've said before, strips ain't free for most t2s lol
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Yes, I agree. My outlay is about GBP 50 per month on average. However, once we've tested a meal several times, we really don't have to test it again, or only every once in a while. It's mostly about learning about how your blood sugars react.

Later on, once you've normalized your blood sugars, it also helps with accountability and motivation to stay on track in my view.
 
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ziggy_w said:
Yes, I agree. My outlay is about GBP 50 per month on average. However, once we've tested a meal several times, we really don't have to test it again, or only every once in a while. It's mostly about learning about how your blood sugars reacts.

Later on, once you've normalized your blood sugars, it also helps with accountability and motivation to stay on track in my view.
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Yeah I was told for years, you're type 2 you don't need to check. Recently I have been given a much better nurse who thinks it's really important to monitor, however, her hands are tied. If you're willing (and can afford) to put the money into testing your self, I don't see why anybody would encourage you not to
 
West335 said:
Yeah I was told for years, you're type 2 you don't need to check. Recently I have been given a much better nurse who thinks it's really important to monitor, however, her hands are tied. If you're willing (and can afford) to put the money into testing your self, I don't see why anybody would encourage you not to
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I love to know everything I can about this stuff so test often as I'm tweaking what I do as I go. I'm happy to buy strips close to or just past their use by dates. I test these against other strips to see how accurate they are I have several meters. It all sounds a flaff but keeps me motivated and costs far less than I spend on coffee each day . Each to their own of course - whatever it takes to keep you well and happy
 
SaskiaKC said:
If you draw the line at cardigans, they will unravel all over the sofa and your lap.
If you draw the line at soup, it will spread out all over the table and turn into a Niagara to the floor.
If you draw the line at cats, they will draw the line across you, knock over the soup, and unravel the cardigan as they drag it through the soup into the lines they have drawn across you.

And as for two-year-old twins:

tenor.gif





tenor.gif
Click to expand...
Thank you. They had a wonderful day and are now tucked up in bed.
 
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