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

5.7 today - long term members may be surprised that my reaction to that is fine - BMI stays @ 22, resting pulse fine, slept until 6.55 so treatment worked at the overall level.
Edited to add this - which I came across later. Properly schooled today
"Our narrow hearts look always for what's not right or for that one thing more. Contentment vanishes like morning mist."
 
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ianpspurs said:
5.7 today - long term members may be surprised that my reaction to that is fine - BMI stays @ 22, resting pulse fine, slept until 6.55 so treatment worked at the overall level.
Edited to add this - which I came across later. Properly schooled today
"Our narrow hearts look always for what's not right or for that one thing more. Contentment vanishes like morning mist."
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Ian, for a very long time now, whenever I am asked what I want from life, my response is one word; contentment. I am usually told that's a cop out, and encompasses so many things, but for me, that's it.

Life is jam-packed with compromises and imperfections. They're not going to go away, but the secret is, in my view, trying to find a balance we can live with.
 
ianpspurs said:
5.7 today - long term members may be surprised that my reaction to that is fine - BMI stays @ 22, resting pulse fine, slept until 6.55 so treatment worked at the overall level.
Edited to add this - which I came across later. Properly schooled today
"Our narrow hearts look always for what's not right or for that one thing more. Contentment vanishes like morning mist."
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Day 14?
 
Krystyna23040 said:
4.9 this morning. BS is very puzzling - I eat the same amount of carbs every day but morning BS vary so much - it is more often in the mid 5s even if I was 4.4 at bed time.
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I find the same. Trouble is there are so many variables other than carbs which contribute ( amout of protein, time of last meal, amount and timing and types of exercise, stress, illness, hydration, the list goes on and on) it’s impossible to keep everything the same.
Good number for you today.
 
Morning All. 6.2 again shared chilli with kidney beans with OH couldnt be bothered to separate. Thats my rationale though as others have found may be nothing to do with it! @DJC3 where on earth did that number come from! D doesnt play fair.
Onwards.
@True Blue good luck with the tests, I think it should be good.
@Patrick66 good score. Keep going to get your surgery out of the way.
Have a great Tuesday hope the sun shines where you are and the wind isnt too chilly.
Stay well, stay safe.
 
PenguinMum said:
Morning All. 6.2 again shared chilli with kidney beans with OH couldnt be bothered to separate. Thats my rationale though as others have found may be nothing to do with it! @DJC3 where on earth did that number come from! D doesnt play fair.
Onwards.
@True Blue good luck with the tests, I think it should be good.
@Patrick66 good score. Keep going to get your surgery out of the way.
Have a great Tuesday hope the sun shines where you are and the wind isnt too chilly.
Stay well, stay safe.
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I am trying very, very hard....and it is very, very hard!.
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and all who are pondering the vagureies ( check spelling ) of diabetes, sometimes you need to reset to the starting point again. Other times the easiest thing to do is accept you are diabetic irrespective of what you do, and move on with your life. There are much worse illnesses than diabetes. Harsh words maybe.

A gentle 6.1 leapt out of the meter a me this morning demanding koffy.

Well folks, are you well? I hope so. I have no idea what your plans are for today, but me's will be playing with pressure washers before the mentioned water shortage in 2043.
Have a good day folks.
 
Morning...late posting today had a very lazy start after the frantic activity of the last two weeks...all paperwork/invoices done...Harry & me did a Pony Express run to London...paperwork delivered...taking things easy today...apart from the housework...cleaning the fire...laundry...walking the dog...collecting a prescription...and a little shopping...woke to a 5.9
 
Little apology. I have posted too much over 2 days and overshared. Detrimental to this community and myself. Please accept my apology in the spirit it is meant.:sorry::sorry:
 
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Little apology. I have posted too mush over 2 days and overshared. Detrimental to this community and myself. Please accept my apology in the spirit it is meant.:sorry::sorry:
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For my part, I accept, but I also disagree. I thought your posts were informative and helpful and well-meant. They also kept making me want to hug you. :) I was hoping a couple of my own weren't coming across as me feeling negative, but because I didn't feel negative, and you can't do tones of voice online, I just posted words that I hoped would convey what I meant.

Cheers.

6.5 for me this morning. We have heat in the building again - yay! Whether it was really a burst water pipe, or whether they had just switched over from heat to air too early, only they will ever know. I'm just happy to be warm. The KittenCat is still being a Velcro kitty, though. How anyone can wear a fur coat day in and day out and still get cold ... ! ^. .^
 
SaskiaKC said:
For my part, I accept, but I also disagree. I thought your posts were informative and helpful and well-meant. They also kept making me want to hug you. :) I was hoping a couple of my own weren't coming across as me feeling negative, but because I didn't feel negative, and you can't do tones of voice online, I just posted words that I hoped would convey what I meant.

Cheers.

6.5 for me this morning. We have heat in the building again - yay! Whether it was really a burst water pipe, or whether they had just switched over from heat to air too early, only they will ever know. I'm just happy to be warm. The KittenCat is still being a Velcro kitty, though. How anyone can wear a fur coat day in and day out and still get cold ... ! ^. .^
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Oh yes its amazing isnt it those fur balls crave heat though I really do feel sorry for them in the summer when its hot! Glad you are warm again.
 
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