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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

Shas3 said:
Woke up to the same number as when I went to bed ... 6.8 ... Not terribly happy but not getting too bogged down either. I will be seeing my doctor today with my latest tests. They show my post eating numbers being good but fasting still on slightly higher side...

My cholesterol profile has improved significantly since last test. HDL up, LDL down (but still a bit higher than desirable) and triglycerides are significantly lowered.

Vitamin D is well in desirable range. It was quite low, which is a shame considering i live on the equator with sunshine all year round.

Doctor should hopefully be happy with the progress. My main point is - if I could get off the gliptin (onglyza) that he put me on a while ago. Let’s see. Good day everyone
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Hope it goes well for you. Keep us posted.
 
5.2 when I got up. How do dogs know when it is exactly 5.45.? They start making a noise at exactly that time every day. One of life's little mysteries. Jigsaw completed so I can go back to work today with a clear dining table ( One of my new year resolutions was to eat my meals at the dining table every day and I have mostly kept to it)
 
6.00 this damp morning.

I have to travel into B'ham central, something I haven't done since my teens. One of the major problems with my Aspergers is I can't handle crowds, and at my age having a meltdown is not a good look. I did ask if I could do it by video call but they're the govt and, as such, don't care. So now I have my noise-cancelling headphones, hoodie, and shades. I look like a geriatric gangsta ;)
 
A straight 9 for me at 6 am. So pleased with that.

Following the yesterday’s logic of @jjraak as explained to me yesterday that fbg should be taken in the natural state I wake up in, and then that is a true fbg, I took my reading today the moment I woke up. And I shall continue to do that. So thank you for explaining.

Now, I am starting another change today. Some weeks ago I was on 3 x 500mg Metformin, and 1 x 100mg Sitagliptin.

I knocked the evening 500mg Metformin off because I was going even lower carbs. My carbs then were 50g to 100g daily. Knocking the Metformin off made no difference to my readings which were double figures nearly all the time.

So, this morning I stopped taking a second Metformin, because I am happy with my 7’s during the day. And I will see how my fbg and other readings are in the next few days/week.

This means I am now down to 1 x 500mg Metformin and 1 x Sitagliptin a day.

Now, to give a true picture with other supplements I take. I take Vitamin E daily to help with the Sjogrens Syndrome with dry eyes and mouth, and I take a good vitamin B complex because of stresses and stuff.

About 3 months ago I had been researching Co Enzyme Q10 (actually I had been researching it all last year but only just decided to take the plunge and take it) and I had some 30mg capsules. Advice I read, said start with 100mg, so I could only start with 90mg. That made a seeable difference in at least two ways. One was my bsg appeared to drop at least one point overall each reading, and the other was finally when I pricked my finger to take the bsg reading a drop of blood actually came out more easily. Before, I had to prick several times, sometimes, before a drop of blood agreed to come out. This was despite warming my hands, rubbing them etc.

There is a third benefit which appears to come from the Q10 and happened when I started taking it. I have peripheral neuropathy in fingers, toes and feet. Absolute agony. Also I have had Raynauds Syndrome since I was a child and this has caused my fingers to go white and totally numb very frequently, and not just in cold weather.

The nightly pains, in bed in particular, from the peripheral neuropathy, subsided very quickly. I couldn’t believe it. For the first time in forever I don’t have the constant varying pains all night in my toes. For years, I would have been happy to lose my toes if it meant no more pain. Not any more. My toes still don’t have proper feeling in them, but they don’t cause me constant pain any more.

My hands and fingers - the Raynauds Syndrome appears to have completely gone. I have not had one instance of my fingers going white and cold and then totally numb maybe for hours on end sometimes, and then agony when the feeling comes back. This happened very regularly before I took the Q10.

I can actually touch ice now in my freezer, I can touch the frozen food without losing total feeling in my fingers where they went to frozen and totally numb. I can touch snow now, and I made a tiny snowman last time we had a little snowfall, with my bare hands. Silly I know, but it made me smile that I could now do this now.

My fingers still go cold, I presume the same as anyone’s fingers do, but they do not go white and totally numb any more.

I attribute the above to the Q10. However, this is my personal experience with it.

So I shall end with saying Happy Tuesday. Have fun. And I need to dash to the bathroom...You all thought I was being decadent having chocolate first thing in a morning with my coffee didn’t you? Well it keeps me regular, and that is my excuse, and I am sticking to it...

>^..^<
 
HarrisonK said:
6.00 this damp morning.

I have to travel into B'ham central, something I haven't done since my teens. One of the major problems with my Aspergers is I can't handle crowds, and at my age having a meltdown is not a good look. I did ask if I could do it by video call but they're the govt and, as such, don't care. So now I have my noise-cancelling headphones, hoodie, and shades. I look like a geriatric gangsta ;)
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Aww...hugs for you, but you might find hugs too much with being that sensitive to people and crowds. So these are virtual hugs.

I hope the day goes well for you. And certainly take time out tonight and tomorrow for peace for you if you can. I would lend you my potting shed for a retreat if that would help...

Take care x

>^..^<
 
@gennepher Nice turnarounds there. I have been taking Q10 for a couple of years now, my doc was of the opinion that it helped my heart and lung issues. I know it's a supplement but it does seem to be one of those that actually produces a benefit.

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Virtual hugs are great, I was nearly 30 before I let a stranger hug me ;)
 
HarrisonK said:
@gennepher Nice turnarounds there. I have been taking Q10 for a couple of years now, my doc was of the opinion that it helped my heart and lung issues. I know it's a supplement but it does seem to be one of those that actually produces a benefit.
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Oh wow. I am glad to hear from another soul a good experience with Q10.
Take care
>^..^<
 
Morning All. 7.2 this morning after two lamb burgers and salad last night. Need to check the pack from Waitrose see what they added. But did have to decamp in middle of night due to someone snoring!
@HarrisonK please accept another virtual hug, hope your day goes well.
@trick60 can I be bleurrgh too.
Need to pull myself together. Going out with my friend this morning. Hope lots of walking involved.
Have a good day everyone. Stay well, stay safe.
 
HarrisonK said:
6.00 this damp morning.

I have to travel into B'ham central, something I haven't done since my teens. One of the major problems with my Aspergers is I can't handle crowds, and at my age having a meltdown is not a good look. I did ask if I could do it by video call but they're the govt and, as such, don't care. So now I have my noise-cancelling headphones, hoodie, and shades. I look like a geriatric gangsta ;)
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We have a generic description of it being too peopley.
 
PenguinMum said:
Morning All. 7.2 this morning after two lamb burgers and salad last night. Need to check the pack from Waitrose see what they added. But did have to decamp in middle of night due to someone snoring!
@HarrisonK please accept another virtual hug, hope your day goes well.
@trick60 can I be bleurrgh too.
Need to pull myself together. Going out with my friend this morning. Hope lots of walking involved.
Have a good day everyone. Stay well, stay safe.
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Any of these the cuprits https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/search?&searchTerm=lamb burgers ? The version wtth apricots looks a likely suspect
 
Goacher55 said:
Good morning I’m not sure how but a 3.5 this morning, a good nights sleep. Was had and I still woke up tired. Oh the joys.. have a lovey day chums..
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Gave a hug as I'm pretty sure you didn't intend to be that low. If'n you did one will unhug tout suite (or tout 100% bitter for ketoheads)
 
Too many posts close together so sorry. Does anyone have suggestions for a nutrition 101 book or link that doesn't start and end with the assumption that LCHF/Keto/Carni solve everything from social imobility to that noise in your old banger? I feel the need to go back to basics but in an unbiased way - I dislike the here is the conclusion now go prove it approach. TIA
 
HarrisonK said:
6.00 this damp morning.

I have to travel into B'ham central, something I haven't done since my teens. One of the major problems with my Aspergers is I can't handle crowds, and at my age having a meltdown is not a good look. I did ask if I could do it by video call but they're the govt and, as such, don't care. So now I have my noise-cancelling headphones, hoodie, and shades. I look like a geriatric gangsta ;)
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Selected the funny emoticon but want to send you a high too! Hope all goes well.
 
It is not a good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me explain.

Mrs J went out of the front door at 7:15 this morning to be confronted by the sight of a feline ( in law cats are classified as vermin or were 40 years ago ) emptying it's bowels on Mrs J's front flower bed. As you can imagine her language left a little to be desired. Needless to say, said feline broke the 100 metre world record in it's attempt to escape her clutches. If Mrs J ever catches the feline it will become cat soup a delicacy in the far East. If Mrs J catches the felines keeper I dread to think what the outcome will be. Mrs J is of Irish and Welsh extraction and is very quick with her fists. I, myself and my other me's are keeping our heads down.

Needless to say my blood sugars were 8.2 sympathy not required.

Well folks if you live in Tilehurst and have a tabby feline you have been warned. Have a good day folks, Mrs J is still fuming, if only only we could harvest this wasted energy.
 
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PenguinMum said:
Morning All. 7.2 this morning after two lamb burgers and salad last night. Need to check the pack from Waitrose see what they added. But did have to decamp in middle of night due to someone snoring!
@HarrisonK please accept another virtual hug, hope your day goes well.
@trick60 can I be bleurrgh too.
Need to pull myself together. Going out with my friend this morning. Hope lots of walking involved.
Have a good day everyone. Stay well, stay safe.
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Enjoy your morning and hope you got a decent length of walk in.
 
alf_Josiah said:
It is not a good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me explain.

Mrs J went out of the front door at 7:15 this morning to be confronted by the sight of a feline ( in law cats are classified as vermin or were 40 years ago ) emptying it's bowels on Mrs J's front flower bed. As you can imagine her language left a little to desired. Needless to say, said feline broke the 100 metre world record in it's attempt to escape her clutches. If Mrs J ever catches the feline it will become cat soup a delicacy in the far East. If Mrs J catches the felines keeper I dread to think what the outcome will be. Mrs J is of Irish and Welsh extraction and is very quick with her fists. I, myself and my other me's are keeping our heads down.

Needless to say my blood sugars were 8.2 sympathy not required.

Well folks if you live in Tilehurst and have a tabby feline you have been warned. Have a good day folks, Mrs J is still fuming, if only only we could harvest this wasted energy.
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You have my sympathy alf. Cats and flowers how much worse can it get?
 
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