• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

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

5.3 today, I think!

Popped on my new libre a day ago ready for the transition. Last night scanned it with my reader to activate and also my mobile. This morning i got a 4.3 from my reader and 5.3 from mobile. Just had a Greek yogurt for breakfast and 5.6 reader 6.3 mobile! Obviously I'm missing something here so straight to forum to look into it. All answers are there. Fabulous isnt it. What a great resource.

Anyhoooo just writing to my auntie (she lives in Dublin so dont see each other so much, she hates email and loves handwritten letters) now and doing paperwork (shuffling papers around the dining table and getting nowhere). Then off to work.

Got the news on in background. Very upsetting about Thomas cook collapsing. Apparently still taking bookings last night!!! Cloak and dagger up to the last minute. Feel so sorry for everyone affected, especially those who have lost their jobs overnight!!!
 
gennepher said:
Thank you @Krystyna23040

Yes it was a success, but I will make half the quantity next time, and see how that goes.

Thank you for the compliment on my blood sugars. I am working to keep them within range.

I have to say I live on my own, so my day to day life makes it potentially easier, than some people who have spouses and families, to get to this point. It has taken me long enough, but I have got to where I am now.
Click to expand...
@gennepher a really good idea to make a half quantity next time. I do think that you are doing really well to stick to the 20g carbs max. I have to do the same also or my BS rocket.
 
Bubbsie said:
Not necessarily the core problem Debs...we have/are regularly vilified in the press labelled as somehow self deserving of our condition...there has to be some recognition of the good work that can be/ is being done...we're overlooked...scorned...blamed...in some instances ridiculed & patronised that's what we need to stop...the CCG's have far too much control over who deserves what...the useless courses...the failed advice...so much money is wasted on ineffective treatment & advice & those that misuse public funds are rarely called to account for it...we are dismissed by so many HCP's that's what we need to stop.
Click to expand...
You always hit the nail right on the head!
 
gennepher said:
View attachment 35780 Just taken a photo of my thatched swing.
It is heavy wood, comfortable, and massive.
J bought it when I moved here in beginning of 2000's.
It had a beautiful waterproof reed thatch, but the high sea winds wrecked that.
I couldn't remotely afford to repair it professionally, it was in the hundreds...
It had been waterproof underneath, so I covered the wrecked thatch in tarpaulin £6 from Lidl) about 6 years ago, and to make it more beautiful and to give an impression of thatch on top of it, I used that heather screening (about £20) you buy from garden centres.

So, this is my beautiful thatched swing :)
It doubles as an eating place, an office as well (my WiFi is mobile!).
I watch the wildlife.
I watch and identify aeroplanes and helicopters (and private ones), and the airbus almost daily that takes off from the factory near me.
Heaven....

Popeye is asleep on the far end, you can see his white nose.
You may just make out my two red dragons...
My garden is an amazing, magical, mysterious place...
Click to expand...
I have massive thatched swing envy!!! It truly is magical.
 
Fndwheelie said:
I think I forgot to post this morning. Since I get the MiaoMiao readings every 5 minutes I don’t really take a fasting blood sugar reading but at 7am I was 6.7. I think the UTI infection and antibiotics are having their fun with my sugar levels, and my poor stomach. Still working on my Christmas pudding this was it this morning, and as of this evening I have 11 of the 20 brown triangles completed.
Click to expand...
I hope things settle soon for you.

Re the miaomiao, I have the libre and reader. Contemplating the miaomiao. Do you think it is worth it, and how much are they? Any info appreciated thanks.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg at 4:30 am is 6.3

At 1 am when I visited the bathroom I was 5.4 in the night.

It dipped yesterday a tiny bit in the night in the early hours.

This app One Drop, predicting my possible future few hours at any point of time has been accurate or .5 over in the day, or in the early hours at 1 am this morning it was .6 under what I actually was. Otherwise it has been pretty bang on accurate for me. It does say its prediction is an average of what I might be. It gives me future predictions up to 8 hours ahead, so far

So all my readings over a 24 hour period (pre meal, 2 hours post meal, fasting, or others between post meal and the next meal, or between post meal and morning fbg) have all been from 5.4 (in the night) to 6.7 which was a post meal one).

I have never been on this even a keel before with my blood sugars. I am still taking my Metformin, 2 in a morning and one at night.

These results are not achievable unless I take regular vampire pricks on my fingers and check my sugars. And the One Drop app is helping me enormously.

I know I am still in the honeymoon stage with this One Drop app.

Yesterday, I found myself eating to my blood sugars, so if I eat such and such I might bring it down a tiny bit. And it worked for the app’s projected readings, and also in reality.

Today I am going to be eating a bit differently, and see what happens. If my readings go up, then the next meal of a protein meal will bring them back down again.

I have been severely missing milk. Prior diabetes I used to love chocolate milk, and also unpasteurised milk direct from a farm near me.

I do not like almond and soy milk etc.

So last night I was researching some ways I could drink milk (I am assuming just drinking it straight will not help my sugars levels). I do have some low carb chocolate protein powder which I have not tried yet. I also have ground almonds and other pantry stuff. I do have some full fat sterilised milk. I brought some in case when my daughter was here she wanted milk in her tea, but she only drank black coffee. I do have double cream.

So, based on my research last night I will try something with the above.

And with the rest of the sterilised milk in the small bottle, I have enough to try a chia pudding. I have never done that before either.

So experimenting today.

We are promised thunderstorms today. They may or may not materialise. We know how good the Met office predictions are!

I love a dramatic thunderstorm!

Have a good day/Sunday.

Take care.
Click to expand...
Thanks for sharing, really interesting stuff.
 
Krystyna23040 said:
@gennepher a really good idea to make a half quantity next time. I do think that you are doing really well to stick to the 20g carbs max. I have to do the same also or my BS rocket.
Click to expand...

I am still comfortably full this morning from yesterday @Krystyna23040
It is a weird feeling for me . I am not used to it. I am not having my breakfast this morning.

I don't ever feel hungry. This has been with me as long as I can remember.

I agree, over 20 carbs then BS does rocket skywards.
 
Just for info, look what 3 tinned tomatoes did to my bs yesterday. Had with cheese omelette! I was shocked. Love the libre. I would not have captured this without as only tested before eating and 2 hours after.
 

Attachments

  • Screenshot_20190922-141422_LibreLink.jpg
    Screenshot_20190922-141422_LibreLink.jpg
    317.3 KB · Views: 259
geefull said:
good afternoon all :)

was 4.4 this morning

mum's little dog has been with us again overnight, we'll probably be having her overnight every couple of days until she has had her x-ray and gets whatever medication the vet feels she needs ;)
mr gee and I are walking more, but, much more slowly than usual, owing to Suzie's desire to sniff every blade of grass :hilarious: She's eating better and is more lively at least ;)

mr gee is currently out with Suzie whilst I am getting dinner ready to take to mum's, steak casserole today ;), I tried making some low carb shortbread biscuits whilst I had the oven on, general consensus is that they need work :sorry:

Hope your day is treating you kindly :)
Click to expand...

Your fbs are simply the best.
 
good morning all :)

4.3 today

A grey Monday morning so far after the last couple of sunny days. Mr gee didn't sleep very well, he's still suffering from the horrible colds' lingering effects so we contemplate a hopefully quiet day.
I'm going to start changing over my summer wardrobe for my autumn stuff.

@ianpspurs I now have a mental picture of you striding manfully across the fields in that hat ;)
I have newly aquired a ridiculously big sheepskin hat (ready for winter), that mr. gee says makes me look a bit like a lollipop :hilarious:

Hope your day treats you well :)
 
gennepher said:
I said this morning I have had a craving for milk ever since I became diabetic. I used to drink a whole bottle of milk, especially the unpasteurised stuff, which I can get near here. But since I was aware I was diabetic I didn't drink milk any more because of the sugars, which were too much.

My carbs currently are 20 carbs a day, and I do not go over.

So, with using this One Drop app to record my blood glucose and it giving predictions up to 8 hours ahead, I felt confident just now to make a milk+double cream+Greek yoghurt+Low carb protein powder+more cocoa shake. As a complete meal for my lunch/dinner. I have carefully worked out the carbs. I think it is about 9 or 10 carbs. It might be a bit more or a bit less.

My blood glucose readings have been in the 5's this morning and 5.6 just now before I began drinking it.

I put the carbs for the protein shake into the One Drop app, and it suggests over the next 8 hours I will still be in the 5's but reaching a 6 in about 8 hours. I can't quite see it. I think I will go into the 6's quicker than that.

Now excuse me while I drink my drink of heaven. It is absolutely delicious...

If you hear me screaming in a couple of hours then it means my piece of heaven has raised my blood sugars too much...

But in the meantime I am in heaven....
Click to expand...

That app sounds good!!
 
Triggered by the 20 gms carbs exchanges and the libre detail plus deep longing for onions and passata to see me through until next summer I did some research. That was a big mistake. I think I found out that frozen onions have lower carbs than fresh - but 4 different shops have wildly different values, up to double. Passata doesn't vary quite as much but it is significant. Fitting my tastes, dislike of autumn and winter and Julie's IBS/FODMAP needs into something close enough to 20 gms was hard enough already and relied on shaving off tiny margins here and there. Nightmare - which is why I like summer when I can stick to mackerel and avocado salad plus eggs.
 
Last edited:
Debandez said:
I hope things settle soon for you.

Re the miaomiao, I have the libre and reader. Contemplating the miaomiao. Do you think it is worth it, and how much are they? Any info appreciated thanks.
Click to expand...
PRO: I really like the ability to calibrate the results against a finger prick test. (I’m not sure if you NEED the MiaoMiao to do this, there are some 3rd party apps like spike, xdrip, and another I think) I know I couldn’t get the one for iPhone as it needs installing every week by computer which I don’t have access to.
PRO: I don’t need to scan to get numbers. During the day was fine I could scan as often as I liked, but at night I only scanned when awake and I had to guess my number and time by reading the line on the graph.
PRO: I like that it comes through to my Apple Watch automatically. I like my toys.
CON: Now my numbers are good, and I’m not talking insulin is it a bit overkill? I’m not sure how frequently I will use libre sensors soon.
CON: Not cheap MM1 now about £110, new MM2 £140 and your buying from the states so prices fluctuate because of £-$
CON: It does cover the libre sensor so you have a larger device on your arm, found it a bit more obvious when laying on it in bed but I’m used to that now.
CON: You have to keep tomato app running at all times, it drains your phone battery. I had to buy a powerbank for my phone or I couldn’t go out today without charger.
 
⁸
jjraak said:
welcome back @PenguinMum ..:D
hope the hols was a perfect tomic.

sorry the girls are skittish, sure both will settle down once your back around an they settle into there normal routine.



Bg this am..5.4.

an interesting day.

events unfurled in a rather haphazard way today and left me a tad perturbed.

link here explains most of it.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/no-registration-needed-to-view-and-search-forum.168454/

suffice to say, my bad for being so naive..

i simply trusted too much, and in particular the item of my counselling was a matter i agonised over before posting
(glad i want, regret posting about it )
ok posting it up for you guys, not sure i want strangers who just pass by the forum rifling through all my posts and Most definitely DO NOT want those post appearing as a humorous posting on facebook, when i alone should be the arbiter of telling family and friends WHEN i am ready, that i had some mental issues that i needed help with.
(yes, yes i know, i shouldn't feel ashamed or awkward, you are so right but it is how I feel, and isn't that down to me to decide ? )

am currently in the process of going over my old posts and deleting those i feel give too much of me away.
the avatar has gone and i may leave.

it's only to start again under a new avatar or perhaps once my mind settles simply under another name,
but i fail to see how that solves the trust issue i now have with the forum.

On the forum i found hope and kindness,
but on here i also found friendship...so most grateful indeed.

so will not willing throw that way, but i DO need to plan a strategy that resolves this nagging concern with my privacy V the willingness to post openly and honestly.
but if i am honest, i fear the latter will lose.

i will update as i can, for now i am still here, happy bathing in your your own joyous experiences and offering comfort when required..

Love
jj
Click to expand...


I understand how you feel. When you open up it's such a big decision. To be honest I did know but I forget. A bit like being in the big brother house surrounded by cameras. You switch off to them (some more than others!). You have to do what's right for you. A new identity maybe the way to go. Although if you have deleted the significant posts and changed your avatar maybe that's enough. Hugs. Difficult time for you and this hasn't helped.
 
Back
Top