SaskiaKC
Expert
- Messages
- 6,308
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
That's the song my two Labradors sing when I am eating.I think Sting has a dog --
@jjraak sorry for the difficult journey yesterday such is London I guess but good result so all not lost. Btw jj loved the pic of Marley in front of your fridge...that face says it all, what a character!
The CGM and eating to the meter way baffles me slightly what with me being rather dim but I am very interested in buying and using one. Are you saying the Libre helps with Rumsfeld's infamous known unknowns? How does one deal with the smart meter problem - the times when the meter shows what is happening but there is no practical solution? You have made me think hard about just what I would be prepared to eat for tighter control. If a Libre suggested, for example, cream in tea or more red meat would somehow give better control I would have a dilemma- really not sure how I would deal with evidence that wine would help . Thanks for making me reflect on some problems should I go down the Libre route.Been awake since 0325 and finally gave into my overactive chimp and got out of my cozy nest.
The wonder wheel of dark o’clock rising to the drum beats of rain by the kitchen velux ensemble registered a 5.3 just now - a bit higher than the 4.6 when I first awoke.
Interesting observations @gennepher. I do eat to my meter and find that if my fasting reading is a bit high then a small snack of something like a bit of cheese helps to calm it down. I usually don’t eat though until about 12 noon and later if I’m not hungry. Dinner is best for me at about 1800 and maybe then a couple of home made flax crackers with cheese spread later on if I get peckish.
It is eating to my meter that persuaded me to go with the libre system - I too am self funding and although the libre system is quite expensive I do think, for me, it works very well.
Have a great day if you can, koffy calls - how decadent.
From your experience how do you think the patches would hold up to my Mountain Biking Activity? I do this activity in an aerobic manner, throwing myself down rocky trails, jumps and all quite quickly so a lot of twisting and turning of upper body and core and of course perspiring heavily and getting very muddy and wet at this time of year.It is eating to my meter that persuaded me to go with the libre system - I too am self funding and although the libre system is quite expensive I do think, for me, it works very well.
Just done the maths on your weight loss since April - amazing. In light of that and the fall in A1c might it be prudent to see how say 2 more A1cs work out for you? Seems to me all your work so far is highly likely to be reflected in those numbers at which stage Libre could be reconsidered.From your experience how do you think the patches would hold up to my Mountain Biking Activity? I do this activity in an aerobic manner, throwing myself down rocky trails, jumps and all quite quickly so a lot of twisting and turning of upper body and core and of course perspiring heavily and getting very muddy and wet at this time of year.
I have looked at them seriously and thought I would probably average using 2.5 patches a month and its that expense that is holding me back, any advise from your experience and anyone else's much appreciated.
That sounds a good plan, thank you I had not considered that as an option.Just done the maths on your weight loss since April - amazing. In light of that and the fall in A1c might it be prudent to see how say 2 more A1cs work out for you? Seems to me all your work so far is highly likely to be reflected in those numbers at which stage Libre could be reconsidered.
You are doing brilliantly. The testing is the only way we can find out what really works for us - as you have so clearly shown by getting your numbers down into the 5s during the night. It is a huge achievement as your numbers were so high before.It seems to be important for me, to have something tiny to eat the moment I wake up or else my blood sugar rises and keeps on rising after I awake. The other thing is a good length of time of no food not even a snack or a bite in between eating. And the final thing appears to be, in order to get in the 5’s in the night is having some food (my final meal, whether tiny or larger) around 4 to 5 pm. Obviously this depends on my day or what I am doing that day. But if I eat any later than that my blood sugar rises during the night.
All this experimentation (if you like to call it that) is only possible by extensive blood sugar testing during the day and night. Since I self-fund my own glucose meter and strips and lancets, it is expensive. But it is vitally necessary in order for me to get this diabetes type2 under some form of control.
Very interesting - I have found exactly the same. 15 hours works really well but anything over that results in higher numbers all day.I am still learning such a lot and still baffled by much of what my pet Dracula tells me. At the moment I find long fasts raise my readings
The CGM and eating to the meter way baffles me slightly what with me being rather dim but I am very interested in buying and using one. Are you saying the Libre helps with Rumsfeld's infamous known unknowns? How does one deal with the smart meter problem - the times when the meter shows what is happening but there is no practical solution? You have made me think hard about just what I would be prepared to eat for tighter control. If a Libre suggested, for example, cream in tea or more red meat would somehow give better control I would have a dilemma- really not sure how I would deal with evidence that wine would help . Thanks for making me reflect on some problems should I go down the Libre route.