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Morning Sugar Levels

Robcameron

Robcameron

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Location
aberdeenshire
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi all,

I need some advice, please

Ok, so the image attached is my blood sugar levels for today so far. As you can see there always in the RED. This is because I have to switch to a keto diet and basically watched what I'm eating. My concern is the numbers don't seem to go much higher than 4.0mmol/L

Should I be worried...???
Should I take a sugary drink or some chocolate etc..???
Should I take my morning tablet of " Janumet 50mg " - ( I have then this morning..don't worry ) that might be a silly question.!!!...???
When my numbers stay like this throughout the day. I'm reducing the amount of insulin in the evening by a few units. Is this the correct thing to do...???
Should I have three meals a day instead of 2 meals (12 pm & 5pm )..??
Shoul I lower my " Target glucose range "..???

Thanks all
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You're going too low because of the Janumet. You don't want that to happen, hypo's can be godawful and dangerous! (You CAN NOT DRIVE if you're this low!!!!! You might become confused behind the wheel, and you won't be insured if you're driving while you know you're low.) Ask your doctor whether you can stop taking it because your diet is taking care of your blood glucose. Taking sugar or something to accommodate medication when you can go without just fine is a bit ridiculous. I was on a similar drug and my endo didn't even know I could hypo on that, she kept telling me I couldn't "because I was a type 2"... My meter, the gliclazide leaflet and my combative responses to the lows said something different! Be careful!

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If you are using a freestyle libre, any reading under 4 is suspect. Always follow up with a fingerprick.
 
You're on insulin and Janumet. This means hypo's can be dangerous!
Please contact your HCP about those hypo's, either your medication or your diet needs adjusting. We're not allowed to give advise on dosing but please take hypo's seriously.

If your Libre reads fairly accurate you've been spending quite some time below 3 today, dangerously close to the point where you could just keel over and become unconscious. Imagine that happening while driving, at the top of the stairs or while frying a steak.

Robcameron said:
Should I take a sugary drink or some chocolate etc..???
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Yes, when you are hypo you need to act to get out of it again. By all means recheck with a fingerprick to confirm, but don't go on doing what you were doing when this low before bringing your bg up.
 
Antje77 said:
You're on insulin and Janumet. This means hypo's can be dangerous!
Please contact your HCP about those hypo's, either your medication or your diet needs adjusting. We're not allowed to give advise on dosing but please take hypo's seriously.

If your Libre reads fairly accurate you've been spending quite some time below 3 today, dangerously close to the point where you could just keel over and become unconscious. Imagine that happening while driving, at the top of the stairs or while frying a steak.


Yes, when you are hypo you need to act to get out of it again. By all means recheck with a fingerprick to confirm, but don't go on doing what you were doing when this low before bringing your bg up.
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Thanks for your advice and I will contact my HCP on Monday morning and in the meantime ensure that it stays in the correct zone.

Thanks
 
I just checked my freestyle. In the last 90 days I have had 79 low glucose events. Out of those 2 were confirmed hypos. I have just accepted that this is the way I am. It's always overnight, early morning. I no longer go into a panic, but it's too dangerous not to test.
 
xfieldok said:
I just checked my freestyle. In the last 90 days I have had 79 low glucose events. Out of those 2 were confirmed hypos. I have just accepted that this is the way I am. It's always overnight, early morning. I no longer go into a panic, but it's too dangerous not to test.
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Big difference is that @Robcameron is on insulin and you are on Metformin, if your profile information is correct, and Rob has changed his diet very recently. On metformin your liver is likely to save you from going way too low, on insulin you can just pass out, especially if you don't feel your hypo's.

Robcameron's Libre said he was well in the 2's. Without a fingerprick to show anything different I think it's best to assume he was going that low.
 
xfieldok said:
I just checked my freestyle. In the last 90 days I have had 79 low glucose events. Out of those 2 were confirmed hypos. I have just accepted that this is the way I am. It's always overnight, early morning. I no longer go into a panic, but it's too dangerous not to test.
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Some Libres tend to overread while others under-read for their fortnight lifespan. I always calibrate in xDrip but I will follow the Libre and keep it in the green too, even if I have to run my blood sugars higher some fortnights. It keeps my consultant happy and I feel safer, otherwise, I'm wondering, 'what if within the error in the glucose testing strip, I'm actually really low?'
 
All my libres show similar readings.
I am currently reducing steroids and insulin accordingly. So far the pattern remains the same. Not wishing to derail the thread, my point is that always check the libre with fingerprick before reaching for the jelly babies. My 2.6 was 4.2. I waited 10 minutes and checked again and was fine.
 
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