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

[nutribolt]

Well, you know how you got this overnight Spike. And within 24 hours you’ll be back in the 5s. I don’t know what I’m doing to be stuck in the low 6s. Sure, I’m grateful from where I was at 18 months ago.

This could be a good thing though as it might mean your liver is dumping stored fat reserves. I observed this low 6s and I was as usual fasting so I was perplexed where is the Blood getting this sugar supply from... turns out liver dump is common and does happen and that's one time getting low 6s or even high 6s is OK and you should not stress over it. Stress will be counterproductive you see as stress is what causes cortisol harmone, the other villain in life of us diabetics, to cause havoc and result in spikes.

So if you are eating all the right things and doing all the right things... relax the numbers will come down shortly and in the meantime let liver detox the body.

 

[ianpspurs]

5.1 from Swipey today - above all averages for 7-90 days but probably not dangerous (yet). @nutribolt you probably know but Libre reads significantly higher just after a shower. @PenguinMum glad Swipey proved useful.

 

[nutribolt]

@nutribolt you probably know but Libre reads significantly higher just after a shower.

Yes that's true. Although that 4.2 was finger prick. by the looks of it shower in general brings up the reading...though it drops fairly quickly too in like 15 minutes...and the spike is nowhere as dramatic as shown by libre ... surprising but I have checked it number of times.

 

[DJC3]

5.4 this morning. Salmon for dinner last night, I should eat fish more often.

 

[ianpspurs]

5.4 this morning. Salmon for dinner last night, I should eat fish more often.

Good fbg, well done Ma'am . Personally, one of the vanishingly few positives about LC is fish (and avo) salad about 4 days a week.

 

[Estragon]

.....relax the numbers will come down shortly and in the meantime let liver detox the body.

Breathe OUT ...... and...... RELAX!

So, this is a known hiccup? Even though I had a 4.1 and 4.4 just last week? Thanks for the reassurance!

 

[nutribolt]

Breathe OUT ...... and...... RELAX!

So, this is a known hiccup? Even though I had a 4.1 and 4.4 just last week? Thanks for the reassurance!

Yep thats how it went for me... all good readings in 4s and 5s and all of a sudden week worth of 6s.

 

[Pipp]

6.1 both yesterday and today.

 

[Mrs T 123]

6.1 for me today - it wiz the salt and chilli chips last night for sure - I know I shouldn't have but I did

 

[hankjam]

5.3
Just weird dreams, probably brought on by the last episode, ever, of Spiral....
or a mix of vine and grain....
Good new walk this afternoon, lovely light in the sky.
Take care in the new week.

 

[Ryhia]

First test 5.8, washed hands again and tested once more 5.2. One of them has to be wrong or is it just the variance of my meter tried - a third time 5.9, - you know what, lets just take the first out of the box. It's a 5.8 for me!

 

[Andydragon]

5.0 today

 

[Estragon]

5.6 - Well, that’s a nice surprise!

 

[ianpspurs]

@Estragon Mine was 4.9 on Swipey so high, wide and not at all handsome but surely a rudimentary form of management/control rather than uncontrolled progression? I just need to manage the collateral damage better.

 

[Estragon]

@Estragon

Hey Guy, thanks for the heart-felt acknowledgment!

 

[karen8967]

5.4 for me

 

[Ymdawd]

5.8 this morning.

 

[ziggy_w]

Good morning all.

4.6 for me today.

 

[philchap1]

5.9 for me

 

[ert]

Yesterday 3.9. Today 5.9