Out for a meal this evening and coincided with my new Libre coming this morning. Took the opportunity to test a few foods - had steak spring rolls to start made from pastry and shared a portion of onion rings with my main. Raise of 2 and peaked at 5.6, pretty pleased with that. Not something I’ll make a habit of but nice reassurance that can have some normalcy when eating out.
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Ronancastled
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Raise of 2 to 5.6 ??? So you were 3.6 before eating ?
Libre read about 0.5mmol/L on me the first few days but either way, great result.
Libre read about 0.5mmol/L on me the first few days but either way, great result.
Yep I was pretty low beforehand. My fasting sugars these days seem to sit between 3-4.5 ish, I seem to have had another spike 3 hours post meal, slightly higher than I’d like but it’s came down again now. Not that I plan on making a habit of it but a tiny bit of reassurance is nice!
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These "spikes" you describe are not very diabetic.
Are you in remission ? What's your history ? Meds ?
Are you in remission ? What's your history ? Meds ?
Diagnosed formally in January this year with HBA1c of 88 at age of 33. Since then I’ve followed essentially a Keto diet (with maybe one day every two months having some form of treat. Nothing huge but maybe a few chips with a meal out or something similar.)
April had pushed HBA1c down to 36 and then down to 32 in September. No meds, just diet controlled with the help of the Libre. Other than a dessert on a weekend away with friends haven’t had a reading over 7 since June. Blood seems to be resting comfortably in the fours a few hours after eating low carb.
April had pushed HBA1c down to 36 and then down to 32 in September. No meds, just diet controlled with the help of the Libre. Other than a dessert on a weekend away with friends haven’t had a reading over 7 since June. Blood seems to be resting comfortably in the fours a few hours after eating low carb.
This sounds very interesting.
Out of curiosity: when you say it peaked at 5.6..was this the number after 2 hours? (and if so what was your BG at the hour from your meal?)
Also, if I may ask, What is your BMI?
I had another little bit of a rise after I posted so at the 2 hour mark it was 6.2. And the one hour mark was around 5.4. I’m overall happy with that if it’s for a treat very occasionally.
My BMI is about 28/29, not entirely sure as can fluctuate a little throughout the month. was 15 stone 8 ish and now around 12 stone 2 on a lighter day.
