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

Outlier said:
I was so furious with the hospital Drs, my own GP and the diabetic nursie that it fuelled my determination like nothing else! Channel your yah boo sucks - it's a weapon!
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Yeah, I think you are right, it’s my own health here not hers. I even presented her with a few situations where it’s a good idea to know where you are so you know how to move forward, and she didn’t have much to say but change the subject. I said I disagreed on that and would respectfully disregard her opinion and how much it filled me with confidence about the other stuff she told me about and would need to research the medication she also recommended. Ah well, I suppose we are always on our own with that anyway.

i know what I need to do, I used to eat low carb and went back to prediabetes for a few years, but slipped up. I also stopped testing before because I had other financial priorities but I guess I’m no good to anyone Ill, so it’s bumped up the list.

I’ve done it before, just hopefully I’ve not done too much damage in the process of 6 months, now funnily I’ve tested by bgs and funnily enough I can ignore eating something I shouldn’t but I can’t ignore the data/numbers. Shrug.
 
@ravensmitten I found it so patronising of the medics, to say don’t bother your little head about testing, when it’s patently obvious you can’t improve the situation without knowing what’s going on in your body. I only test now once a day in the morning, FBG gives me a useful metric as to how I’m doing. Although at the moment I have a Libre because I’m on holiday and it’s simpler.
 
FBG of 6.4 this morning. Again no dawn rise but it’s been high all night, I feel rubbish & think I ate something dodgy (mussels ) or possibly coming down with an infection. My resting heart rate & temperature are raised, according to my Oura ring. Had no dinner last night so it’s not diet related. Hope it clears up soon, I’ve got some serious tourist stuff on.
 
Ladynijo said:
@ravensmitten I found it so patronising of the medics, to say don’t bother your little head about testing, when it’s patently obvious you can’t improve the situation without knowing what’s going on in your body. I only test now once a day in the morning, FBG gives me a useful metric as to how I’m doing. Although at the moment I have a Libre because I’m on holiday and it’s simpler.
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Thank you! A useful metric is exactly it, isn't it.

That was my point, it's a helpful thing. Look on any map, - I want to go here, what's the next step, oh yeah, where am I currently.

Seems sensible.

I'm skeptical by nature and to avoid quackery I generally start with not knowing, erring on the side that favours humility, science and medicine, and being forever curious.

Then when speaking to a person who 'should' by definition be all of those you get such a staunch position with nothing to back it up (I did ask on what grounds) but there you go, I say 'should' because we don't live in an ideal world, and whose ideal would it be anyway. We are all human with our beliefs and opinions, which we are entitled to, even if they might be baseless or based on shaky grounds.

Does make me wonder if there would be a better success rate and cheaper in the long term if people were given guidance or the provisions to self check if they aren't able to fund that themselves.

Anyway won't take this too far off course, and realise it's really on me to take control of my own life and not apportion blame, I'll post in the morning again with my FBG :0)
 
ravensmitten said:
15.5 :/

Started medication last week as hb was 66 this time around. Was a bit Suprised. Couldn't afford to test for a while anyway and hard to motivate myself (yeah I know) without some kind of gauge. doctor argued implicitly not to test my blood sugars as she said it’s pointless for people with t2dm lol.

15.5 is madness, been like it all day

Guess that is the kick up the **** I needed to start looking after myself again, so ya boo sucks to that doctor.
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Hello @ravensmitten and welcome to this FBG thread. We're pleased you could join us once again. It will be good to see you back aboard the LC wagon.

Logging my FBG levels here, it must be said, helps to keep me motivated, especially when readings drift upwards due factors beyond our control like infection or injury.
 
LivingLightly said:
Hello @ravensmitten and welcome to this FBG thread. We're pleased you could join us once again. It will be good to see you back aboard the LC wagon.

Logging my FBG levels here, it must be said, helps to keep me motivated, especially when readings drift upwards due factors beyond our control like infection or injury.
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Thank you so much for the welcome back

Agree to that, it’s very motivating for me too.

Talking about infection or injury, I’m fighting off, and hopefully winning, a virus my daughter seems to have gotten. Seems like a rotten winter cough and cold, and my backs been shot for a bit which probably not helping my bg, I forget that stuff can have an impact, thanks.

This morning was 8.3, not great but not 15.5 as it was yesterday so it’s the right direction.
 
NewdestinyX said:
Hello mates,
At a couple of the other forums I've frequented there was a thread like this one where we all sorta checked in each day, with our first cup of coffee or tea, and reported our fasting or waking blood glucose level and some short comment about whether we're ok with it or if not - why not?...

It worked well as a sort of 'first thread to check' each morning and post to.

I'll start.

This morning was a 5.6mmol for me. That's about normal for me

What about you?
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This morning Dec 21st it was 7.6 which I'm over the moon with as it's nearly a month off Diapaglozin Forxiga and only on Ozempic once a week. Hoping thst when I speak to Diabetic Nurse Jan 5th I can stay off pills. Have to see what HBA1C shows n cholesterol I guess. But I'm also losing weight so plus all around yayyy how's everyone else doing?
 
Tangent66 said:
This morning Dec 21st it was 7.6 which I'm over the moon with as it's nearly a month off Diapaglozin Forxiga and only on Ozempic once a week. Hoping thst when I speak to Diabetic Nurse Jan 5th I can stay off pills. Have to see what HBA1C shows n cholesterol I guess. But I'm also losing weight so plus all around yayyy how's everyone else doing?
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Hello @Tangent66 and welcome back to this FBG thread. We're pleased you could join us once again.

Unfortunately, the body adapts to the continued presence of a drug and IME switching to an alternative medication or dropping one altogether, as you have, seldom proceeds smoothly at first. It sounds as though you're doing really well after stopping dapagliflozin just a month ago.
 
LivingLightly said:
Hello @Tangent66 and welcome back to this FBG thread. We're pleased you could join us once again.

Unfortunately, the body adapts to the continued presence of a drug and IME switching to an alternative medication or dropping one altogether, as you have, seldom proceeds smoothly at first. It sounds as though you're doing really well after stopping dapagliflozin just a month ago.
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Thankyou so much. I've been really strict with myself diet wise as I'd prefer to not take meds. I'm not sure I will ever get to 5's but aiming to get more exercise lose mire weight so never say never.
 
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