Evening @Estragon. Afraid, I don't know the answer. I couldn't halve my own blood glucose in just 3 hours, but type 2 diabetes is a very individual disorder. Perhaps your beta cells are more lively than mine!
Mine does! I try not to go to 12 but have a couple of times after eating carbs over Christmas. It happened twice and each time I was back to 6 within 3 hours. Another time I went to 12 and dropped to 6 within 2 hours, but that was first day of Libre so jury's out whether that was accurate
Did you do a 2nd reading straight away? Sometimes an iffy strip can be the culprit. Or residue of soap or other substances (I am not judging you!) on your about-to-be-perforated digit.
Awww thanks @PenguinMum .
from the wonderful family on here.......Hiyah! I’ll need to research these beta cells.
Indeed on the other hand too.
Well all that’s reassuring, thank you. I’m hoping other T2 reading your and my experience will gain some insight and reassurance too. I did feel very vulnerable when that 12 pinged into view.
Great work! Well done!
Well, you're T2, as I, and I acknowledge that I need to think of Plateaues. Meaning, that once I have achieved a sustainable and maintaining Plateau for a L -O - N - G period, I can then build on that achievement. But, to do this is really hard and disillusioning in the extreme. For me getting down from an 18 when I first started was a grind and had no idea just what I was doing, but fairly quickly I was able to achieve a 50% drop in my HBA1C in three months. Yippee! But in a sense that was always going to mislead me . . . Doing the same attack on my Meds and Foods is fraught with hiccups and, as yesterday showed me a Spike of 12.7, yes, sure this was battered down to a six in short order, and here I stand . . . . So, for me, its about sustainable long plateaus of achievement, and yes, Christmas hasn't helped. But in another sense, it has re-re-reinforced my understanding of myself and the Monster that is T2.
Morning @Welshman1952. Type 2 is a very individual disorder and we're all different, as you know.
P.S. One disappointing reading doesn't matter. A week's worth might, a month's worth will, and a year or more's worth is probably what unknowingly landed most of us in diabetes territory.
Excellent reply!
