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

Outlier said:
If we scratch the surface, many people who don't have diabetes have other health problems that don't show or of which they are as unaware as I once was of my T2. They may be able to eat whatever they want and in whatever quantities but......after a certain life stage, almost all of us get health problems of one sort or another. Some of these are a great deal harder to manage than diabetes. But yeah - I absolutely get where you are coming from, and sometimes it is made unnecessarily difficult for us, where a little empathy or, failing that, consideration, would go a mighty long way.
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Yes indeed, we all have certain health issues. Obviously we all are different, I personally don’t envy anyone, and do my best and just keep going. Good luck to everyone.
 
5.3 this morning and CGM runs out in 3 hours. Wont be posting results now until next year but will be trying to do sneaky finger pricking morning , noon and night for my own benefit and checks despite pressure from family to "come back into the fold" and "just eat normal or whatever you want as it's Christmas." Not really the best advice in the grand scheme of things.

Have a great Christmas and New Year whatever you are up to and I look forward to returning here next year.
 
DEBBIESCOTT said:
Only you
does he have a head torch so he can see what’s he’s doing?
He can’t be that busy he has to start that early surely
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No Debbie he as no head torch! He wears glasses I know that lol I am surprised he would be covered by insurance also. I refrained by shouting out my bedroom window, my husband said I was very disciplined!
 
6.8 this morning, have a shed load of stress going on but nothing to do with Christmas. I just feel I am standing still and everything around me is a tornado. Everything is falling apart. Sugars have been in the 8s, wonder why :banghead:
 
Andy2 said:
I have seen a couple of post about the morning blood glucose. I just wanted to know why it was importante that we do a check first this; before coffee, before a shower, before one actually gets dressed!!?? Just dont understand why!
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Best to do before anything apart from washing your hands .
 
Andy2 said:
I have seen a couple of post about the morning blood glucose. I just wanted to know why it was importante that we do a check first this; before coffee, before a shower, before one actually gets dressed!!?? Just dont understand why!
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For me morning readings are a snap shot into how I’m doing.

After 8/9 years it’s become a regular way to start my day and keep me mindful of where I am healthwise
 
Andy2 said:
I have seen a couple of post about the morning blood glucose. I just wanted to know why it was importante that we do a check first this; before coffee, before a shower, before one actually gets dressed!!?? Just dont understand why!
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Best time to test morning blood sugars is when you first wake up. Coffee can raise blood sugars, any activity can trigger a liver's glucose dump in the morning, so yeah... Best would be before getting up, as the moment there's "feet-on-the-ground", your liver often starts helping you to get your day going, by adding in some energy through glucose... Which you might not actually want it to do, but it's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so to speak.

Why is it important? Depends. Is it? If you're starting out you might want to check every now and again, rather than every morning. Fasting blood sugars are the last to come down, so after a while it can tell you whether your over all blood glucose is doing alright. If you're always high, your liver thinks that that is normal and where you should be, so it gives off more glucose than you might want it to. If that eases off some, your stores might be getting depleted, which is exactly what you want. But again, that can take a while and every day testing'd be a bit useless, unless you're checking for other reasons as well.

So, why I'm doing it? I'm 8 years into diabetes and I was just re-diagnosed with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. It was gone for a few years, but it's come back, which I found to be rather devastating to hear. The glucose stored in the liver? They're in the fat deposits. And I want them gone, because I'm in pain, not sleeping, absolutely knackered and generally, not healthy because of it all, so I'm looking at what my liver is doing in the morning, mainly by checking my blood sugars. I can't do a liver function test ever morning without a lab in my home, but I can certainly see what it's shedding by checking what's going on with my blood sugars. Not so much to do with wanting to know what my bs are doing, but how my liver is holding up.

But that's just my reason to do it for a little while. Others might just want to keep an eye on things, and hey, it's also an early detection method for a flu or reaction to a bad night or... It can give you information, if you know what to look for. But the most telling for diabetes, to me, is still the testing around the meals. For my liver and whether what I'm doing now, diet wise, is helping it, the fasting test is useful.

So it is by no means mandatory, just... If it's something you want to know, and test properly, test before you get into activities or food/drink. Not like I did today, half an hour after breakfast. ;)
 
An academic 5.3 this morning- this after much food and whisky with friends last night.

Interesting article in the guardian this morning about an early warning system for type 2
However I wonder if they will just recommend more medical intervention adding more pressure on nhs funding .
 
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