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

flonvic said:
Thankyou.I am now officially an oap! How did that happen?
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It sort of creeps up on you without you noticing. Hopefully you are still a young 20 something in your mind so it doesn't matter how many miles you have on the clock. Just enjoy it and take no notice of the years gone by. :)

Oh btw 6.4 this morning.
 
Morning all

I’m taking a holiday from finger stabbing so
Libre said five point seven before getting out of bed. Six point four as I sip my morning tea


Monsooning here and going to walk the grandkids to school.


Have a good day all.
 
5.2 BG libre 3.4
new libre late yesterday decided to wake me up a couple of times. 3.8libre 4.7BG, 3.9libre vs 4.5 BG
after starting it alarm immediately an hour later initital sensor thought 2.8 was 4.7 fingerprick. Think i'm just gonna start ignoring the CGM for the first couple of hours and MAYBE the first night turn off off alarms. I do wonder what the software does with the readings whilst it appears to 'calibrate' over the first couple of days
 
flonvic said:
7.7 today.Too many nuts yesterday! I don't think it is so much the nuts,but the milk chocolate surrounding them!They were a birthday gift,it would have been rude to refuse!!! :happy:
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sure it wasnt the cake or birthday dinner? :D (i usually grab a chinese for mine...) sounds like you had a fun day
 
grantg said:
5.2 BG libre 3.4
new libre late yesterday decided to wake me up a couple of times. 3.8libre 4.7BG, 3.9libre vs 4.5 BG
after starting it alarm immediately an hour later initital sensor thought 2.8 was 4.7 fingerprick. Think i'm just gonna start ignoring the CGM for the first couple of hours and MAYBE the first night turn off off alarms. I do wonder what the software does with the readings whilst it appears to 'calibrate' over the first couple of days
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My Libre always gives low overnight readings anywhere between 2.5-3 mmol./l irrespective of whether newly fitted or not. However it always picks up and rises steadily until midday. irrespective of diet. I don't worry about what is considered "dangerous" overnight lows as I don't take insulin and my body always recovers on its own and I suppose it is just the way my particular diabetes works. On the plus side my finger stabs are always 1.5-2 mmol/l higher than the Libre so those lows are not really so low after all and as you say it is likely a querk of the Libre software.
Probably not a great idea to cancel the alarms permanently in your case if you are taking insulin but agree it wouldn't hurt the first night while the CGM settles in. Sleep well. ;)
 
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