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Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

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alliebee said:
Hi I've opened a new pot so not the strips. I have keytones anyway from my v low carb diet ..so that's not much help...weierdly I feel fine...its a mystery. Someone must have dumped 4 spoons of sugar in my tea. But I think I would have noticed! Lol. Thanks everyone for your concern
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Is the new pot a second new pot, or do you mean the readings were from a new pot? (Sorry for the pedantry.) Do you have any strips from a different batch (number on the box)? Or, do you have another meter you have a few strips for? I must admit, I have a non-Codefree meter I keep for these sort of instances. I know the readings would be highly unlikely to absolutely match, but it's maybe a sense check potential.
 
pavlosn said:
@alliebee
You are on Forgazia as I recall and this works by eliminating sugar through the kidneys.

Could it be early sign of urinary truck infection and you are not symptomatic yet other than the elevated sugars.

A complete guess but thought I would mention it, as something to have in mind.

Pavlos
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You could be right no fever or even an elevated temp? Tested urine and no nitrates. ( I'm well stocked lol). Thankyou though
 
AndBreathe said:
Is the new pot a second new pot, or do you mean the readings were from a new pot? (Sorry for the pedantry.) Do you have any strips from a different batch (number on the box)? Or, do you have another meter you have a few strips for? I must admit, I have a non-Codefree meter I keep for these sort of instances. I know the readings would be highly unlikely to absolutely match, but it's maybe a sense check potential.
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Checked on 2 meters and 3 brand new pots of strips.....
 
Without understanding what's happening, I would (personally) be wary of taking insulin. It feels like, if you feel OK, and have enough strips to keep testing, a few hours, or even a day in the teens isn't going to be toooooo harmful.

I'd ask you to really carefully monitor if you have taken 10u.
 
alliebee said:
You could be right no fever or even an elevated temp? Tested urine and no nitrates. ( I'm well stocked lol). Thankyou though
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Should have known better than to try and diagnose a nurse from half way round the planet. What was I thinking!
 
AndBreathe said:
Without understanding what's happening, I would (personally) be wary of taking insulin. It feels like, if you feel OK, and have enough strips to keep testing, a few hours, or even a day in the teens isn't going to be toooooo harmful.

I'd ask you to really carefully monitor if you have taken 10u.
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Thankyou. I'll monitor really carefully all day. Probably be hypo later. Meh. Just wish I knew what it was? I'm only taking the one dose. If it rises later I'll get myself off to get checked out...
 
alliebee said:
Opened 3 pots so its pretty accurate. Its so strange?
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More scary than strange. Hope you're OK - the insulin will sort it out. What on earth could cause that dramatic rise? Be careful monitoring now you've taken the insulin - wouldn't want you to dramatically drop into hypo territory.

Take care.
 
A nice flat-lining 4.0 for me today.

For the first time today, I didn't particularly enjoy my breakfast yoghurt this morning. It was OK; just not up to the usual standard. This batch had gone a bit grainy, so I'm planning a whole new start when I make some more later. I'll use a new starter, in an effort to get back to me smooth deliciousness.

Hey ho.
 
nomistheman said:
More scary than strange. Hope you're OK - the insulin will sort it out. What on earth could cause that dramatic rise? Be careful monitoring now you've taken the insulin - wouldn't want you to dramatically drop into hypo territory.

Take care.
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Thankyou. Dr says it national bank holiday for my beta cells. Apparently it can happen sometimes..my food intake over past few days has been great too. No more that 45g of carbs a day....
 
A very nice 4.8 at bedtime (tested twice to confirm)
5.3 at 2am
5.6 this morning. Better than my previous 6.2 but I started low and it was a massive overnight rise for me. Probably my liver objecting to the 4.8.
 
Well that was my fasting. 2 hours later was 15 :(....its starting to come down after I took some novorapid insulin I had left over from when I was on it before...if it rises again once this has stopped working I shall present myself to my Gp
 
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