Nuthead
Well-Known Member
7.4 this morning.
5.7 last night
5.7 last night
5.3 which I liked after a few small indiscretions last night.
I don't understand that BT - if you're bs levels are at non diabetic levels for 8-12 hours out of every 24 hours then it's hard to see why your hba1c is in the diabetic range.
Unless you have very high levels in daylight hours?
@Sable_Jan
My general understanding is that bs levels drop during the night as we are not taking on board any energy (food).
I get the Liver dump thing aka Dawn phenomenon which happens when our bs gets too low.
Presumably this could happen at 2am, for example, depending on what happened in the preceding 12 hours?
Could readings go up and down in the night? I would have thought for that to happen you would have to have more than one liver dump throughout the night?
I don't know if that is possible or not possible tbh.- in type 2's at least.
If @pavlosn or anyone else can explain I would be grateful.
I believe that there are low carb 'indiscretions' that cancel out the high carb ones. Unfortunately mine were all the high carb variety.Now you tell me that a few indiscretions are high carb!!! I shall just keep it to one indiscreetion in the future, or test with my meter.
No I haven't.
If people do get variations are they within meter error ranges?
Again, I don't know the answer.
Well, I am going to give it a go, it's assistant case worker at a homeless hostel, it's relief/bank post so while I am on my out-of-season "break" from the holiday centre it's ok, and, I should be able to do it alongside the holiday centre too. I actually also have another interview on Thursday for reception/administration that would be a temporary contract until March.......another option !
Have you tried night time testing? I know @AndBreathe has, at I think half hourly intervals.
I only test if I need a bathroom visit and my bedtime level was unusual, so not very often. I'm too sleepy.
It isn't in the diabetic range. My HbA1c is 43 as per my signature. My pre-meal levels are always in the 5's with some 4's. My post meal spikes are rarely above 1.5mmol/l with just an odd exception. So I agree, it is hard to understand my HbA1c. Clearly some undetected rises somewhere, but I'm happy and it does keep coming down every 3 months.![]()
Nothing wrong with 6,1 and 6,2 especially if you are fighting a virus. In fact if any of those are post prandial then they are excellent. Just get yourself better and don't worry about one day's readings being slightly elevated from your normal levels. It's the big picture that counts.Did 3 readings all day and all were 6.1 or 6.2
Is my meter ok i dont know
Still down with bad throat and cold
Feel really disheartened seeing 6 as i was in 5s and 4s
@bluetit1802
Have you tested beyond two hours post prandial at all in case there are hidden peaks beyond this point you are not capturing?
Faulty meter?
Anaemia?
Needing to test later than 2 hours?
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/A1CTest/#12