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I've had a look online as it does seem like prescribing at something like 130/80 wouldn't be the first recommendation for many doctors. The British Heart Foundation calls 130/85 to 139/89 "high-normal or slightly raised" and it's only 140/90 and above the class as "high". This is from their...

7.5 at 8:30 (6.8 on the Dexcom)

7.5 at 8:30 (6.8 on the Dexcom)

I have a home BP monitor and currently check it in the morning and in the afternoon each weekday, at the same time as I check my blood sugar. It's definitely trending downwards. This is a graph of the results from the last couple of months (from what I've recorded on the my diabetes my way...

Since I fitted the Dexcom on Thursday my finger prick tests have average 6.4 while the Dexcom has averaged 6.6 (that's using what it was showing at the same time as I did the test, rather than the average it had recorded). That's not too bad on average, although the readings themselves have...

7.4 This morning (6.3 on the Dexcom). My wife and I did some hiking over the weekend and cooked lunch during that, using a couple of freeze dried expedition meals that needed used up as they were close to expiry. As those had something like 90g of carbs each I'm not surprised that my blood...

7.4 This morning (6.3 on the Dexcom). My wife and I did some hiking over the weekend and cooked lunch during that, using a couple of freeze dried expedition meals that needed used up as they were closer to expiry. As those had something like 90g of carbs each I'm not surprised that my blood...

7.4 from a finger prick test, 6.3 on the Dexcom.

I've just been down to the pharmacy to pick up my metformin and statin prescription and noticed there was a message from the doctor along with that: - to arrange a blood test in June (already done, although for early July as that was closer to 3 months since the last test) - a recommendation...

6.7 at 10:00 this morning, 6.3 on the Dexcom. Not too bad considering it was another takeaway last night.

6.7 at 10:00 this morning, 6.3 on the Dexcom. Salad and cold meat for lunch, followed by greek yoghurt and berries. Fish and chips for dinner as we were puppy watching our daughters very lively 10 month old Labrador puppy (although we in this case mostly meant our own dog Obi). 6.5km walk with...

6.7 at 10:00 this morning, 6.3 on the Dexcom. Not too bad considering it was another takeaway last night.

6.7 at 10:00 this morning, 6.3 on the Dexcom. Not too bad considering it was another takeaway last night.

6.8 this morning (7.0 on the Dexcom). Will be interesting to see if that means the calibrations I've done have helped the Dexcom to be a bit more accurate, or if that's just a co-incidence! I wasn't expecting my readings to be great this morning given I'd treated myself to veggie pakora...

6.8 at 10:00 this morning (7.0 on the Dexcom). Not too bad considering I treated myself to veggie pakora then fish & chips last night.