Recent Content by RobPalt

And the answer comes from another web site where folks explain that this is not unusual, blood vessels expand in hot weather/climates and this results in lower BG levels and often causes hypo's in people who are otherwise hyperglycemic. There, so now you know and when you go on holiday to the...

Let me phrase my question slightly differently: I was regarded as having high blood glucose levels (two consecutive readings over 126) hence I went onto a very low carb diet and that was effective in getting the fasting and post prandial numbers under control, the fasting numbers still remained...

At the start of this year I was identified as having higher than normal fasting blood glucose levels, over the next few months and with the help of much daily testing I started on a low carb diet and began to get things under control. Since December my FBG levels would vary between 110 and 130...

I think that inconsistency results from my FBG levels first being high(ish) in early/mid November and my first ever A1C reading dated mid December, the A1C therefore includes four/eight weeks when I was normal whereas the home tests reflect only days when I my levels were high.

Hi everyone, Some Background: I feel very lucky that I caught sight of my increasing blood glucose levels early, my FBG at my November physical was 105 which the doctor ignored, I didn’t and I started testing. In the following six weeks I saw my FBG in the range of 114 to 135 so I went to see...