I am not a diabetic as far as I know- but I am worried about developing it. I am 37, fairly active- but overweight- typical rugby player build! I have had Atrial fibrillation for 5 years and had an ablation 6 months ago, and 3 weeks ago my 6 day old son died- bit of a rough time! So at the moment I feel rough, anxious which makes me feel shaky sometimes.
I have a glucose monitor and have been monitoring my blood. Each morning on waking it is usually in the high 5s or low 6s. This is often more than when I go to bed! If I dont have breakfast and test it an hour later it is down to low 5s. If I skip breakfast (which I usually do - naughty!) before lunch it is high 4s and then two hours after lunch returns to about the same reading- same with dinner, but depends on what I have eaten, sometimes high 5s again. The fact it goes back to what it was makes me think I am OK- but why is it 'high' on waking? I have asked Drs but they don't really know- they say on waking sometimes the body releases glucose to help you get up.
I had a tolerance test 2 years ago which was fine, and I guess everytime I am in hosp (like for the ablation) they do a random blood glucose- which has never been mentioned as high.
I am probably paranoid due to recent bad events happening- but does this borderline high reading on waking mean anything?
Grateful for any help you can offer.....
I have a glucose monitor and have been monitoring my blood. Each morning on waking it is usually in the high 5s or low 6s. This is often more than when I go to bed! If I dont have breakfast and test it an hour later it is down to low 5s. If I skip breakfast (which I usually do - naughty!) before lunch it is high 4s and then two hours after lunch returns to about the same reading- same with dinner, but depends on what I have eaten, sometimes high 5s again. The fact it goes back to what it was makes me think I am OK- but why is it 'high' on waking? I have asked Drs but they don't really know- they say on waking sometimes the body releases glucose to help you get up.
I had a tolerance test 2 years ago which was fine, and I guess everytime I am in hosp (like for the ablation) they do a random blood glucose- which has never been mentioned as high.
I am probably paranoid due to recent bad events happening- but does this borderline high reading on waking mean anything?
Grateful for any help you can offer.....
