Hi all. Diagnosed in April 2021, with HbA1C of 67 and put on Metformin, 500 twice per day. With hard (and hungry!) work I got that down to 40 by August 2021. Not had another blood test since then.
I measure my glucose twice a day with a Tee2, mid-afternoon and a couple of hours after dinner. I've pricked my fingers just over 600 times now and record my results religiously. The current overall averages are 6.4 for the afternoon and 6.6 after dinner. Lunch is either not at all or perhaps a small can of mackerel, dinner is more or less carbs free, no potatoes or rice, but I will confess to a mid-afternoon choc digestive or two and sometimes a bar of chocolate after dinner. I couldn't resist a Magnum ice cream the other day when out with my grandson and my evening readings seemed to be unaffected, to my surprise. I have no adverse symptoms.
So I wondered really what everybody thought of my averages, but in particular I was wondering what a non-diabetic could expect their readings to look like when following a reasonably normal diet, which would include chips and rice and bread and so on?
Just wondering!
Alan
I measure my glucose twice a day with a Tee2, mid-afternoon and a couple of hours after dinner. I've pricked my fingers just over 600 times now and record my results religiously. The current overall averages are 6.4 for the afternoon and 6.6 after dinner. Lunch is either not at all or perhaps a small can of mackerel, dinner is more or less carbs free, no potatoes or rice, but I will confess to a mid-afternoon choc digestive or two and sometimes a bar of chocolate after dinner. I couldn't resist a Magnum ice cream the other day when out with my grandson and my evening readings seemed to be unaffected, to my surprise. I have no adverse symptoms.
So I wondered really what everybody thought of my averages, but in particular I was wondering what a non-diabetic could expect their readings to look like when following a reasonably normal diet, which would include chips and rice and bread and so on?
Just wondering!
Alan
