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    confused re high early morning readings

    Diabetes is a complex condition and with type 2 you are dealing with insulin resistance. Not eating breakfast could worsen this. [Moderator edit in alignment with forum rule.]
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    confused re high early morning readings

    Hello, I've had type 1 for over 20yrs. What I would say is that not eating breakfast may be working against you, as the lack of food after a night of fasting causes the body to release cortisol, which will result in elevations to blood sugar levels. Hope you are able to find a resolution. (mod...
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    Negative Coeliac Results

    PS just re-read and saw you've already had negative coeliac test results. Again, depends if you had eliminated gluten already or whether you've been consuming it regularly. And a negative result doesn't mean that you don't have a sensitivity to gluten, it may not agree with you. Try eliminating...
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    Negative Coeliac Results

    Sorry to hear you are struggling. Just to let you know the coeliac test is only reliable if you have been consistently and regularly consuming gluten (i.e. if you've been avoiding it recently or generally the results may not be accurate). Hopefully, you'll get the test as its good to know - a...
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    COVID vaccine and extremely high blood sugars

    I likewise had elevated blood sugars - they started spiking within a few hours and I sadly didn't realise it was the vaccine until the following day. I increased my background by 40% and it lasted about 6 days. I was asked by the GP to report this: coronavirus-yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk It would...
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    COVID vaccine and extremely high blood sugars

    Yea, I've had the Astra/ Oxford yesterday morning. Just didn't consider or pre-empt needing to input sick day rules, and sure enough my sugars were shooting up within a few hours. I was also high overnight but was pretty whacked out. Would have been useful to have had a heads up from those...