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elizabeth1234

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi ..I'd just like to ask..if your blood sugar number takes 3 hours to come down instead of 2..is that still acceptable?..I am 63 and type 2 ...and only take Metformin once a day .. my Dr lowered my dose as on the blood test which shows a 3 month period ..my average was 5.4
 
elizabeth1234 said:
Hi ..I'd just like to ask..if your blood sugar number takes 3 hours to come down instead of 2..is that still acceptable?..I am 63 and type 2 ...and only take Metformin once a day .. my Dr lowered my dose as on the blood test which shows a 3 month period ..my average was 5.4
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Hello @elizabeth1234, and welcome to the forums.

In answer to your question I am going to ask another, or perhaps a couple.

How often are you testing blood glucose? Do you test immediately before eating, then at 2 hours, then 3 hours after first bite? What is the variance between the pre-prandial (before eating) and post-prandial (after eating) when you measure at two hours and three hours?
With your average of 5.4 over 3 months, and the doctor lowering your dose of Metformin, you probably have no cause for concern. Although you could get tighter control by tweaking your diet. What sort of foods are you eating when you notice the 3 hour timescale for return to lower levels?
 
elizabeth1234 said:
Hi ..I'd just like to ask..if your blood sugar number takes 3 hours to come down instead of 2..is that still acceptable?..I am 63 and type 2 ...and only take Metformin once a day .. my Dr lowered my dose as on the blood test which shows a 3 month period ..my average was 5.4
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Personally I wouldn't be too happy about it, but I suppose it depends what it was I ate, something I really enjoy as an occasional treat I might find acceptable.
Things is though it doesn't matter what others think, it's your body, your diabetes, you get to decide what is acceptable to you.
Your 5.4 average is pretty good so you are obviously doing something right
 
HI @elizabeth1234 you don't say how high your BG goes after eating - is it shooting right up over 2 points eg. 5 to 8, and staying there, or gently up to 6.5 then slowly down to 5 for example?

Science points towards quick high peak spikes and deep lows as being problematic but would give the same HbA1c as someone who only varies between 5 and 6. To me that's the beauty of the Libre. 5.4 is great though!

Obviously different foods will cause different levels and speed of increase/decrease, as well as time of day - if I ate the same meal for breakfast, lunch and tea, I would get very different 'curves', and if I exercise after eating, that curbs or reduces my post-prandial BG too. So many factors to consider other than 'time'.
 
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