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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 1561398" data-attributes="member: 429870"><p>Currently I am doing my first test of the day fasting but just before breaakfast, so maybe 2 hours after getting up. I presume this has allowed the dawn phenomenon to wear off by the time I test, so I am getting a lower figure, but my main rreason is that with my Raynauds it is just too hard to get blood from my fingers straight after being inactive in bed. There is a principle that one should not do tests if the results, whatever they may be,  will lead to no change in our actions. I am not clear if there are any actions I can do to prevent the dawn phenomenon, or even if that is desirable, so why do a test that may be skewed by it? On the other hand, since the dawn phenomenon is supposed to happen around 4am, maybe getting up earlier and using all that bg as intended rather than lying in as I often do til 8-9 might be a good idea?</p></blockquote><p></p>

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