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Type 2 Baffled !

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frametent

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Location
Walsall
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
I don't understand diabetes ! I have been on insulin for 18 months having been diagnosed with T2.
I inject twice a day and check my BS levels twice a day and for the past 2 weeks my blood sugar levels have been 5, 6 or 7. Before I went out this morning I had no sugar or carbs, just eggs for breakfast, and after having a 5 mile walk I checked my blood sugar level and was extremely surprised to find that it was 10.9 I just can't understand what is going on !
 
Did you retest to make sure it wasn't an errant reading?
Last week I got an 8.8 which was very unexpected.. tested a second time 5.1... much more like it.
 
It sounds like your liver is kicking out glucose in response to the exercise. This is the body's way of making sure it has enough fuel and that blood sugar levels do not go too low. It is frustrating. Check your levels again after an hour or two and see if you have dropped into more acceptable levels. Sometimes exercise can boost you and then have a delayed drop.
 
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