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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hayling Billy" data-source="post: 597225" data-attributes="member: 119935">Hello All. I am Type 2 and have been for five years. I take four metformin a day and do a lot of exercise and try to eat healthily. my problem is of late the range of readings I have had when self-testing. I had been a good boy last year and got an overall reading of 6 from the diabetic nurse, who was most pleased. It went up to 8 this time so I have gone on a strict low-carb, low fat diet and will try to step up the exercise and eat more regularly in small amounts ( I am a natural binger). My nurse suggested I do a blitz on monitoring my blood sugar level for a week, and it has been all over the place. I know what it should be at what times etc, but with me it has been the varying readings given at the same time when I have used alternative sites for lancing. I hate doing the fingertip as I  find it really hurts even at the lowest setting on the lancet, and usually use my forearm. I know about using the pad of the palm and earlier today did three tests at the same time, using the three areas, The one on my forearm gave 3.9, the one on my palm gave 5.6, and the one on the fingertip gave 6.4!  And this within a three minute periodI know about the one on the forearm giving you a reading as to what you  sugar level was  25 minutes before the one on the fingertip, but I cannot believe that my levels went up from 3.9 to 6.4 in a  25 minute period when I had had no intake and was swimming. Any comments gratefully accepted.</blockquote>

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