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BG rise surprise on waking?

JudiP

Active Member
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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Yes, you should test immediately on getting up. Taking a shower or any other activity will make your BG go up.
I’m surprised that activity will cause the bg to go up. I would have thought that activity would lower it. That said, it has often surprised me that I can get a low glucose warning around 4.4 which wakes me, then after rising it goes up. Is this normal then?
 
It's not the activity of itself - it's that your liver will start making glucose in response to the activity. The body's system is dynamic and always changing.
 

It is for me . Sometimes just putting my foot on the floor when getting out of bed can shift the glucose readings
 
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