Good afternoon all,
I am a 32 year old ***NON-Diabetic***, male who has diabetes in my family. My grandmother had diabetes and my father currently has type 2 diabetes.
I used to live with my father, and, on occasion, would test my blood sugar levels with a testing kit. This was usually first thing in the morning and my scores were always 5.4-5.6 - never higher.
Cut a long story short and I haven't checked my levels in over a year. Over the past couple of days, I noticed that I was going to the toilet more frequently (although I did drink a very large cup of tea about 30-60 minutes before going to bed last night). I also noticed I was quite tired earlier this afternoon and so decided to buy the Accu-Check Mobile testing meter (with a cartridge).
I've just run two tests ( a few minutes apart) and found that my scores were 6.1 and 6.0. I had eaten about 90 minutes prior to this (some marble cake) and about an hour before that had a large bowl of soup with some slices of brown bread.
Taking all of that into consideration, are my scores of 6.1 and 6.0 normal? I'd say that the last thing I ate (the marble cake) was at least 90 minutes, if not 2 hours prior to this. There are conflicting websites out there and some say it's normal but others do not.
I'd welcome any opinions or information on this. I can be of a nervous disposition at times so your responses will be appreciated.
I am a 32 year old ***NON-Diabetic***, male who has diabetes in my family. My grandmother had diabetes and my father currently has type 2 diabetes.
I used to live with my father, and, on occasion, would test my blood sugar levels with a testing kit. This was usually first thing in the morning and my scores were always 5.4-5.6 - never higher.
Cut a long story short and I haven't checked my levels in over a year. Over the past couple of days, I noticed that I was going to the toilet more frequently (although I did drink a very large cup of tea about 30-60 minutes before going to bed last night). I also noticed I was quite tired earlier this afternoon and so decided to buy the Accu-Check Mobile testing meter (with a cartridge).
I've just run two tests ( a few minutes apart) and found that my scores were 6.1 and 6.0. I had eaten about 90 minutes prior to this (some marble cake) and about an hour before that had a large bowl of soup with some slices of brown bread.
Taking all of that into consideration, are my scores of 6.1 and 6.0 normal? I'd say that the last thing I ate (the marble cake) was at least 90 minutes, if not 2 hours prior to this. There are conflicting websites out there and some say it's normal but others do not.
I'd welcome any opinions or information on this. I can be of a nervous disposition at times so your responses will be appreciated.
