Hi three times this week my bs has gone down ,the first was 4.0 the second was 4.1 and now this morning 2 hours after eating 4.3 ,my doc said it wont g go down so whats going on.?
Oldman - I am another person whose numbers can get pretty low on a regular basis. It took longer for my numbers to reduce to that point, but once they did it became something I see pretty regularly. I have also never taken any medication, and generally I feel absolutely fine until I get into the 2s. I've had a few 2s, but to be honest they've usually been if I'm due to eat, and (very) hungry! Like you, I was a bit unsettled first time it happened, but now it's all just a bit routine.
It is my belief that many non-diabetics will regularly run at these numbers, but they simply have no idea because they don't test as we do. It's also worth remembering that your meter has a built in margin of error. It's allowed to be +/-15% of the true reading, so some of the very low numbers we see may not be quite so low as our meter suggests at that moment.
For those of us not taking any medication they are still an excellent, informative tool. I now understand where my ranges are for various meals and scenario, and nowadays, 19 months post-diagnosis, I tend to concentrate on the trends I see in my readings, rather than any one specific reading. Obviously if I have a shocker, like something very high or low, I wash my hands and check it by testing again. It's amazing what a shockingly high reading one can get with a grubby hand!
You're in your early days, so try to relax and have an open mind.
