Hello I have started testing due to new medication I have to now.(gliclazide)
My morning reads have been around 8 which I think is pretty good.
When I eat they go up to 10-14 afterwards.
Is this normal please? Am I right thinking ad long as my first read of the day is low I’m ok?
Thank you
Good morning,
Ah, no... You don't want your blood glucose to top 8,5, ideally, and that is after a meal, not after fasting for a night...
https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html should help some, but do test your heart out please if you make adjustments in diet. Gliclazide forces the pancreas to up the insulin output, and cutting carbs can make you go hypo if you keep on it. If you start low carbing you might need to adjust that medication or stop it again altogether, with your doc overseeing things. (Which would be a good thing, because after prolonged use, gliclazide can in some cases wear a pancreas out, which'd mean insulin injections from there on in.)
The first measurement of the day is usually high, as you've seen with your eight. Between 4 and 6 would be better, really... Glucose gets dumped from the liver in the morning to get you started, give you energy to begin your day. Before a meal you should be relatively low, and you want to test before a meal and two hours after the first bite. You're looking for a rise of no more and preferably less than 2.0 mmol/l. If you can keep that up consistently, your over-all blood sugars will go down, as will your morning reading.
Good luck!
Jo
