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BS readings

Bluetit1802 said:
Isn't it annoying, frustrating, and bloody ridiculous. Makes me want to throw the whole lot out the window some times.
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I'm normally quite stoical about the vagaries of testing but at the minute I am finding it all very stressful as having switched to slow release Metformin and then dropping that for few days, I need to be able to trust the readings. If they are up so be it, but I've no way of being sure as I'm getting so many outliers. I've ordered some new strips and hopefully it'll be a different batch.
 
Those lunch time readings were all within the 15% accuracy tolerance though, so maybe we just have to accept it when they are, and do an average. I have stopped re-testing now unless I get something really unexpected as opposed to one I don't like.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Those lunch time readings were all within the 15% accuracy tolerance though, so maybe we just have to accept it when they are, and do an average. I have stopped re-testing now unless I get something really unexpected as opposed to one I don't like.
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At the minute I need to keep testing as I don't yet know what to expect. The 6 was pretty unexpected as I had a tiny hardly any carb lunch. I know they have quite a large tolerance but this is the first batch I've had that has been consistently so varied. At least it's managed to be consistent in something.
 
5.3 this morning and day 2 with no metformin .... no real difference to recent readings and in fact, they've improved
 
6.5 before dinner/lunch
4.7 3hrs after, because I forgot to test at 2 hrs

I am really happy with that strangely enough as I had a roast dinner down the pub. Roast chicken, with stuffing 2 roast potatoes, peas and runner beans and a little gravy...
 
I've been higher than I like today because of my long lie-in this morning.

6.0 fasting
6.2 before lunch
6.6 after an hour
6.4 after 2 hours

No doubt I'll have a high evening too - roast lamb dinner with 2 roast spuds and some gravy. Perhaps I ought to get the wine out now and make a good start!
 
Fasting 6.1
Post breakfast 6.4 ( included thin slice spelt toast and a benecol yogurt drink which are over 3 carbs for a tiny bottle and I hate the taste but hoping they stave off GP's statin script)
Pre lunch 4.9
Post 5.6 ( naughty bit of chocolate and just back from 11/2 hr walk)
Pre dinner 4.1
Post @11/2 5.9 after 26 minutes peddling
 
Really odd for me. During the day I did a LOT of stretching to loosen up the back and the shoulders. Perhaps and hour or so ... reading 2 hours post dinner was 8.3 which amazed me. Went for a one minute stroll (no more) and took another test with an 8.1 result. Disgusted with that, took another one minute walk and down to 7.1 !!!!

This morning 4.8 :)
 
Mike D said:
Really odd for me. During the day I did a LOT of stretching to loosen up the back and the shoulders. Perhaps and hour or so ... reading 2 hours post dinner was 8.3 which amazed me. Went for a one minute stroll (no more) and took another test with an 8.1 result. Disgusted with that, took another one minute walk and down to 7.1 !!!!

This morning 4.8 :)
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High muscle low visceral fat would do those readings mike?
 
I guess so Clive :) Haven't had anything on the 8s for ages. But a drop of 1 in the space of two minutes?

Still surprised me as I felt great and loose

Mike
 
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