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BS readings

Bad day for me so far and nothing different food wise. Is it the cold, or the batch 44? Or me?

6.1 fasting (an average of 3)
6.7 at 2hrs after breakfast (yogurt and raspberries with flax)
6.5 before lunch and 4.5hrs after breakfast and an hour after a 20 min walk. Highest EVER. Re-tested. No different.
7.2 at 1hr after. Rise is fine, but high due to pre-lunch level (1 sausage, 3 rashers bacon, 1 egg, lots of mushrooms, 1 tomato)
7.1 at 1.5hrs after
6.5 at 2 hours, so back where I started
 
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Prelunch 5.3

Tested at 2 hours. First reading 7.3, second 6.5 and third 6.3.

Guess which one I'm taking! These strips drive me nuts sometimes.
 
Lynn1 said:
Prelunch 5.3

Tested at 2 hours. First reading 7.3, second 6.5 and third 6.3.

Guess which one I'm taking! These strips drive me nuts sometimes.
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I am being driven round the bend with mine at the moment. But I usually average all my re-tests unless there is a really ridiculous one. Anyone could have been right, or none of them!
 
I do find my levels can stay elevated a bit after exercise so I try not to do it too close to my 2 hr test. Also it does seem that there's a tendency to run higher levels in the winter for some diabetics so you may find that everything notches down again as it warms up.
 

I doubt it was the walk as I always have a walk at the same time, back again for an hour before lunch. Today was no different, just a whole mmol/l up on normal! Walking does raise my levels, but not normally for an hour afterwards. I'll put it down to the cold. It was below freezing outside here this morning.
 
This is so unusual for you I would have to say it's the strips....
 
Is the batch number next to the issue date? (Are you using SD Code Free?)
 
So you mean like this? Looks like my batch is past its 6 month use by date...


 
Is my L06 number in the photo the batch number?
 
6.8 :( my own fault came home hungry and ate too much cheese sauce with my cod and cauliflower
 
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