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BS readings

millysue said:
Before breakfast 8.1
Breakfast black coffee and porridge made with water
Short walk with our lovely old dog, two hour afterbreakfast 8.3
Is the above good, bad or what, advice please

Good morning,
Im new to testing, I tested before breakfast to day, 8.8, then went for a stroll with our dog, tested when I got back, however this might be just over the 2 hours, reading 7.3 Does it have to be exactly 2 hours, what if it over the 2,?
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I'm sure you know that your pre-breakfast reading was higher than it should be and therefore your 2 hours after test was high. The higher you start, the higher you finish. BUT the rise in levels caused by your breakfast was virtually nil, so that is excellent! So your breakfast followed by your walk was really good. Well done.

These are the NICE targets for Type 2's
Fasting and pre-meal 4 to 7
2hrs post meal under 8.5

These targets are a bit generous, so it is thought that 7.8 should be the maximum at any time, with a rise of less than 2mmol/l between before and 2 hours after. Once you hit these targets you can set yourself some lower ones. Keep going, you will get there.

It doesn't matter if you test a few minutes early or late, but not by much more if you want consistency.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I'm sure you know that your pre-breakfast reading was higher than it should be and therefore your 2 hours after test was high. The higher you start, the higher you finish. BUT the rise in levels caused by your breakfast was virtually nil, so that is excellent! So your breakfast followed by your walk was really good. Well done.

These are the NICE targets for Type 2's
Fasting and pre-meal 4 to 7
2hrs post meal under 8.5

These targets are a bit generous, so it is thought that 7.8 should be the maximum at any time, with a rise of less than 2mmol/l between before and 2 hours after. Once you hit these targets you can set yourself some lower ones. Keep going, you will get there.

It doesn't matter if you test a few minutes early or late, but not by much more if you want consistency.
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Thanks for that, breakfast was black coffee and porridge made with water.
I am trying the lchf thing, but I am a veggie that eats some fish.
 
My average so far today is 5.8 on the Accu Chek and 6.4 on the Codefree 44. (5 separate tests) One reading much the same, the other 4 very different.
 
5.2 pre lunch
5.8 post on 44 similar on 56

What's more annoying than them reading high is their inconsistency - some are fine then boom, a stupid stupid one or one that just doesn't seem right so you can't even consistently deduct a figure from them. I'd order more strips but worry I'd get the same again at the minute, which seems likely given my supposed batch ending in 61 turned out to be 44 lot too.
 
5.5 pre tea 5.6 2 hours after. Hubby had new pace maker fitted on Friday so we're both off for the week whilst he's recuperating which means that I've been eating slightly more carby foods and at different times than I normally would. I did, however, have a big bowl of salad with grated cheese last night for tea hence the relatively non existent spike.
 
Fasting 6.3 unadjusted 44 batch
Did a 90 minute test with all three batches I have 7.5!!! ( also an 8.1 from batch 44 )
Did 10 mins peddling and tested at 2hrs with batch 26 4.8
Pre lunch batch 44 unadjusted 4.8 but felt lower ( edgy, aware of heart beating etc)

So what I've learnt is that I can drop significantly between 90 mins and 2hrs, even with just ten minutes exercise and some times batch 44 decides to play ok just to confuse / annoy me even more.
 
cold ethyl said:
Fasting 6.3 unadjusted 44 batch
Did a 90 minute test with all three batches I have 7.5!!! ( also an 8.1 from batch 44 )
Did 10 mins peddling and tested at 2hrs with batch 26 4.8
Pre lunch batch 44 unadjusted 4.8 but felt lower ( edgy, aware of heart beating etc)

So what I've learnt is that I can drop significantly between 90 mins and 2hrs, even with just ten minutes exercise and some times batch 44 decides to play ok just to confuse / annoy me even more.
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I am finding I am dropping significantly from a higher than normal reading in half an hour. Last night from 7.8 down to 5.1 between 90mins and 2 hours. (no exercise) It shows something is working in the old pancreas.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I am finding I am dropping significantly from a higher than normal reading in half an hour. Last night from 7.8 down to 5.1 between 90mins and 2 hours. (no exercise) It shows something is working in the old pancreas.
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Yes it's good I think. I was just surprised at the drop in only 30 mins. I don't often test at 1 hr or 90 mins.
 
cold ethyl said:
Yes it's good I think. I was just surprised at the drop in only 30 mins. I don't often test at 1 hr or 90 mins.
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I have been doing ever since my last but one HbA1c, which was higher than my own averages by quite a bit. I had to find out where my missing peaks were, and there they were!! Mostly at 90 minutes.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
I have been doing ever since my last but one HbA1c, which was higher than my own averages by quite a bit. I had to find out where my missing peaks were, and there they were!! Mostly at 90 minutes.
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That's what I'm thinking too about the discrepancy between my HbA1c and my meter average. Mine was out by about .8 mmol/l on the average but as I've never chased my peaks it seems reasonable.
 
cold ethyl said:
That's what I'm thinking too about the discrepancy between my HbA1c and my meter average. Mine was out by about .8 mmol/l on the average but as I've never chased my peaks it seems reasonable.
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My last 2 were higher than my averages by 0.7 (all on Accu chek) and by 0.9 (all on Codefree)
 
cold ethyl said:
5.2 pre lunch
5.8 post on 44 similar on 56

What's more annoying than them reading high is their inconsistency - some are fine then boom, a stupid stupid one or one that just doesn't seem right so you can't even consistently deduct a figure from them. I'd order more strips but worry I'd get the same again at the minute, which seems likely given my supposed batch ending in 61 turned out to be 44 lot too.
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Why not call Home Health and ask the batch number of the current stock? If it's not 44, you can crack on, if it is, you can maybe wait? At the same time, you could give them some feedback on your findings. They're very "human", if you know what I mean.
 
AndBreathe said:
Why not call Home Health and ask the batch number of the current stock? If it's not 44, you can crack on, if it is, you can maybe wait? At the same time, you could give them some feedback on your findings. They're very "human", if you know what I mean.
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May well do that. I am finding the current batch so frustrating so glad I've only got 4 pots to go!!
 
cold ethyl said:
May well do that. I am finding the current batch so frustrating so glad I've only got 4 pots to go!!
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Think yourself lucky. I have over 20 pots. It was always a risk, but I was buying to last pretty much until high summer.

(I do have a sort of plan hatching - although it will involve explaining why I need the strips etc.. But, that's life.)
 
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