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Can anyone shed any light on this please?

CathyN

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Hello folks. I wonder if anyone can understand what my pancreas is playing at?

Fasting BG - 6.9
This is a touch higher than normal, so I went out immediately for a 45 minute brisk walk. On return I test immediately - BG 6.8.
I have my usual breakfast - I tolerate oats and have 25g oats made into porridge. I take my metformin at the same time.

Post Prandial after 2 hours and 1 and a half metformin - 6.9

Have a good day x
 
Wrong organ. It's your liver dumping glucose when you wake after fasting all night, and being active without eating first meant it just kept dumping to "help", give you energy. If you'd eaten before the brisk walk, you would've come home to lower numbers, most likely. Lovely thing that, Dawn Phenomenon.
 
ooohhh! I know about dawn phenomenon but didn't apply it to this incident! Right - thank you so much! xxx
 
Also your meter has an error allowance of +/- 1 mmol/l at that level of reading value, so is not accurate enough to make any real judgement on those results.
 
Just to add, don't test for fasting bloods, until about half hour after waking. No food or drink till you do.
The most important readings are based around meals. Pre meal and two hours after first bite.
If your two hours reading is no more than two mmols higher than your pre meal. That is fine. If it's over, then something in that meal is causing a too high spike.
Best wishes.
 
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