As I sat down to my first Christmas dinner on insulin, there were a few family members who had not seen the bs sugar and insulin injection palaver. The conversation developed as different family members discussed how they would feel if they had to do it 5 times day. We eventually decided that everyone should test their own blood after dinner, (pre pud by the way). What was really surprising, ( apart from the pathetic fear of pricking a finger and my brother turning white and refusing) was that 3 out of the 8 sat at the table had results between 8 and 9. None were blood related or related to each other by blood. Is this normal? Having preempted the tests saying that any result below 7 was normal, the atmosphere, by the end, was pretty somber and I noticed quite a few of the puddings were left unfinished! I won't be recommending that at the dinner table again!
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Christmas blood sugars
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mikeg1964
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May be you should have said any result below 7 about two hours after eating is considered normal.
This situation often happens when I check at the table, there is the conversation about if they were testing and then there is always that one who wants their blood tested. I always politely refuse saying that they will mess up the running averages recorded on my meter, which is true , but I really do not want to get involved with any hypochondriacs even if they are family.
This situation often happens when I check at the table, there is the conversation about if they were testing and then there is always that one who wants their blood tested. I always politely refuse saying that they will mess up the running averages recorded on my meter, which is true , but I really do not want to get involved with any hypochondriacs even if they are family.
Donna1
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Dont mean to sound daft but did everyone wash there hands first. My machine is very sensitive to any carbs or sugar on the skin can give me high readings if dont wash hands first.
