Hi. This will be my first time fasting for blood tests since I became diabetic. Little worried as i wake at 5.0/6.0 normally and have to drive myself,worried my bloods will drop as they usually drop quickly in mornings. Any advice on how to keep sugars up or could i take dextrose tablets and tell the doctor how many iv taken (i will only take dextrose if i need to) tia
Fasting Blood Test
Hey LeanneSpain,
I don’t know how long you have Diabetes already. Normally it is made
when you receive the Basal-Insulin such as Toujeo, Etc. and as the
therapy base it’s one of the most important matter to get that right,
means if possible not below 70mg/dl or 3.9mmol/l, but if it once get
to 60mg/dl or 3.3mmol/l don’t worry, because at healthy normal
humans it could also reach that after exercises or sport activities and
if it reaches there take some Sugar-Cube of about 5g or a Teaspoon
of Sugar possibly mixed in a warm Water Glass to drink and that will
bring you to about 90mg/dl or 5mmol/l within 10-20 minutes and
then tell your Doctor and reduce 1U and observe for 4 days for if
necessary to reduce 1U more for again to observe for 4 days, etc.
Keeping in mind that the Normal Healthy Fasting Level is 70-99mg/dl
or 3.9-5.5mmol/l and that under Therapy should also be the same
at any Diabetics by any Types of Diabetes.
The Basal-Insulin should always been set to the Moment of Lowest
Glucose Value, but this could be very individually at morning or any
time during the day or evening or in the night and for that test not
doing anything of what usually is also not done for not interfering
with your own reference values.
For this a good calibrated Glucose-Meter should been applied, by
calibrated it means at the moment of giving some blood to test in
the laboratory, just at the same time to do 3 measurements to write
down and compare to the laboratory tests results report to know
and calculate how much possible wrong your Device is showing.
( For something like this, never use Abbotts FreeStyleLibre, but it could
been used only for knowing when the individual lowest value within 24
hours really is by the values itself not using by its huge tolerances.
Many people have the lowest values at about 2 – 5 AM to know ! )
To do the Basal-Test right it need to be done systematically :
Step 1 - To find out when exactly is usually the lowest Glucose Value.
That alone usually will take several days.
Step 2 - When the Right Moment of Lowest Glucose Value is found,
to avoid any Glucose lower 70mg/dl or 3.9mmol/l, then there by the
Basal-Insulin Units setting it to about 80-85mg/dl or 4.4-4.7mmol/l for
by this to provide the best preconditions during The Day and for best
possible HbA1c Values !
Any Adjustments done only every 4-5 days for the Metabolism.
However you need to consider your Doctor for anything’s related.
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