I have a greater need to go to the toilet when I get out of bed first up in the morning.Serious question. If the first test is meant to be before you put a foot on the floor, it suggests it ought to be whilst still in bed.
So how do we wash hands before the test?
What do others do?
I have noticed that if I get up and wash hands first the reading can be higher than if I don’t wash first.
Would add that I always wash hands at other times, before testing.
Why a saline solution? I didn't think saline cleaned better than plain water. Which is much more cost effective than saline wipes.I buy Diawipes, mini wet wipes soaked in saline for just this situation.
I guess that would depend on what one has been up to in the night.Unless I've needed a sugary hypo treatment overnight I normally figure my hands are clean enough first thing as they've normally been washed before I got to bed anyway
Why a saline solution? I didn't think saline cleaned better than plain water. Which is much more cost effective than saline wipes.
I guess this should only be an issue if you or your partner see glucose levels regularly above 10 or 11 mmol/l, as that seems to be the level at which you start spilling glucose through sweat, tears, urine and other fluids.I guess that would depend on what one has been up to in the night.
You could put a glass of water on your nightstand to wipe your finger with?I don’t know if they clean any better, I have used some which were just water but they went up in price and became more expensive so I switched.
Me too but at least I tried it out.KMy full bladder wakes me in the mornings, so my very first job is to put slippers and dressing gown on then empty bladder. Then wash my hands, return to bedroom and test before anything else. That has always been the case.
My Libre always does a short funny jump right after waking up (independent of the rise I get from getting out of bed). So if I scan + fingerprick directly on waking, my Libre usually reads a bit lower than blood (my sensors tend to read low) but if I scan 5 minutes later my Libre will have gone up but a finger prick won't. After 20 minutes or so, the libre is back to normal.I always scan my libre before I get out of bed then go to the bathroom to wash my hands then walk to spare bedroom & test with a meter & scan my libre again, the libre reading is always higher than it was in bed but glucose meter still lower than the libre, always think it should be the other way round if libre lags
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