I have a greater need to go to the toilet when I get out of bed first up in the morning.
I wash my hands after going to the toilet.
Then I wander out via the kitchen and hit the 2 button on the microwave, so the preloaded mug of water boils for my first coffee of the day.
While the water is cooking, I test my fasting bgl, then I make my black coffee.
Good idea John will give that a try.KSometimes I prick finger then wipe away first drop of blood hopefully with any contaniments then squeeze out a second drop and test that.
I’m the same exactly but I managed to test fist to give this test before you step out of bed I will carry on doing it the way I’ve always done it can’t always hang on .KBy then your "fasting" glucose could already be 2 points higher, it takes less than a minute or so, or at least in my case.
I have a feeling the FOTF effect is bigger when the room is colder.
May be there is no such thing as FOTF and it's all temperature related, like the spike after a shower.
Is that when your meant to do your first test of the day before you even get out of bed? I’ve never been told to do that. I get up, go to the loo, get dressed, make my bed, put kettle on, take my dogs out for a wee, do there food and water and then I test.
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.
1 or 2 points are not going to bother me, it's when they jump whole mmol/L numbers that they might be of concern, but so is voiding my bladder first up in the morning.By then your "fasting" glucose could already be 2 points higher, it takes less than a minute or so, or at least in my case.
I live in the sub tropics of Australia, so all of our rooms are cool to cold.I have a feeling the FOTF effect is bigger when the room is colder.
My GP woud most probably call it sheep dip as well, as most of out showers are on the cool side.May be there is no such thing as FOTF and it's all temperature related, like the spike after a shower.
All good here, thanks @Jaylee .Hi @Pipp ,
Hope yer well..?
I'll be honest with you. Since the advent of using a Libre. It basically fills the "blind spots" twix meter testing for me?
I've always suspected my BGs scoot op around 3mmol after waking, morning routine & (back when I had a dog.) walking the hound.. That's with nill by mouth & on a work day..
I only use my meter to check my sensors in line..?
With regards to washing hands.? There can be risk of contamination with residue from food prep & wot not.
Then there is the risk of avoiding infections in a puncture wound.. I'm my case I can be up to my elbows in all sorts of muck at work..
Work days waking tend to be a bit of a "fight or flight" situation for me.. Basically the liver dumping the something like the equivalent of a 30g snack into my system?
May be there is no such thing as FOTF and it's all temperature related, like the spike after a shower.
I need to inject for FOTF any time of year, and my sleeping room is close to outside temperature, (just above freezing at the moment) so a large difference between summer and winter.May be there is no such thing as FOTF and it's all temperature related
All good here, thanks @Jaylee .
I get it that anyone using a continuous glucose monitoring device has the advantage of those using the old fashioned finger stab method as no foot on floor conundrum if you aren’t needing to stab a finger.
I have, even before covid pandemic, always been a bit obssessed by hand hygiene. The reason I have been pondering this foot on floor business is that my fasting levels have been a bit erratic of late. My routine was previously to get up, use loo, shower, teeth clean, dress, then go downstairs to test. Clutching at straws, started to test as soon as I wake. Fasting numbers slightly improved. Then the hand washing / feet on floor query got to me. I guess I overthink things.
For me, I realised testing while still in bed was impracticable so I've opted for consistency.
Done in the bathroom immediately after first wee
Goes to show how different we all are. I easily rise from 5 or 6 to 11+ if I forget to inject for FOTF, a rise of 1mmol/l hardly sounds dramatic to me!if I had a dramatic (1mmol/L or more) foot on the floor response.
Goes to show how different we all are. I easily rise from 5 or 6 to 11+ if I forget to inject for FOTF, a rise of 1mmol/l hardly sounds dramatic to me!
You're right!Well I probably would too, but it doesn't happen in the 5 minutes it takes to get out of bed and go to the bathroom.....
Well I probably would too, but it doesn't happen in the 5 minutes it takes to get out of bed and go to the bathroom.....
Yes, FOTF and Dawn Phenomenon are two different things, although they are both caused by our friendly liver thinking it's being helpful in getting us ready for the day with an energy boost.Mmm. I use a libre and can see my BS starts to rise around 4 every morning beofre I wake, let alone FOTF. IT RISES, PEAKS AROUND 9am then starts to fall whether I am awake, asleep, in bed or up and about.
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