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.
From my perspective as a type 2, the only helpful morning readings are those that are comparable I.e. similar time and after / before activity. If habitually my BG rises after I get out of bed, testing before getting up might give me a lower reading, but it doesn’t alter the fact that it will rise afterwards. So I’d say just test consistently and then patterns can be spotted.
Heat for me, makes me more insulin sensitive. my liver still likes to bang me up at the prospect of another day "on the clock."
Goes to show how different we all are. I easily rise from 5 or 6 to 11+ if I forget to inject for FOTF
Yes, that's why a nice warm shower lowers your glucose.
The spike up doesn’t happen untill after you get out.
May be because your house is so freezing cold?
Happens in summer as well, so I guess not.May be because your house is so freezing cold?
I never knew you had to do this! I guess we will just have to levitate to the bathroom to wash our handsSerious 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.
Or you could sleep in the bath.I never knew you had to do this! I guess we will just have to levitate to the bathroom to wash our hands
Not everyone is bothered about the foot on floor stuff. I just have to analyse too much, and yes, I did think of trying yogic flying.I never knew you had to do this! I guess we will just have to levitate to the bathroom to wash our hands
Not everyone is bothered about the foot on floor stuff. I just have to analyse too much, and yes, I did think of trying yogic flying.
The qustion was asked from a T2 perspective though, and Pipps reply was to a relatively new T2 so it makes sense she didn't include information on other types of diabetes.You are if you are Type 1. If you get behind on the insulin at the beginning of the day it becomes a nightmare. Oh joy not have to worry!
I didn't mean to say you said something wrong, my apologies if it came across like that, and I did give your post an agree rating because I agree with what you said!@Antje77 I have gone back on this thread, Pipp was the original poster, I view on the forum and have no way of knowing which type of diabetes a person has unless they are known to me. (A big failing. I feel type should always show next to name) Some of those type 1s I know posted like myself. It was in a general thread not a specific type 2. As a rule I don’t post on a type 2 thread because I feel the condition is specific to types. However if on a general thread I believe anyone can post. Which I did.
It works in portrait view on my Samsung A52 android phone.I think it will show on a phone too, if you turn it into landscape mode, worth a try!
You just made me spit out my drink with your 'optimistic' rating!And @Pipp , sorry for derailing, will behave from now on!
Finger hovers over report button.You just made me spit out my drink with your 'optimistic' rating!
I guess I'm a lost cause...
Oh, don't worry, Your alert will read something like "Thank you for your report, we've deleted the offensive post", and I'll have to deal with a well deserved telling off for completely derailing a serious thread.Finger hovers over report button.
I suppose you could put a damp cloth in a plastic bag and wipe your hands with that before you get out of bed. I have never tested first thing in the mornng so would not know what the difference would have been between washing hands or notSerious 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.
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