I have been lurking for a while and seen how supportive you are to first time questioners so decided this morning I would be brave and ask about something that is slightly concerning me. I was diagnosed T2 at the end of March, HBA1C was 121 and bg was 28. At the time I had no idea quite how high those were! I am 57 and at the time of diagnosis I weighed 16 st 10. Diabetic nurse at the GP surgery was very kind, non-judgemental, matter of fact. She gave me a monitor, told me not to get too hung up on it - she suggested testing every couple of days before I got up. Also suggested “cutting down on sugar” and put me on metformin 500 x 2. Started to investigate options myself, found this forum and overhauled my life. Reduced carb intake to moderate, usually about 50g a day, rarely up to 100g and every so often down to 30g - have not managed lower. Weight is now 14 st 8 lb, so loss of 2 stone over 3 months - not bad but still a long way to go before I am “overweight”. My fasting bg dropped to under 4 after a few weeks on metformin so (after a call with the nurse) I stopped the tablets so have been managing with diet and exercise since mid May. Had repeat blood test a couple of weeks ago and HBA1C has reduced to 44. So far so good. But my fasting levels have fluctuated constantly - most mornings they are in the low 5’s, but can go up to 6.5 for a day and then drop to 3.5 before coming back to the 5’s. I have seen comments about the danger of spikes so I wondered if these fluctuations are something I should be worried about? I don’t test after meals - just on waking.
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Fluctuating readings - should I be concerned?
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muzza3
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Wow!! great work on all counts here so congratulations on what you have achieved so far. I personally wouldn't be too concerned on the FBG's as long as you are not feeling poorly at the lows . If they were consistent for a period of time then I would raise it with your GP
Keep up the great work and let us know how you progress
Keep up the great work and let us know how you progress
Wow, what great progress @Mrskmrsk
I agree with @muzza3 and wouldn’t worry too much about your fluctuating morning BG. It’s often the last number to come down and is affected by so many things. If you’re not on medication then 4s and mid-high 3s are nothing to worry about (assuming you otherwise feel ok) and you haven’t listed anything terribly high. Looks like you got this!
I agree with @muzza3 and wouldn’t worry too much about your fluctuating morning BG. It’s often the last number to come down and is affected by so many things. If you’re not on medication then 4s and mid-high 3s are nothing to worry about (assuming you otherwise feel ok) and you haven’t listed anything terribly high. Looks like you got this!
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Those figures look great , like others have said don't worry about those very small fluctuations if they were to differ by 10 then you might have concerns !
