Help please

[shez]

Really confused had bacon egg and mushroom at 12.30 before sugars were 7.3 2 hours later 7.1 checked them again at 6 5.8 had to go out so haven't eaten since lunch just checked them before my dinner at 7.55 and I am getting 9s why ?

 

[mayoburt]

Maybe because you have gone so long without food

 

[shez]

Maybe because you have gone so long without food

Can that cause them to rise

 

[bulkbiker]

Have you tried washing your hand and re-testing.. could be a rogue reading.

 

[miszu]

Im not an expert about T2s, but my t2 grandma tends to go high when she doesnt eat for long... But when I get unexpected highs I always go wash my hands and retest. Hope ur okay. X

 

[mayoburt]

I have noticed myself if I go too long in between meals my sugars tend to rise but everyone is different

 

[Guzzler]

This is possibly due to liver dump. The liver receives messages that blood glucose levels are falling because you havn't eaten for a long time (just as when we have been asleep) and dumps glucose from its reserves into the bloodstream to use as fuel.

 

[bulkbiker]

dumps glucose from its reserves into the bloodstream to use as fuel.

Which is a good thing as it helps to clear out the excess glucose held in the liver..

 

[shez]

Tried the washing my hands and using the other hand so I guess I haven't eaten enough should of grabbed a snack before I went out

 

[Guzzler]

Which is a good thing as it helps to clear out the excess glucose held in the liver..

Aye, it's a bit like the housekeeping, darn thing needs to be tidied up every day.

 

[Rachox]

Also, what were you doing while you were out? Anything stressful, stuck in a traffic jam or fighting your way around Friday night crowds in Tesco?! I find stress puts my sugars up

 

[Boo1979]

Some of a liver dump can be the liver ditching glycogen but it can also be from gluconeogenesis where the liver uses some of the by products from protein digestion to manafacture new glucose, irrespective of how much is stored in the liver, which has a fairly small limit size
https://dtc.ucsf.edu/types-of-diabe...e-body-processes-sugar/the-liver-blood-sugar/

 

[shez]

Also, what were you doing while you were out? Anything stressful, stuck in a traffic jam or fighting your way around Friday night crowds in Tesco?! I find stress puts my sugars up

I was freezing waiting for the children in need rickshaw challenge bike to arrive in town live on the one show
I didn't think we would be out as long as we were

 

[Guzzler]

I was freezing waiting for the children in need rickshaw challenge bike to arrive in town live on the one show
I didn't think we would be out as long as we were

You needed that glucose then!