Anonymous Question How often should people test?

You dont need to worry as testing blood glucose levels depends on the type of diabetes on has, for type 1 diabetes testing can be done 3 or more times and for type 2 diabetes testing may be more then once...the testing depends may be done before meals, after meals and also after fasting for 8 hours.

jackedison said:

You dont need to worry as testing blood glucose levels depends on the type of diabetes on has, for type 1 diabetes testing can be done 3 or more times and for type 2 diabetes testing may be more then once...the testing depends may be done before meals, after meals and also after fasting for 8 hours.

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I am unclear what your statement is actually saying. Can you make it a little clearer please?

I am unclear what your statement is actually saying. Can you make it a little clearer please? I just meant that a persons testing for glucose levels depends on the type of diabetes he has and insulin levels and does not need to worry.

So are you advocating that a T2 not on insulin shouldn't test? That goes at odds with my experience; if I don't test I don't know what I should eat and what I shouldn't which would likely (but not absolutely) cause my BG Levels to be higher.

If that isn't what you are saying then my apologies.

Andrew Colvin said:

Between 10 and 15 times a day for me... How else would I fill in all my lovely graphs

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Are you at target weight yet Andrew?

paulins said:

Are you at target weight yet Andrew?

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And can someone please tell me how to get the line at the bottom of messages so I can put my readings and chart my progress?

Andrew - I started at the same weight as you in January 2014, and 4 lbs to go before under 14 st! I watch your progress! And I need to learn how to do these fab graphs! Though my fingers are bruised with all the testing.

paulins said:

Are you at target weight yet Andrew?

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I am at 13st 10 lbs now so one pound off of 4 stone down. Still need to lose another 24 lbs to reach the 12 stone I would like to be at.

I have however slowed the weight loss down on purpose but it is so slow

paulins said:

And can someone please tell me how to get the line at the bottom of messages so I can put my readings and chart my progress?

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That is the signature which you will find under your profile

paulins said:

Andrew - I started at the same weight as you in January 2014, and 4 lbs to go before under 14 st! I watch your progress! And I need to learn how to do these fab graphs! Though my fingers are bruised with all the testing.

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Excellent and how are your blood glucose readings now?

I can produce a video for you on creating a simple spreadsheet which will show you how to produce simple graphs.
The spreadsheet I use is now very complex which is why I have started to write an application to do it for me - have you seen my thread http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/writing-bg-management-app.56644/.

Thank you - will make chart and see how things are progressing.