cherrydarling_
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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I guess i just hoped my post meal reading would be super low todayIt gets easier. Your body may well be so used to producing a large amount of glucose at each meal that it will take a few days for it to adjust its production. Well done on the 5.6 pre-meal reading.
Just as an aside, you can have a generous amount of butter and ham, as they dont affect your blood sugars in the same way as carbs, and you need protein and fats to compensate for your carb reduction : )
I leave my post meal test until 2 hours afterwards, as recommended by Daisy1's post. Have you had her post on the basics?
I retested and retested againWell done on your pre-lunch score. That was wonderful.
Did you re-test either of these scores? They were both unexpected, so always worth a re-test. We all get rogue readings from time to time. Either one of them could have been rogue.
I also wonder why you are testing at 90 minutes and not 2 hours? The guideline targets are at 2 hours after first bite. You are almost always likely to be higher at 90 minutes as we tend to peak around that time (depending on the contents of the meal), although it still seems a big rise for that meal.
I would have needed some avocado or something fatty with that meal to keep things lower and slower. Carbs and protein with very little fat would spike me.I guess i just hoped my post meal reading would be super low todaythanks for the tips on butter and ham, that' made me happy
Next reading was 8.2 so can't' moan!I would have needed some avocado or something fatty with that meal to keep things lower and slower. Carbs and protein with very little fat would spike me.
What was your next reading?
Yes, I use pre injection wipes to clean my hands/fingers before testing, I'm quite ocd with thatJust one more thing. Are your hands clean? I have been known to.chop strawberries for my grand daughter, wash my hands and then wipe them on the tea towel we had been using over lunch.
I was so disappointed that my low carb lunch gave me a post lunch bgl of 12.5!
My daughter laughed at me! Gave me a clean towel and I tried again. 6.8.
My rambling point is that its easy to forget sometimes that our hands might not be clean, even if we think they are.
Yes, I use pre injection wipes to clean my hands/fingers before testing, I'm quite ocd with that
Do they have alcohol? I was advised not to use wipes with alcohol. You can buy special wipes for this, but as my instructions on the meter say warm water and ordinary soap, this is what I do.
I too was advised not to use alcohol wipes. I got a reading 100 points over once. In the bin they went.Yes, I use pre injection wipes to clean my hands/fingers before testing, I'm quite ocd with that
I checked and couldnt see alcohol anywhere, but think I'll use soap and water in future just yo on safe side!Do they have alcohol? I was advised not to use wipes with alcohol. You can buy special wipes for this, but as my instructions on the meter say warm water and ordinary soap, this is what I do.
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