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<blockquote data-quote="NoCrbs4Me" data-source="post: 638158" data-attributes="member: 113206"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I agree about testing like crazy when you first get your meter like Andy12345 did. My understanding is that the 2 hour after a meal test is supposed to catch the peak, but every one is different. I seem to peak about an hour after I eat, but other people can be sooner than that or later. Just a suggestion, but what I did shortly after I got the meter was test my level, then eat a meal with moderate amount of carbs, then test at 1/2 an hour, then every 15 minutes or so until I caught the peak and until it went back to the pre-meal level. I did this a couple of more times, but with fewer tests, to verify where my peak is. Now I know to check about an hour after I eat to see what the peak is. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">My general advice to [USER=128625]@Paul59[/USER] is that you should not worry about testing too much the first week or so. You can always get more strips. For me, after a few months my frequency of testing dropped off significantly as I figured out what caused my blood sugar to go too high. Now I just check my prebreakfast level every few days and maybe a few random times, like after exercising or if I'm feeling odd. Checking my notes I see I used 22 strips the first full day of testing and I used 73 strips in the first week! By day 3 I had severely cut back on carbs after seeing what they did to my blood sugar levels. Sorry for so much writing, but I hope this helps. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite25" alt=":clown:" title="Clown :clown:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":clown:" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NoCrbs4Me, post: 638158, member: 113206"] [SIZE=4]I agree about testing like crazy when you first get your meter like Andy12345 did. My understanding is that the 2 hour after a meal test is supposed to catch the peak, but every one is different. I seem to peak about an hour after I eat, but other people can be sooner than that or later. Just a suggestion, but what I did shortly after I got the meter was test my level, then eat a meal with moderate amount of carbs, then test at 1/2 an hour, then every 15 minutes or so until I caught the peak and until it went back to the pre-meal level. I did this a couple of more times, but with fewer tests, to verify where my peak is. Now I know to check about an hour after I eat to see what the peak is. My general advice to [USER=128625]@Paul59[/USER] is that you should not worry about testing too much the first week or so. You can always get more strips. For me, after a few months my frequency of testing dropped off significantly as I figured out what caused my blood sugar to go too high. Now I just check my prebreakfast level every few days and maybe a few random times, like after exercising or if I'm feeling odd. Checking my notes I see I used 22 strips the first full day of testing and I used 73 strips in the first week! By day 3 I had severely cut back on carbs after seeing what they did to my blood sugar levels. Sorry for so much writing, but I hope this helps. :clown:[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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