Meter results...

[Daks]

Guys, is it normal to have a lower reading 2 hours after eating ?

So pre dinner was 6mmol
2 hour post dinner (which included a wholemeal pita) was 5.5mmol

Thanks in advance
Daks

 

[noblehead]

Yes I would say so, if you test at the hour mark you will likely see a spike depending on the food and quantity eaten, as a type 1 mine is on its way back down two hours postprandial.

 

[sanguine]

Yes I would say so, if you test at the hour mark you will likely see a spike depending on the food and quantity eaten, as a type 1 mine is on its way back down two hours postprandial.

Daks is a T2 on diet and metformin according to his profile.

Daks, yes it can happen but it's not typical in my experience. Usually when your background levels are coming down anyway (after a stressful day for instance) or sometimes mundanely due to successive meter outliers, one high and one low.

 

[noblehead]

Daks is a T2 on diet and metformin according to his profile.

Yes I did see that before I replied

 

[Daks]

Thanks guys, I should probably add that my meter results have been inconsistent, but I have seen other threads on the forum explaining that, that is normal and meters are not completely accurate, I did test twice post dinner 5.5 and 5.3 which seemed close enough.

Earlier today I tested 3 times consecutively, the results were a whole mmol different, which seemed a lot.

 

[noblehead]

@Daks, if ever in doubt about the accuracy of a meter do a control solution test according to the meter manufacturers instructions.

 

[Lamont D]

You will often see discrepencies in your testing however if it continues do what Noblehead said.
You will get an overall average of what the blood levels are after about a month. Obviously depending on how often you eat the same foods.

Yes you can, as we all digest foods at different rates and also what you eat, some foods are slow. Some are fast!

Your Hba1c is the most important. That level will decide if you need meds or not.