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Hello there,

I’ve been using diet & exercise to keep blood sugar fairly low (average 6) but for the past week it has been over 9 a lot - average 8. No change in diet. Does anyone have any ideas please? Thank you & what a lovely forum! Carmel
 
Welcome @Carmel12
There are many things which can affect our blood sugar levels. We could eat exactly the same and do exactly the same exercise for 7 days and have 7 different blood sugars.

In addition to food and exercise, the main things which affect our levels are illness, drugs and stress. Other things can be the weather, bad night's sleep, drugs, time of the month, time of the day, alcohol, flu jab, covid booster, ...
 
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Carmel12 said:
Hello there,

I’ve been using diet & exercise to keep blood sugar fairly low (average 6) but for the past week it has been over 9 a lot - average 8. No change in diet. Does anyone have any ideas please? Thank you & what a lovely forum! Carmel
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No change in diet, so... What did change? Mine usually go up after a flu-jab, did something like that occur? Are your strips still in date? @In Response mentioned a whole lot of things, all of them and then some can affect blood sugars. Anything you can think of?
 
In Response said:
Welcome @Carmel12
There are many things which can affect our blood sugar levels. We could eat exactly the same and do exactly the same exercise for 7 days and have 7 different blood sugars.

In addition to food and exercise, the main things which affect our levels are illness, drugs and stress. Other things can be the weather, bad night's sleep, drugs, time of the month, time of the day, alcohol, flu jab, covid booster, ...
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Thank you! That’s helpful. Stress, flu jab, sleep then…kind of you to reply. Carmel
 
JoKalsbeek said:
No change in diet, so... What did change? Mine usually go up after a flu-jab, did something like that occur? Are your strips still in date? @In Response mentioned a whole lot of things, all of them and then some can affect blood sugars. Anything you can think of?
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Yes jabs plus stress & poor sleep - thank you for replying and am somewhat reassured! Best, Carmel
 
As regards stress I have had a bit of a traumatic week ,we had a leaking roof which brought part of a ceiling down ,and the car failed its MOT .My glucose levels went up by 4 or more
Carol :banghead:
 
Carmel12 said:
Hello there,

I’ve been using diet & exercise to keep blood sugar fairly low (average 6) but for the past week it has been over 9 a lot - average 8. No change in diet.
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Same here, a very sudden unexplicable raise that started November 4.

Because HbA1c and temperature have a u-shaped relationship I tried leaving the temperature higher last night and so far it seems my BG stays significantly lower than the previous days and my TIR is back to 100%. So may be the raise is caused by lower night time temperatures.
 
Bubbleblower said:
Same here, a very sudden unexplicable raise that started November 4.

Because HbA1c and temperature have a u-shaped relationship I tried leaving the temperature higher last night and so far it seems my BG stays significantly lower than the previous days and my TIR is back to 100%. So may be the raise is caused by lower night time temperatures.
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Thank you for replying! Good to know
 
carty said:
As regards stress I have had a bit of a traumatic week ,we had a leaking roof which brought part of a ceiling down ,and the car failed its MOT .My glucose levels went up by 4 or more
Carol :banghead:
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Thank you Carol - wow! Appreciate your reply.
 
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