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[Catriona60]

Diagnosed a year ago with Type 2 and have now come back to pre-diabetic without medicating. Never been overweight and am now nearly too thin according to the doctors. I continue to check myself from time to time and have had unexpected results recently. Can anyone explain why the reading when I go to sleep two hours after eating can be 6.2 but 10 hours later before eating or drinking anything it has gone up to 6.6? I thought it should go down? Any thoughts welcome. Thank you.

 

[Pinkorchid]

Diagnosed a year ago with Type 2 and have now come back to pre-diabetic without medicating. Never been overweight and am now nearly too thin according to the doctors. I continue to check myself from time to time and have had unexpected results recently. Can anyone explain why the reading when I go to sleep two hours after eating can be 6.2 but 10 hours later before eating or drinking anything it has gone up to 6.6? I thought it should go down? Any thoughts welcome. Thank you.

Well done on what you have achieved. The higher morning level is probably due to dawn phenomenon a glucose dump because your body thinks you are starving after a few hours of not eating over night. I would not worry about it as your level is not high some people have far higher levels than that first thing in the morning

 

[Bluetit1802]

Congratulations on managing your diabetes so well without medication.

There is so little difference between 6.2 and 6.6 that I see no reason for concern. Our meters are not accurate machines. There can be anything between 15% difference even in consecutive readings, and sometimes even more than that. Do you test before you go to bed? That might give a better picture of whether you are getting glucose dumps from your liver in the morning. (dawn phenomenon)