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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2351662" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Hi Louise,</p><p></p><p>Yay, you have a meter! A lot of people here start out flying blind, but you can see exactly what's happening. Like with the weetabix. (Not a good idea, that stuff, and now you know.) But yeah, let's go through your questions one by one. First thing's first though: you're going to be okay. Okay? Right. On to the answers!</p><p></p><p>1: When testing around a meal, test before you start and 2 hours after the first bite. You're looking for a rise of no more than 2.0 mmol/l, and preferably less.</p><p>2. Lack of sleep can impact your readings quite a bit. Waking in the night can kick start a liver dump, starting the Dawn Phenomenon a bit early. Nightmares, waking often, or not sleeping at all, can all raise your blood sugars.</p><p>3. You don't want your blood sugars to go over 8,5 or thereabouts. That's where damage starts to happen. Blood sugars fluctuate throughout the day, what you want is to keep them in the normal range as much as possible, between 4 and 7. (And that is more doable than it sounds right now, I promise!)</p><p>4. Your fasting blood sugars are the last to come down. It's because your liver dumps glucose in the morning, and it tends to think the high numbers you're running are normal, so it'll keep pumping out glucose to get you to what it erroneously thinks you should be. Plus, your liver has glucose stores that take a while to get depleted. The thing to do about that is just make sure you get your blood sugars down the rest of the day. If you manage the no-more-than-a-2.0mmol/l-rise-after-eating, the dawn phenomenon should quiet down some too, but it'll take a few months. (Half a year for me).</p><p></p><p>So, how do you get your blood sugars to behave? Change your diet. Duh. You already knew that! The professionals didn't bother to tell you how though, I assume...? Otherwise you would've known to stay away from the weetabix. <a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/</a> should help. It's as easy and quick-start-ish as I could make it so you aren't wandering around the supermarket for 2 hours and come home with nothing but a new dishcloth the next time you go out for groceries. There's a world of information out there, so it's only the top of the iceberg, but it's a place to begin anyway.</p><p></p><p>Again, you will be okay. You have a meter. You rock!</p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2351662, member: 401801"] Hi Louise, Yay, you have a meter! A lot of people here start out flying blind, but you can see exactly what's happening. Like with the weetabix. (Not a good idea, that stuff, and now you know.) But yeah, let's go through your questions one by one. First thing's first though: you're going to be okay. Okay? Right. On to the answers! 1: When testing around a meal, test before you start and 2 hours after the first bite. You're looking for a rise of no more than 2.0 mmol/l, and preferably less. 2. Lack of sleep can impact your readings quite a bit. Waking in the night can kick start a liver dump, starting the Dawn Phenomenon a bit early. Nightmares, waking often, or not sleeping at all, can all raise your blood sugars. 3. You don't want your blood sugars to go over 8,5 or thereabouts. That's where damage starts to happen. Blood sugars fluctuate throughout the day, what you want is to keep them in the normal range as much as possible, between 4 and 7. (And that is more doable than it sounds right now, I promise!) 4. Your fasting blood sugars are the last to come down. It's because your liver dumps glucose in the morning, and it tends to think the high numbers you're running are normal, so it'll keep pumping out glucose to get you to what it erroneously thinks you should be. Plus, your liver has glucose stores that take a while to get depleted. The thing to do about that is just make sure you get your blood sugars down the rest of the day. If you manage the no-more-than-a-2.0mmol/l-rise-after-eating, the dawn phenomenon should quiet down some too, but it'll take a few months. (Half a year for me). So, how do you get your blood sugars to behave? Change your diet. Duh. You already knew that! The professionals didn't bother to tell you how though, I assume...? Otherwise you would've known to stay away from the weetabix. [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/[/URL] should help. It's as easy and quick-start-ish as I could make it so you aren't wandering around the supermarket for 2 hours and come home with nothing but a new dishcloth the next time you go out for groceries. There's a world of information out there, so it's only the top of the iceberg, but it's a place to begin anyway. Again, you will be okay. You have a meter. You rock! Jo [/QUOTE]
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