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<blockquote data-quote="Shaul Dror" data-source="post: 2036941" data-attributes="member: 297275"><p>Hi Andy</p><p>I would recommend that if you intend to measure yourself only once a day you should do this before taking your dog for a walk AND before breakfast. The reason for this is that even moderate exercise requires your muscles to have Glucose and your body will generate this and your levels will be raised. </p><p>This is different to your doing an hour of more vigorous exercise when your Glucose levels can drop as your muscles start to use up stored Glucose.</p><p>As you are new to T2 I'd recommend that you also monitor yourself at dinner time...your levels will probably be higher because you have been using muscles steadily during your day to day activities.</p><p>What I recommend even more is that you also monitor yourself 2 hours after meals and at other times so that you can observe and learn what effect different meal sizes and their content has on your Glucose levels.</p><p>T2 is not a death sentence but is a lifelong disease that you can learn to live with and to control.</p><p>A recent talk I attended given by a leading endocrinologist also made the point that if you are recently diagnosed and therefore only at the beginning stages of this disease it is actually possible to reverse your condition completely if you give everything your absolute diligence concerning monitoring frequently, diet, exercise and of course your meds.</p><p>If you are averse to the pain of pricking often then I can personally recommend the Genteel lancing device as its virtually painless and you wont be discouraged from monitoring your levels frequently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shaul Dror, post: 2036941, member: 297275"] Hi Andy I would recommend that if you intend to measure yourself only once a day you should do this before taking your dog for a walk AND before breakfast. The reason for this is that even moderate exercise requires your muscles to have Glucose and your body will generate this and your levels will be raised. This is different to your doing an hour of more vigorous exercise when your Glucose levels can drop as your muscles start to use up stored Glucose. As you are new to T2 I'd recommend that you also monitor yourself at dinner time...your levels will probably be higher because you have been using muscles steadily during your day to day activities. What I recommend even more is that you also monitor yourself 2 hours after meals and at other times so that you can observe and learn what effect different meal sizes and their content has on your Glucose levels. T2 is not a death sentence but is a lifelong disease that you can learn to live with and to control. A recent talk I attended given by a leading endocrinologist also made the point that if you are recently diagnosed and therefore only at the beginning stages of this disease it is actually possible to reverse your condition completely if you give everything your absolute diligence concerning monitoring frequently, diet, exercise and of course your meds. If you are averse to the pain of pricking often then I can personally recommend the Genteel lancing device as its virtually painless and you wont be discouraged from monitoring your levels frequently. [/QUOTE]
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