Hi All,
Since I reported on here a couple of weeks ago about my now improving life quality and BG levels, I have noticed something about my BG testing that I haven't see mentioned here before. I am therefore unsure if this is as a result of the recent changes I have seen or something else going on. I'd be grateful to hear your thoughts...
When I test now, I get much more blood than I used to, without any changes to the depth I have set for the needle puncture. I will be cutting back on the dial to see if that reduces it, but I was wondering why this has happened. My own take on it results from my first awareness of my (then undiagnosed) diabetes when I was in Russia. I had collapsed in my office, following feeling very disorientated and unable to see clearly. The hospital could find nothing wrong with me, apart from the fact that my blood was like 'treacle', with a BG level of around 15 (and this was after I had been on a drip for a few hours and given blood thinners for a suspected heart attack). Back home I was diagnosed Type 2, and have only now managed to control this. Based on the above experience, I am assuming that now with my BG levels constantly being managed around 5.4 - 5.8 the blood must be a lot thinner, with a consequent freer flow when I test. I have to keep a tissue on my finger for up to 15 minutes now in order to stem the blood flow, whem normally with one wipe it had stopped.
Am I correct, or is there something else going on here?
Thanks in advance, and keep up the good work
Colin.
Since I reported on here a couple of weeks ago about my now improving life quality and BG levels, I have noticed something about my BG testing that I haven't see mentioned here before. I am therefore unsure if this is as a result of the recent changes I have seen or something else going on. I'd be grateful to hear your thoughts...
When I test now, I get much more blood than I used to, without any changes to the depth I have set for the needle puncture. I will be cutting back on the dial to see if that reduces it, but I was wondering why this has happened. My own take on it results from my first awareness of my (then undiagnosed) diabetes when I was in Russia. I had collapsed in my office, following feeling very disorientated and unable to see clearly. The hospital could find nothing wrong with me, apart from the fact that my blood was like 'treacle', with a BG level of around 15 (and this was after I had been on a drip for a few hours and given blood thinners for a suspected heart attack). Back home I was diagnosed Type 2, and have only now managed to control this. Based on the above experience, I am assuming that now with my BG levels constantly being managed around 5.4 - 5.8 the blood must be a lot thinner, with a consequent freer flow when I test. I have to keep a tissue on my finger for up to 15 minutes now in order to stem the blood flow, whem normally with one wipe it had stopped.
Am I correct, or is there something else going on here?
Thanks in advance, and keep up the good work
Colin.