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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
I posted a week ago that I was disappointed with my latest HBAIC of 48. Whilst although not a bad reading in the scale of things it was higher than my extensive finger prick tests were suggesting.
@Brunneria gave some very good advice about concentrating my tests around one particular time and I chose to extensively test my DP problem.
My evening meal, which is low carb, will normally give me a pre reading of 4.x and post 5.x/6. Nothing else eaten after that.
So I was very surprised when I set my alarm for 0400 and got a reading of 10.4 and it slowly reduced to 7.x by lunchtime.
I have repeated this for 5 days with very similar readings. I would add that I never have breakfast apart from normal tea/coffee.
I am thinking of buying the Freestyle Libre Starter Pack for £133 which will give me 2 x14 day continuous readings plus the reader.
My plan would be to monitor for 14 days whilst watching the continuous trends and adjusting my eating timings as I go. Continue with my new routine for a month and then use the second 14 day monitor to ensure any changes I have made are working. After that I would probably use a monitor every 3 or 4 months but this would be backed up by my HBA1C.
Does this sound like a good way to go?
@Brunneria gave some very good advice about concentrating my tests around one particular time and I chose to extensively test my DP problem.
My evening meal, which is low carb, will normally give me a pre reading of 4.x and post 5.x/6. Nothing else eaten after that.
So I was very surprised when I set my alarm for 0400 and got a reading of 10.4 and it slowly reduced to 7.x by lunchtime.
I have repeated this for 5 days with very similar readings. I would add that I never have breakfast apart from normal tea/coffee.
I am thinking of buying the Freestyle Libre Starter Pack for £133 which will give me 2 x14 day continuous readings plus the reader.
My plan would be to monitor for 14 days whilst watching the continuous trends and adjusting my eating timings as I go. Continue with my new routine for a month and then use the second 14 day monitor to ensure any changes I have made are working. After that I would probably use a monitor every 3 or 4 months but this would be backed up by my HBA1C.
Does this sound like a good way to go?