Erin
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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Hi folks,
This has not happened to me as far as I can remember: Before eating and after taking my glyclizide
at a usual 20 min. or so before eating, I am ready to eat with a "good" number -- e.g. 5-6. This time
I did not wait as long so I got a high number - 8. So, I waited another 15 minutes and to my astonishment
the number went up to 8.9.
I could not figure it out as the number should have declined, except that the second test was on my little finger and I had eaten some chocolate
before (bad I know). So, I washed my hands, dried them and callibrated the meter with the red gloop.
The number came to a good 6.6. I conclude that I may have had sugar left on my little finger.
The question is, can sugar left on you finger influence the blood sugar number?
Tx
Erin
This has not happened to me as far as I can remember: Before eating and after taking my glyclizide
at a usual 20 min. or so before eating, I am ready to eat with a "good" number -- e.g. 5-6. This time
I did not wait as long so I got a high number - 8. So, I waited another 15 minutes and to my astonishment
the number went up to 8.9.
I could not figure it out as the number should have declined, except that the second test was on my little finger and I had eaten some chocolate
before (bad I know). So, I washed my hands, dried them and callibrated the meter with the red gloop.
The number came to a good 6.6. I conclude that I may have had sugar left on my little finger.
The question is, can sugar left on you finger influence the blood sugar number?
Tx
Erin