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Sugar monitor help.

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DAGCHAP

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi, newly diagnosed this morning and received my sugar monitor (nexus blue). I have done the control solution test and then practiced on my blood, I'm just not sure if it's right? My hba1c from Tuesday was 90 so was expecting a monitor reading around 16 but was only 7.7 fasting. Is this right orcould the monitor be faulty? Really appreciate some advice and TIA
 
HBA1C uses different units to a glucose meter. The normal range for fasting blood sugar is between 4 and 7 on a glucose meter.
See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html

HBA1C is an average glucose reading over the past 3 months. A single fasting glucose reading is just a point in time, so it won’t correspond to the HBA1C.
 
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Hi DAGCHAP, firstly did your Dr prescribe blood sugar lowering meds? What is your diet like?

As for testing your blood sugars with a glucometer, I test my blood in the following way.
I wash my hands in case of contamination.
I test first thing in the morning which are my fasting blood sugars. So roughly 8 hours since I had anything to eat or drink. I test within 5 minutes of getting out of bed, before I have had anything to eat or drink.
Then I test before a meal - breakfast, lunch, dinner - and two hours after.
So that means I test after the first mouthful of food , then 2 hours after, to see how well my body has coped with what I have eaten.
If my reading two hours after are 2 mmol/ls above my first reading, then I know I have eaten too many carbs and my system was unable to cope. If this is the case, I know I have to reduce my carb intake and I may well reduce that meal, or choose another less carby option.

The amount of carbs you eat probably have the biggest impact on your blood sugars, so reducing your carb intake may help you to bring down your blood sugars. Many members here choose a low carb diet, some members go very low carb. It's a choice, but it is very important to try and get those blood sugars down. I am sure members here will be able to assist you in dietary ideas, including a very low carb diet.

As for your fasting blood sugars 7.7 mmol/ls. How long after getting up did you test? It is difficult to draw much information on one single test alone.

You may wish to purchase a Continuous Glucose Monitor or CGM. This effectively gives you a continuous feed on what your blood sugars are doing at any given moment. You would see where your blood sugar rises are occurring. From this you can see what foods are driving up your bloodsugars and you can adjust accordingly. A cgm is a window into what you blood sugars are doing. CGM devices such as FreeStyle Libre 2 are available at any pharmacy /chemist. They are pricey, the Libre lasts for 14 days but worth it in my opinion.

I am sure members will jump in with some advice, especial on diet.

Edited for clarity.
 
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