Sugars higher!

Kittylitter

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At 21:00 my bg was 5.5, I then ate 2 boiled eggs, 22:30 bg was 5.8, then at 23:00 was 6.2 - I assumed the numbers would be lower after 2 hours post eating? Makes no sense to me - wondering why I bother.
 

Mbaker

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Even in non-diabetics there is a lot of evidence that eating later can create higher blood sugars. If you tried the same meal / snack earlier you may get a lower result.
 

Resurgam

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You are getting perfectly normal numbers - that is what it is all about.
 

derry60

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[QUI OTE="Resurgam, post: 1780021, member: 355878"]You are getting perfectly normal numbers - that is what it is all about.[/QUOTE] I was thinking the same
 

Kittylitter

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Even in non-diabetics there is a lot of evidence that eating later can create higher blood sugars. If you tried the same meal / snack earlier you may get a lower result.
Yes, I had the same earlier with lower numbers - shame I like being nocturnal lol.
 

phdiabetic

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This doesn't mean anything because the numbers are so close to each other that the variation could come from meter inaccuracy rather than actual changes in your blood sugar. You could have been 6.5 before the meal and 5.5 after but the meter showed the other way around. I do a lot of fingerpricks and find that differences of up to 1-2 mmol/L are not uncommon.
 

Emile_the_rat

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6.2 mmol are not high, post meal can be up to 7.7 mmol after 2 hours in non-diabetics, so 6.2 are perfectly normal.
 

Kittylitter

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This doesn't mean anything because the numbers are so close to each other that the variation could come from meter inaccuracy rather than actual changes in your blood sugar. You could have been 6.5 before the meal and 5.5 after but the meter showed the other way around. I do a lot of fingerpricks and find that differences of up to 1-2 mmol/L are not uncommon.
Thank you.