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Trial and Error?

What does this should though? That the meal was fine? It wont affect me causing my sugar levels to go high? I suppose testing it again later will give a clearer outcome :)
 
Matthew1990 said:
What does this should though? That the meal was fine? It wont affect me causing my sugar levels to go high? I suppose testing it again later will give a clearer outcome :)
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If think if im right what im saying some times you can have good reading at post meal 2hrs then a little higher an hour later as some of the food is slow realease and may push my level up as im new im finding it a bit confusing some times.

work this 1 out my post lunch today was bg 5.1 yesterday it was 8.3 why ive had exactly same food weird but ive spoke to my dn a week back and told her i somtimes get a spike up to 8.6 high she told me not to worry and to look at the average on my meter over the last week its average 5.6 hope im not to confusing i confuse myself somtimes.
 
Matthew1990 said:
What does this should though? That the meal was fine? It wont affect me causing my sugar levels to go high? I suppose testing it again later will give a clearer outcome :)
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What does it show......who knows until you get some results from your meter. That is when you will know what it shows.......

Don't speculate ....wait and see what happens. Facts ! :)
 
My average on my meter is 5.2mmol so thats good. Ill just keep on checking them before meals and 2 hours after maybe leave it 3 hours after sometimes maybe?
 
That's just it Matt, testing pre meal, i.e. fasting is usually going to show a low average. It is the all important post meal readings which will bump up that average.

If you were to only go by pre meal levels your average would only tell you what the fasting levels were like. Nothing more. That's what my friends did....... When they started testing post meal times every day for a week that is when one of them had average levels of 18 and the Type 1 in the 20's !!!

It makes a huge difference when you test, the Nurse should know that.

As for testing at different times, at 45 mins to an hour you would normally be at peak levels, a spike. Then you would test at 2 hrs to see if you had dropped back down to pre meal levels. The slight problem is, if you eat a meal containing a high proportion of fat or complex carbohydrates then the absorption of the glucose is slowed down and you may then need to test at 3, 4 or 5 hrs sometimes even longer. What is known as the 'Pizza Effect' The peak would then be much later.

Complicated but best explanation I have for now.
 
I suppose I will learn alot about this in carbo counting classes and when I do learn about it it'll become 2nd nature?
 
Right just tested my blood sugars again and I scored dead on 8mmol.

Before food at 6pm it was 9.6mmol, 2 hours after it was 7.2mmol and 4 hours and 30mins on it is 8mmol.
Just had shredded wheat for a light supper :)

Can someone clear up and advise me on this :)

Thanks
 
Matt.

Your level was at the top end for a T1 before your meal. You injected for that.

Your level dropped then later started to rise. You ate more carbs which will probably push level higher eventually.

I suggest you test immediately before going to bed. See what the reading is.

I'm off now. Goodnight.
 
My doctor would probably be overjoyed if I said I was testing 7 times a day. You should be able to get enough test strips for this if you are on insulin as others have said.
 
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