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<blockquote data-quote="AMBrennan" data-source="post: 228700" data-attributes="member: 37697"><p>If you are not on MDI, I'll defer to others with relevant experience.</p><p></p><p>Assuming that you are on MDI/Basal-bolus (which you don't mention):</p><p>As the others have said a fasting test should be perfectly safe (unless you tend to drop too low in the morning, in which case you might want to adjust your insulin doses anyway). </p><p>You shouldn't have to postpone your basal injection either, but it won't do any harm if it makes you feel safer; being able to eat (or not eat) whenever one wants is one of the advantages of MDI.</p><p></p><p>In any case, you should obviously follow whatever instructions you have received, but the instructions I got from the hospital (for HbA1C and friends) explicitly said that Lucozade was OK and the invitation for a blood test from my GP said that anybody taking insulin should have breakfast as normal (and tell the phlebotomist). Make of that what you will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AMBrennan, post: 228700, member: 37697"] If you are not on MDI, I'll defer to others with relevant experience. Assuming that you are on MDI/Basal-bolus (which you don't mention): As the others have said a fasting test should be perfectly safe (unless you tend to drop too low in the morning, in which case you might want to adjust your insulin doses anyway). You shouldn't have to postpone your basal injection either, but it won't do any harm if it makes you feel safer; being able to eat (or not eat) whenever one wants is one of the advantages of MDI. In any case, you should obviously follow whatever instructions you have received, but the instructions I got from the hospital (for HbA1C and friends) explicitly said that Lucozade was OK and the invitation for a blood test from my GP said that anybody taking insulin should have breakfast as normal (and tell the phlebotomist). Make of that what you will. [/QUOTE]
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