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Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

ickihun said:
Me too. 14.2 but I took insulin and I will retest soon. I'm wondering if mine is the somogyi effect. (low in night so liver dumps... too much.)
I will reduce my insulins to perfect.
How much Gliclizide and Victoza are you on now?
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I am not on Gliclazide.
I have 2 x 500 g metformin twice aday and 1.8 victoza
 
Hi! Sorry to gatecrash your discussion but I am impressed that you all seem to have your bloods under control. Did it take ages or did something just drop into place? I have been struggling with lack of help from gp and switching meds. Anyone else had this?
 
Lilimp69 said:
t you all seem to have your bloods under control.
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It took a while to get my levels down below 8.0. Once I started on Metformin, and a lower carb food plan, I gradually dropped down to the sevens, then into the low sixes and now into the fives.

I have been holding my own in the fives at present, but up and down the paddock a bit.
 

Well not the blood glucose but I defo do know that carbs lift my mood - if I feel tired and grumpy and I have bread ( this would have been a pattern before diagnosis- which was probably LED to diagnosis lol - bread- white bread, would have such a lovely instant effect- now I always tired and NO items of low carb foods give me any energy or lift my mood. I do miss white bread and the seratonin rush.
 
Morning. 4.8 today.

@Lilimp69 its probably best if you start your own thread. You’ll get better help as many just pop in to record their readings on this one.

For me it took at least 6-8 months after diagnosis to get fasting readings down (they are the last ones to come down) and a lot of tweaking and adjustments to get them where they are now. That said, FBG does seem to have a mind of its own.

Also tagging @daisy1 for some helpful information for newbies.
 
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