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

zand said:
Yes, but with 2 separate years of just metformin as well. :) My GP only allows me to have metformin when my BGs are 49 or above...grrr
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Maybe you need to look at what you eat and make some changes again we all go through this I’ve been Diet controlled for 2 years and
My figures go up and down a bit I just try and tweak a bit to get it back it’s not easy but I want to stay off the drugs DONT give up keep trying
 
zand said:
Yes, but with 2 separate years of just metformin as well. :) My GP only allows me to have metformin when my BGs are 49 or above...grrr
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You’ve done remarkably well then. I wish my GP was on the ball enough to adjust meds depending on HbA1c - apart from the last one I saw, they are all tick box types - ‘diabetic therefore take some pills and off you go. Next’
 
considering i went completly off the rails yesterday a few minutes ago fbs was 5.0..@ 0632..wont be on here for a few days im off to faro till thursday.......looks nice outside dog walking beckons ..have a good day all....
 
5.7 - no matter how you dress it up that ain't good for or to me. Searching for positives, I slept until almost 7.00 am so that worked. This is/was sold as a bg control WOE/lifestyle but it seems to be a fad diet that sometimes has those benefits.
 
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Met with an endocrinologist at the airport yesterday and had a very long conversation about T2.

He said when fasting blood glucose levels starts to read from 8 mmols/l and above, despite low carbing, is when the pancreas is failing and a good sign to start insulin therapy.

Yikes!
 
6.4 this morning despite another low carb day yesterday, however unlike you @DJC3 i will have breakfast as without eating my numbers continue to climb, fasting doesn’t appear to work for me :banghead:
I feel your frustration @ianpspurs i sometimes long for the ignorant bliss before the meter came to live at my house, to test or not to test, damned if we do and damned if we don’t :arghh:
 
jayney27 said:
6.4 this morning despite another low carb day yesterday, however unlike you @DJC3 i will have breakfast as without eating my numbers continue to climb, fasting doesn’t appear to work for me :banghead:
I feel your frustration @ianpspurs i sometimes long for the ignorant bliss before the meter came to live at my house, to test or not to test, damned if we do and damned if we don’t :arghh:
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Rock and hard place situation. Refusing to face the issue leads to disaster - knowing the truth leads to angst. Given the choice between retaining limbs. eyesight etc angst seems a bargain:arghh:
 
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