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

Mods have moved a post by @sns3guppy to its own thread here, as although it was too chatty for this low chat thread, it's an interesting post that merits its own consideration
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Thread 'Relevance of fasting blood glucose to diabetes control'

It's different every day, but I really think fasting glucose is a poor metric and given far too much credence over better measurements such as time in range. Post-meal readings are far more significant, as are the spikes or fluctuations, rather than the absolute values. I typically see about 80-100 mg/dl in the morning, but the Libre sensor often shows low 60's. On the average, fasting, about 90ish, but my days and nights get flopped so frequently, it's really hard to say. I have zero consistency in sleep times, time zones, meal times, or medication times, as none of that is possible...
 
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