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

[Rockman]

9.5 this morning

 

[debrasue]

11.2 - always high on waking. Don't really understand why

Probably dawn phenomenon, if your BGs are lower the rest of the time...

 

[debrasue]

Not sure what happened to mine this morning, 22.9
Did have white bread at the weekend

Wow! That is high...
Hugs

 

[debrasue]

I find that fasting level readings can be quite misleading. I used to use test strips and now know that my readings were quite wrong. I now use a Libre and can see that my BG level rises rapidly when I fully wake and get up. By the time I get up, wash fingers and test, it has risen 3 mmol! So I can wake with a level of 4 ( the actual fasting level ) but by the time I test with a strip it is up to 7 mmol. This is confirmed 10 minutes later when the Libre catches up (it measures interstitial glucose so has a 10 minute delay). I assume this is morning effect and liver dump.

So the timing of the test can make a big difference to the level.

I usually test while I am still in bed, before I do anything else...

 

[walnut_face]

Drowned my sorrows with 3pints get a 6.3 this am. When I am a 'good' boy I get 6.9's - go figure

 

[debrasue]

5.4 at 6.30 am

 

[catinahat]

6.6

 

[Johnroy]

Another 9.3

 

[elviscole]

Blimey - did you feel OK?

Felt good, that was the problem, blaming the white bread in the system as 13.1 this morning, got hba in 2 weeks and the nurse in 3, on a different pill combo as well

 

[ally1]

5.7

 

[Hiitsme]

5.5

 

[Debmcgee]

8.1 but I know why

 

[Mandingo]

Good morning 4.4

 

[Serena51]

7.3

 

[hankjam]

5.4
07:47

 

[GeoffersTaylor]

5.4 today.

 

[magsiesss]

Felt good, that was the problem, blaming the white bread in the system as 13.1 this morning, got hba in 2 weeks and the nurse in 3, on a different pill combo as well

I know sometimes its difficult to work out just what makes levels go so high one day and not the next - if your levels do go really high (ie reach 25, then please call 111 and ask for their advice) .... happy to read you are OK though

 

[Mbaker]

4.7 @ 08.10 (Contour XT). Very difficult at a Thai restaurant last night. None of the starters were without sugar, I negotiated a small main as a starter. For main had a coconut based whole Sea Bass with vegetables.

 

[Liam1955]

10/8/16 Morning.


5.9.

 

[srobertson06]

6.4 - coming down with a cold so think this is a good reading!