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



Hopefully by now you have solved the situation?
 
4.5@ 07:50 (Contour XT) Pleased with this as my daughter selected Italian last night, so I had to tip toe through the menu with Mozzarella and Tomatoes followed by Steak with vegetables and a cheese board (minus biscuits and grapes). The 5 mile trek in the Lakes helped as well.
 

Thank you so much for your reply, I will take your advice and keep testing.
 
A few tips.
Don't skip a meal or not eat for long periods of time unless a planned Intermittent Fast. Your liver will dump glucose into your system as it thinks your in starvation mode.

If not hungry nibble a bit of protein or cooked none root veg.

Before bed once again nibble on something very small so your liver doesn't dump so much at 3am (roughly the time), morning dawn phenomenon.

Don't over eat on carbs as they cause many hereditary diabetics to crave more carbs. Keeping carbs low reduces that but must keep filled up with veg and your daily protein requirements.

Try and avoid bread, pasta, rice, cereal and sugary treats.

Don't go hungry

Don't restrict good fats. Full fat is always best as less sugar in.

On rising nibble something immediately. Or leave it near your bed to nibble on before getting up and after testing bgs in bed.

I hope this helps.
 
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I don't use insulin either but I believe 3.8 is low and can be classed as hypoglycaemia so would treat it as such.
 
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Only started testing recently as Practice kept telling me there was no need to. Diagnosed T2 two years ago and have been following LCHF for appr 2 months.

7.8
 
Fbg 6.1 great improvement. @eddie1968 how was yours?
I remembered my liver dump tip for a change. No supplements but expensive so saving for when I'm less active with kids.
Going through some sandwiches on day outs. Mine is protein rolls.
Still sneaking the occasional ice cream mouthful from kids. Well I am on holiday too!
 
You're not on holiday by any chance! Enjoy yourself mate.
Plenty of time for 5s and occasional 4s.
Those little tips to cleans the liver can wait for home.
Everyone deserves a holiday. None diabetics eat and drink worse on holiday, everytime.
Diabetics are human too!
Enjoy. I'm still voting you a winner as you are still testing, which Is the most important thing on holiday.
Well done for not letting diabetes rule your holiday. Like i said, plenty of time for that in none holiday time.
 
debrasue said:
6.3 @ 7 am
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Pain hun.
Make sure you get plenty of help from GP.
Don't suffer in silience. You might need to see a specialist if too many scatic nerve attacks hun. Pressure from somewhere in your back?
Be kind to yourself.
 
ickihun said:
Pain hun.
Make sure you get plenty of help from GP.
Don't suffer in silience. You might need to see a specialist if too many scatic nerve attacks hun. Pressure from somewhere in your back?
Be kind to yourself.
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I know you're right, Vicky. I'm really bad at taking care of myself - far more focused on taking care of other people.
(And I suspect there's somebody else exactly the same not a million miles away from this post! )
 
7.2 mmol/l @ickihun, better than 8.2 yesterday.
 
Hiitsme said:
@ally1 I am so pleased for you, as long as no hypos.
You are lower than me as I was 5.2 this morning You have made my day. Keep it up.
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Thank you. Has taken 2 years for fasting levels to come down, though over the last couple of months, have had the odd 7
 
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