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

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Evening all! Hope you're all well! This may not be the right thread for this post, but I will ask the question anyway.. Does anyone have any experience/feedback or a current user of the FreeStyle Libre? Cheers! Theo
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I have used this several times and may just put one on now-ish. For me it is great for trending and seeing potential spikes, but it always reads low for me me e.g. estimating HbA1c's of 22.
 
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Morning all! Hope everyone is well! I have run out of strips for my FreStyle Lite.So unable to publish any measurements at present! In fact I am debating with my self, whether to purchase another lot of the strips or just get one of the FreeStyle Libre?
Best wishes to all. Theo
 
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Hi, my name is Sue & I am a new memeber here.

I was diagnosed with diabetes T2 in 2001. I am 36 years old & both sides of parents family have a genetic desposition for early onset of T2. My older brother was recently diagnosed.
I am having a hard time since 3 months, in bringing my fasting/post meal glucose levels down to normal. I woke up with a 219 mg/dL as of now.
I am currently taking insulin: long and short acting, along with 500mg metformin (endo reduced it from 2000 a day because of nausea & acid reflux)
I would really appreciate any insight. I am forcing myself to eat lower carbs & less portions of food.
I have quit whatever sweet I would eat often which wasn’t a lot but I know what it can do to sugar levels.
Kindly just help me out. I want to know how long would it take for my levels to go down. I am insulin resistant at the moment. Don’t know whether it’s because of being a female (certain cycle days tend to raise my sugar way high) or just in need of a proper meal plan
 
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SueAM said:
Hi, my name is Sue & I am a new memeber here.

I was diagnosed with diabetes T2 in 2001. I am 36 years old & both sides of parents family have a genetic desposition for early onset of T2. My older brother was recently diagnosed.
I am having a hard time since 3 months, in bringing my fasting/post meal glucose levels down to normal. I woke up with a 219 mg/dL as of now.
I am currently taking insulin: long and short acting, along with 500mg metformin (endo reduced it from 2000 a day because of nausea & acid reflux)
I would really appreciate any insight. I am forcing myself to eat lower carbs & less portions of food.
I have quit whatever sweet I would eat often which wasn’t a lot but I know what it can do to sugar levels.
Kindly just help me out. I want to know how long would it take for my levels to go down. I am insulin resistant at the moment. Don’t know whether it’s because of being a female (certain cycle days tend to raise my sugar way high) or just in need of a proper meal plan
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Hi Sue and welcome!

This thread doesn’t get a huge amount of traffic, can I suggest you copy your post and start a new thread in the “Introductions...” sub forum? You’ll find it here - https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/greetings-and-introductions.20/ That’ll give people a chance to respond to you individually.

All the best!
 
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SueAM said:
Hi, my name is Sue & I am a new memeber here.

I was diagnosed with diabetes T2 in 2001. I am 36 years old & both sides of parents family have a genetic desposition for early onset of T2. My older brother was recently diagnosed.
I am having a hard time since 3 months, in bringing my fasting/post meal glucose levels down to normal. I woke up with a 219 mg/dL as of now.
I am currently taking insulin: long and short acting, along with 500mg metformin (endo reduced it from 2000 a day because of nausea & acid reflux)
I would really appreciate any insight. I am forcing myself to eat lower carbs & less portions of food.
I have quit whatever sweet I would eat often which wasn’t a lot but I know what it can do to sugar levels.
Kindly just help me out. I want to know how long would it take for my levels to go down. I am insulin resistant at the moment. Don’t know whether it’s because of being a female (certain cycle days tend to raise my sugar way high) or just in need of a proper meal plan
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hey and welcome here Sue, there is really a lot we can do to take control . the most easy way to get blood glucose down in the normal area is to eat a breakfast almost without any carbs in it like : eggs and bacon, avocado and cottage cheeese, cheese and ham (and no bread) , or a salat with cheese cubes along with cucumber red and green peppers and tomatoes and olives, a handful of nuts..

you can also do the low carb eating style by learning to make low carb meals all day long, there are also a lot of delicious treats you can make so you dont feel deprives all delicious foods and treats ...here a link to some inspirations
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/101-healthy-low-carb-recipes

try to stay under 100 grams of carbs daily and you´ll see results pretty soon
 
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Roulis said:
Morning all! Hope everyone is well! I have run out of strips for my FreStyle Lite.So unable to publish any measurements at present! In fact I am debating with my self, whether to purchase another lot of the strips or just get one of the FreeStyle Libre?
Best wishes to all. Theo
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i cant test either got strips but performa nano says E9 battery dead..only put two i about a week ago so i think meter has had it
 
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Evening all, hope you're all good! Got my self some more strips - basically got robbed by Lloyds! Next time I shall not leave it so late to resupply and get the strips on line, a lot cheaper. 5.6 2 hours after my dinner, which included a class of white wine. So far so good, I have managed to keep on course so far this holidays! You all a have a good night! All the best. Theo.
 
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