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Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

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I tend to eat more carbs than many on here in that I still eat bread, some cereals, reheated pasta, potatoes etc and my BS levels are between 4.7 and 5.8 and I'm still, albeit slowly, losing weight. We are all individuals and, as diabetes control is for life not just for Christmas, we need to find a way of doing it which we feel comfortable with and that we can cope with in the long term.
 
Yeah central London is small I can walk from st Paul's to the bottom of the strand on a good day with a few stops
 
Without warning low battery, error message...cannot test........"I counted to ten, it did not help..."
Enjoy the holiday weekend everyone, I'll be working.....


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I was actually wondering the other day how long the battery in the meter would last. I have spares in the house anyway as the codefree meter's battery is used in lots of other household devices. Have had my meter for about six months and probably done just over a hundred tests - not that many to be honest, although am testing more now than I used to.
 
5.8 fasting
Got the call from hospital and I'm going in on Monday for my op on Tuesday , yeah
 
7.1 on waking

no idea why its gone up! went to bed at 6.30 pm (it was 6.2 then) and slept till 6 am

the wonders of my body never cease to amaze me
 
7.1 on waking

no idea why its gone up! went to bed at 6.30 pm (it was 6.2 then) and slept till 6 am

the wonders of my body never cease to amaze me

Too much sleep? Were you catching up? I believe 7 - 8 hours sleep is optimal and more is as bad - if not worse - as less.

Sleep quality has a marked impact on life quality and also weight loss. Sleep is critical to the regulation of hormones.
 
6.1 mmol / L this morning.
3.6 mmol / L at bed time.

I suspect my liver dumped some glucagon at bed time to counter act the low.

I double checked the reading with a 3.7 mmol / L result. I was going to eat something to bring my blood glucose up a tad but, thought I'd try an experiment with my normal bed time food.

Result of which was I couldn't drift off for some time - probably due to liver dump.

Conclusion is next time eat something to slightly raise blood glucose level before consuming normal bed time food.
 
Too much sleep? Were you catching up? I believe 7 - 8 hours sleep is optimal and more is as bad - if not worse - as less.

Sleep quality has a marked impact on life quality and also weight loss. Sleep is critical to the regulation of hormones.

I definitely feel rough if I sleep in too long.
 
7.0 this morning.

@Lorraine deer Good luck. My husband had a hip replacement last year and was like a new man after recovery.

@Welshgooner - maybe you're like me and your body panics if you've not eaten for a while and dumps glucose. I'm always higher at weekends than weekdays after a longer sleep.
 
Morning campers

5.9 fasting. Last day in the new forest today. Been very enjoyable but am looking forward to getting home. Will have to jump on the scales when back As been on holiday mode food wise.
 
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