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

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I don't particularly like too low a number, so I'm with you on this.
Below 4.5 or so I used to feel rough, (not quite so much now, but I reckon I've had a few more and got used to them), but even so I'm happier around the 5's.
The other thing to consider when you're checking BG is to consider the range.
My HbA1c is 5.3, so depending on what your's is, you should always consider the range.
If my lows are around 4.5 to 5, I know I'n not seeing a great spread if the average is on the HbA1c is 5.3.
If I do take my tests down a notch, I'd like to see my HbA1c track it.

But that's me though, and things do change how you feel with time.
(I've just been out all day, got home and tested 4.3, a few months ago I would have been on the floor, now I feel ok. But my next HbA1c is going to be the decider for me, on what action I need to take)
 
Douglas

Slightly confused.

Is your Hba1c 5,3% ( equivalent to average glucose of 5,9mmol) or equivalent to an average glucose of 5,3 mmol ( hba1c of 5,0%)?

Either way I think I know what you mean about range being important.

I too feel more comfortable being around 5,0 rather than much lower.

Pavlos

PS Just the number cruncher in me coming out can't help myself!
 
HbA1c is a steady 5.3%.
So if that equates to an average of 5.9, and my lows are 5, it means my highs should be 6.8.
(obviously that is a very flawed arguement, as it doesn't allow for duration, but even so, if we did, lower lows mean higher, or longer highs),
So I like to look at all my readings, as a way to establish what my short and long term control is.
 
Well done @Foxie and thank you for sharing. FANTASTIC. What an inspiration.!
 
Well done... You should feel so proud of yourself as you did all the hardwork
 
Kezzer4321 said:
Hi @AndBreathe, I know from time to time I will slip, but on the whole I am so committed....that's down to people like you - real people - with real stories. So thank you
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Agree wholeheartedly with all you've said, not just the quoted bit but with regards to that we all "slip" at some time. I'm sure there's not a single "success story" who hasn't.
 
Hi guys & gals

YESTERDAY
Fasting 5.3
post usual brekky 6.4
pre lunch 5.7
post lunch forgot
Pre tea 6.2
post 7.8

TODAY
fasting 4.7 - and here's my admission - dog got me up twice last night cos she's got the trots - each time I ate half a Snicker bar (felt like I was starving) maybe this adds fuel to the Dawn Phenomenon/liver dump theory?
Post regular brekky 5.9 (same rise of 1.2 as yesterday so maybe in a few days I won't test post brekky)
Pre lunch 6.1 (same as last nights tea)
post lunch 5.7 (strange)
Pre snack 5.00 (one of those cold pressed fruit bars of 35ish gs of carbs - but I'd just read on a health food website that a similar one was low GI - so tested the ones lurking in my cupboard)
post snack 5.8 (about hour and quarter later)
pre tea 5.1 (two and half hours post snack) 18:45
Now for the really strange part of the day
post tea 4.6 (large lightly battered cod, chips and mushy peas (treat night) 21:02
BUT now 22:09 (out of curiosity re delayed bs rises) 6.3

Time to make my bedtime cocoa, shower and to bid you all good night, sweet dreams and a low fasting BS in the morning
 
@Sable_Jan Looks like one of your post tea readings was a rogue one and I suggest it is the 4.6. It is unlikely you would drop from 5.1 to 4.6 after fish chips and mushy peas! I bet it goes even higher .......

Night night and sweet dreams.
 
Foxie said:
Thank you for all the encouragement.
Sorry I don't know how to copy my original post.
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Hi Foxie, very well done

To copy a post, just hit the 'Reply' button at the end of the post you want to quote, and edit out the bits you don't need.
 

Well done you. It is great how much this place offers everyone - it should come from our surgeries and other HCPs but at least it exists somewhere!
 
Relieved to see 93mg/dl ( 5,16 mmol) this morning, after going to bed at 120mg/dl (6,66 mmol) last night after a late dinner, which probably included a few too many carbs

Have a great day

Pavlos
 

Thanks Neil

Been off the air with a busted PC ... and that factored into some bad figure at one hour post brekkie yesterday. Appreciate the input mate

Mike
 
Question guys and gals

What is a good / acceptable level to observe? That is, what is the trigger point when the readings are too high if they happen to be regular and consistent/. I've never gone over 9 (well, once before i dumped / severely reduced the alcohol) but I seem stuck in the 6s (sometime 7s and they do drop gradually) and want some opinions on that.

Thanks

mike
 
My morning walks have resulted in increased glucose levels in the last two days where I would normally expect to see drops.

Normally as long as I am above 5,0 mmol on waking up, going on my walks without having anything to eat results in a drop in my sugar levels.

In the last two days my fasting levels before the walk were 5,5 and 5,1 respectively and after the walk 6,0 and 6,1 respectively - liver damps, where I would normally not expect them.

The only difference I can think of is the my experimenting with a reduced Metformin dose of 1000mg daily rather than my normal 1700mg.

A sample of two is probably too small to draw any reliable conclusion though. I will stick with the lower dose and see how I get on.

Pavlos
 
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