Clivethedrive
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- Type of diabetes
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Hope you feel better soon and have a good evening. Todays blip shouldn't impact much on the 3 month's worth in your HbA1c sample6.8 this morning ..I suspect the glands the size of duck eggs under my jaw have something to do with that. Can't say I feel ill just a bit off colour which is typical as I am off out tonight and have my Hba1C test next week!
Welcome to the thread. Glad your fasting has dropped. It's good that you recognise why they've been elevated thoughA much more acceptable 5.3 this monprning after a week in which morning readings have yo-yo'd and been as high as 6.4. But I do have a chest infection and a lot of pressure at work currently so the high readings are not too much of a surprise.
Don't see signatures when using AppYes!!!
Will it work though?
Let's see....
Thank you @FergusCrawford . Now everyone can see how frenetic my home life is, with two of them dashing, poddling, scuffling, charging, trundling and bouncing. Except when they are asleep, and recharging.
You maybe didn't have as much by way of carbs as you thought and your liver gave you an overnight present to help out. 6 is ok though anyhow....A very annoyed 6.0 which is the highest I have recorded since I started testing on 18/12. Only had some chicken drumsticks and some salad but then had cashews/raisins and a 9 bar. Then got offered a glass of wine which i said yes to. Didn't test last night.
Overall, based on 31 readings it has been an average of 4.7 with 4 readings over 5.5
Dropped nicely overnightOk was really worried about taking my bloods this morning as I was 9.1 before bed..... However it was 5.6 woohooo
thanks ladies. X
More lines in the pipeline Pav..lol9.1 this morning
I find it easier to know when l'm lowish ie in low 4s but not high perhaps because I rarely go above 7 after 2 hours so do not recognise it whereas I seem to be in the 4s or low 5s most afternoons - for some reason I always test when I get home from work and it's normally between 4.7 and 5.4.Aaawww. Such a shame, because these are the times we need to test. It may not have been nearly as bad as you think, but you'll never know. Knowledge is power! I found if I told myself to expect a big number, it usually wasn't too terrible, because I wasn't expecting a 4 or 5. (The mind is a funny old thing.)
Did you feel like you were high, or do you have no perception of your levels?
This may be off topic given the title of the thread, but I have just read through all 659 pages of posts and I noticed a number of people having doubts about the results from their Codefree machines. I have had quite a few odd ones recently. eg 11.8 post-prandial when I had NO carbs, NO sugar, washed and dried my hands thoroughly etc etc. I immediately did another test, same finger but other side = 7.6 which is what I'd expect. This has happened about 8 times since.
I liked the theory about the size of the blood drop and the efficiency of adding same to the strip, but I was able to disprove that one.
Then this morning a new batch arrived along with load of other parcels and they were all really, really cold from being in a delivery van in snowy Scotland. EUREKA MOMENT! The strips are not supposed to be stored below 2 deg C (ie not in the fridge). The previous batch also arrived on a very cold and snowy day.
To back this up, one of the posters who is having problems said she kept hers in the CAR! That particular post was back a few months ie when it was a lot warmer, and we all know how hot cars get in summer! The maximum temperature the strips are supposed to be stored is under 30 deg.
Also, not in the bathroom in the humidity. So ,,,,,, this may be the answer. Thoughts, fellow forum members?
PS: My fasting blood glucose this morning is 7.6, down from 13.8 two weeks ago before I dumped my statins in the loo, and switched back to my usual LCHF diet after giving the HCLF one a 3 month trial at the behest of my DN.