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

Mandingo said:

Please, please tell me,........... it was not liver. ;-)

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Tweetypie said:

Good morning all,

Haven't posted for a while but just wanted to share with you some good news. Firstly, for the past few weeks, I have not had a fasting reading above the 4's, varying from 4.2-4.9. Even my after meal readings have never been above 6.5. I am very pleased with this! Secondly, I went for my annual blood test this morning. Normally the nurse has trouble finding a vein and it is soooo painful, lots of bruising too. This time, in straight away and not painful at all! My tip-lots of water, keep warm and let your arm hang floppy by your side while waiting in reception, worked a treat. Thirdly and possibly the best bit, after fasting since 9pm last night and my trip to the doctors, I was 4.8 on my return!

I am normally quite well controlled but do struggle with morning readings, so this is a real triumph for me. The only thing I can put it down to is I have lost a few stubborn pounds that I had been trying to lose for ages, and I've been seeing a chiropractor. My diet is fairly light in the day (but includes good fats) and for tea I have a larger meal of meat or fish with loads of veg, followed by dark chocolate or full fat yoghurt before bed. I don't take any meds but have been taking a probiotic, 1000mg vitamin C and magnesium every day. I also started taking my antihistimine again a few days ago. I haven't been exercising massively due to pain issues but I do physio exercises and gentle walking every day. I have also been sleeping fairly well.

Sorry for long post but I just wanted to share my experience and hopefully help others who may be struggling.

I have high hopes for the results next week - last time my HBA1C was equiv to 5.5, I am massively hoping for a 4 something this time.

Tonight, my other half is taking me out for a long overdue date night, I think I might celebrate with a glass of wine! Well done me, am patting myself on the back as I type!

Wishing you all good results too and most importantly a very happy weekend

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Tweetypie said:

Just looked at your results @vit90 , it looks like you're very nearly there - not far to go now. Your history is very similar to mine - I started out with hba1c at 9% and weighed 13 stone in 2011. Our other results look quite similar at first glance too. It's nice to feel as though we're not on this journey alone, isn't it?

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cold ethyl said:

6 this morning on strip from batch 44 so may have been lower. Don't know how as I was awake at 2am covered in hives and burning. Going to have to start taking my antihistamine in the evening as exercise and warmth seem to make it worse.

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brettsza said:

Just got my latest a1c report and I got 39

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JohnD54 said:

Have a safe trip, my wife & I will be neighbours, sort of, beginning of May, we are in Dubai for our 24th wedding anniversary.

Any tips appreciated.

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s_k_s said:

That's a fantastic result. Well done. Out of interest that equates to 6.5mmol/L which is within your recent fasting readings - 6.2 – 5.6 – 5.7 – 5.4 – 5.7 – 6.2, taking into account a very small sample set.

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Sable_Jan said:

5.7 this morning so breakfast took me up to 7:0 - didn't get to sleep until after 2am....ended up getting up having a brew and a snack.....
Dinner am still waiting to test but had a sort of frittata made with mushrooms and chickpeas fried with olive oil and peanut butter. 2 eggs and a goodly helping of Red Leicester cheese. Was stuffed - shouldn't have eaten it all but it was tasty

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loulou99782 said:

Yeah welcome to hay fever

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killerkaz said:

5.1 this morning. That's good seeing as I had a small slice of low GI bread at 8.pm last night

Well done loulou nice when all the hard work pays off isn't it?

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s_k_s said:

Summary for Thurs 12th March

F - S – S – M – T – W - T
(7 days rolling with today's being on the right hand side)


Alanfromderby – 19 – 17.1 – 14.2 – 14.4 – 17.9 – 15.7 - x

Ally1 – x – x –14.9 - 16.4 – 13.8 – 12.1 – 12.7

Badbrogs21 – x –x – x –x – x – x -10.6

Bluetit1802 – 5.6 – 5.2 –5.5 – 5.3 – 6.0 - 5.4 – 5.3

Brettsza – 6.2 – 5.6 – 5.7 – 5.4 – 5.7 – 6.2 – 5.7

catinahat – x – x – 6 – 6.7 – 5.5 – 6.0 - 5

Clivethedrive - 5.4 – x –5.1 – x – 5.2 – 5.2 – 5.2

Coldethyl – x – 6.7 – 6.5 – 6.2 – 6.7 – 6.5 – 6.0

comfort – x – x – 6.4 – 6.2 – x – x - x

daddys1 – x – x – x – 5.2 – x – 4.3 – 6.1

Daks – x – 4.8 – 4.6 – x – x – x - x

Daphne917 - 5.4 – 5.3 – x – x – 5.9 – 5.4 - x

Dibbles1 – 5.3 – x – x – 5.3 – 6.0 – 5.1 – 5.3

Eddie1968 - 7.2 – x – x – x – x – x - x

hankjam – x – x – 5.5 – 6.1 – 6.1 – 5.6 – 5.2

Jackthelad – 5 – 5 – 5.9 – 4.5 – 4.2 – 4.5 – 4.6

JohnD54 - 5.1 – 2.7 – 4.7 – 5.4 – 5.1 – 5.1 – 5.2

jnhutton – 10.3 – x – x – x – x – x - x

Kezzer4321 – 6.3 – 6.0 – 6.4 – 7.3 – 5.8 – 7.0 – 7.1

Killerkaz – x – 6.5 – 5 – 5.6 – 6.3 –4.3 – 5.1

Kimbo1962 – 5.8 – 5.7 –5.8 – 5 – 5.7 – x - x

Lorraine deer – 8.1 – x –8.5 – x – 6.0 – 4.9 – 8.1

Loulou99782 - 7.4 – 9.2 – 8.5 – 7.5 – 8.0 – 8.3 - 9.5

Lucylockets – x – x – x – x – 19.1 – x - x

Mandingo – 4.9 – 4.8 – 5.2 – 4.9 – 4.6 – 5.0 – 4.6

Mike@conisbrough – 6.2 – 5.6 – 6.6 – 6.3 – x – x - x

MikeD – x – x – x – 4.6 – x – 4.9 – x

Muggle71 – x – x – x – 7.8 – x - x - x

NoCrbs4Me – x – x – x – x – x – 5.7 – 5.2

Pasha – 4.5 – 4.44 –4.22 – 4.28 – 4.39 – 4.5 – 4.5

Patricia21 – 5 – 6.4 – 6 – 6.2 – x – x - x

PatsyB – 6.7 – 7.5 – 6.8 – 6.7 – x – 7.5 – 8.8

Pavlovsdog – x – x – x – 6.5 – x - 6.5 - 8.6

Phil1966 – 4.8 – 4.8 –4.7 – 5.3 – 4.8 – 4.7 - 4.7

Poshtotty – x – x – 6.3 – 6.4 – 6.7 – 6.8 – 6.7

Robbity – 6.4 – 5.6 – 6.2 – 6.1 – 6.4 – x - x

Sable_Jan – 5.6 – 5.3 – x – 5.5 – 5.2 - 5.5 – 5.7

Sandrao – x – 8.3 – 8.3 – x – x – x - x

Sanguine – 5.2 – 5 – 5.5 – 5.6 – 6.3 – 5.8 – 6.2

Silver Hammer – 4.8 – 4.6 –4.8 – 4.6 – 5.0 – 4.9 – 4.8

S_k_s – 5.8 – 3.9 – 4.6 – 4.2 – 4.6 – 5.4 – 4.3

Susikav – 6.1 – 6.3 – 6.1 - 5.7 – 6.1 – 6.2 – 5.6

Vit90 – 5.1 – 5.2 –5.2 – 5.9 – 5.0 –5.6 – 5.7

Weefergus - 6.7 – 6.4 – 6.2 – 6.5 – 7.5 – 6.9 - 6.4

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Lorraine deer said:

Oh stop it .... Open the merlot...

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kimbo1962 said:

Nothing to report for yesterday or today....my Codefree that was acting very strange even though I tried two new batteries finally died on me Wednesday evening! New one on the way but couldn't have it delivered before Saturday as nobody would be home for the postie! Another day at the office then an actual weekend off

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Mandingo said:

4.9 this morning. A little concerned about my left knee slight sting from jogging.

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WeeFergus said:

6.3 this morning after a bedtime reading of 5.8.

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Tweetypie said:

Good morning all,

Haven't posted for a while but just wanted to share with you some good news. Firstly, for the past few weeks, I have not had a fasting reading above the 4's, varying from 4.2-4.9. Even my after meal readings have never been above 6.5. I am very pleased with this! Secondly, I went for my annual blood test this morning. Normally the nurse has trouble finding a vein and it is soooo painful, lots of bruising too. This time, in straight away and not painful at all! My tip-lots of water, keep warm and let your arm hang floppy by your side while waiting in reception, worked a treat. Thirdly and possibly the best bit, after fasting since 9pm last night and my trip to the doctors, I was 4.8 on my return!

I am normally quite well controlled but do struggle with morning readings, so this is a real triumph for me. The only thing I can put it down to is I have lost a few stubborn pounds that I had been trying to lose for ages, and I've been seeing a chiropractor. My diet is fairly light in the day (but includes good fats) and for tea I have a larger meal of meat or fish with loads of veg, followed by dark chocolate or full fat yoghurt before bed. I don't take any meds but have been taking a probiotic, 1000mg vitamin C and magnesium every day. I also started taking my antihistimine again a few days ago. I haven't been exercising massively due to pain issues but I do physio exercises and gentle walking every day. I have also been sleeping fairly well.

Sorry for long post but I just wanted to share my experience and hopefully help others who may be struggling.

I have high hopes for the results next week - last time my HBA1C was equiv to 5.5, I am massively hoping for a 4 something this time.

Tonight, my other half is taking me out for a long overdue date night, I think I might celebrate with a glass of wine! Well done me, am patting myself on the back as I type!

Wishing you all good results too and most importantly a very happy weekend

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JACKTHELAD said:

You did my head in yesterday with your liver and onions comment!
Haven't had it for ages.
When in Manchester I go to a place called Johnies cafe and have the tastiest liver and onions on the planet.
I read your comment and fancied jumping in the car and driving off a hundred miles and more just to sit there and have some.
I think I might be extra sensitive to advertising!

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