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

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7.5 this morning at last coming down hoping it keeps trending that way yay
 
3.8 for me this morning, so low/mid range for me.

It's been a beautiful morning here, after an evening and night of blustery, heavy rain. I fear autumn is on it's way. So, with that in mind, I have been taking curtains down for cleaning. I currently have two rooms with bare windows, so I think I know what this afternoon's activity will be......

Play nicely boys and girls.
 
18.9 this morning, carb free breakfast, 19.2 at the moment. Probably drop to 16-17 throughout the day.

Pretty **** really.

Feels like my beta cells are dying away. Nothing is working. Gliclazide used to work, now it doesn't, GLimerperide never worked even at 6mg.

Bydureon week 6. No change.

Diabetes nurse said 'next time you're in clinic we will look at other options, probably insulin.'

I don't have a next time, nothing booked no one gives a flying monkey, my toes are numb I have bleeding vessels in my retina, I am only 38 and I am sick of this disease!!

I am doing the only thing I can have any control over, and that is to lose weight which I am doing spectacularly well at!!
 
8.3 before breakfast and 2.5 hours later,still 8.3
 
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Sallybear said:
18.9 this morning, carb free breakfast, 19.2 at the moment. Probably drop to 16-17 throughout the day.

Pretty **** really.

Feels like my beta cells are dying away. Nothing is working. Gliclazide used to work, now it doesn't, GLimerperide never worked even at 6mg.

Bydureon week 6. No change.

Diabetes nurse said 'next time you're in clinic we will look at other options, probably insulin.'

I don't have a next time, nothing booked no one gives a flying monkey, my toes are numb I have bleeding vessels in my retina, I am only 38 and I am sick of this disease!!

I am doing the only thing I can have any control over, and that is to lose weight which I am doing spectacularly well at!!
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Continue what you are doing hopefully as you continue loosing weight things in general will start to stabilise and start to improve.
 
shuhad said:
There are two reasons why your blood sugars levels may be high in the morning – the dawn phenomenon and the Somogyi effect.

Dawn phenomenon.
The dawn phenomenon is the end result of a combination of natural body changes that occur during the sleep cycle and can be explained as follows. Your body has little need for insulin between about midnight and about 3:00 a.m. (a time when your body is sleeping most soundly). Any insulin taken in the evening causes blood sugar levels to drop sharply during this time. Then, between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., your body starts churning out stored glucose (sugar) to prepare for the upcoming day as well as releases hormones that reduce the body’s sensitivity to insulin. All of these events happen as your bedtime insulin dose is also wearing off. These events, taken together, cause your body’s blood sugar levels to rise in the morning (at "dawn").

Somogyi effect.
A second cause of high blood sugar levels in the morning might be due to the Somogyi effect (named after the doctor who first wrote about it). This condition is also called "rebound hyperglycemia." Although the cascade of events and end result – high blood sugar levels in the morning – is the same as in the dawn phenomenon, the cause is more "man-made" (a result of poor diabetes management) in the Somogyi effect. There are two potential causes. In one scenario, your blood sugar may drop too low in the middle of the night and then your body releases hormones to raise the sugar levels. This could happen if you took too much insulin earlier or if you did not have enough of a bedtime snack. The other scenario is when your dose of long-acting insulin at bedtime is not enough and you wake up with a high morning blood sugar.
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The was informative thank you. So, do these phenomena only occur in People who take insulin?
 
the east man said:
Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn

My morning readings are the only readings I have a problem with, they are usually between 6.8 and 7.3, and I just can't get them any lower, the rest of the day Im in the 5s - 6s before and after meals. I'm on no medication at present
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Hi. From what I understand our liver produces sugar when we wake to give us a boost for getting up, this maybe why you have high readings in the morning.
 
Sallybear said:
18.9 this morning, carb free breakfast, 19.2 at the moment. Probably drop to 16-17 throughout the day.

Pretty **** really.

Feels like my beta cells are dying away. Nothing is working. Gliclazide used to work, now it doesn't, GLimerperide never worked even at 6mg.

Bydureon week 6. No change.

Diabetes nurse said 'next time you're in clinic we will look at other options, probably insulin.'

I don't have a next time, nothing booked no one gives a flying monkey, my toes are numb I have bleeding vessels in my retina, I am only 38 and I am sick of this disease!!

I am doing the only thing I can have any control over, and that is to lose weight which I am doing spectacularly well at!!
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Hi sally, it sounds like you are having a hard time at the moment. you must be feeling shocking with those high numbers. it might be best to see your Dr or nurse to get them down.
have you checked for ketones? you can get urine ketostiks from a chemist for 4 quid, if you cant get into see your dr/nurse till Monday. if you tell them your numbers, they should squeeze you in today or tomorrow
 
Had a very stressful day yesterday and came back home to find glucose at 4.9
After dinner 5.0
Fasting 4.8
 
17.9 this morning, spoke to diabetic nurse, she said it can wait until I am next in clinic, I don't have a date for that. Might just go back to my GP.
 
Thanks to the posters for the support. I feel fantastic about losing weight, and I know in the long run that lowering my weight will ultimately help. So I am going to continue to do so and let the professionals sort out my sugars.
:)
 
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