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

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Kezzer4321 said:
6.6 for me this morning....going for my Hba1C bloods test at lunch time.... I'm a bit nervous of what the results will show as I've had a hard time keeping my BS low since the dr reduced my metformin.
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Fingers crossed - let us know how you get on
 
vit90 said:
What's wrong with a low 4? That's considered normal isn't it?
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In my view, absolutely nothing wrong with a low 4. In fact, any higher and that's outside of my range.

Some people don't feel good in the 4s and some people just don't seem to fancy it, for some reason. I can't work that bit out for myself to be honest.

Personally, I'm striving for non-diabetic levels, at all times, and for me, that means my fair share of low 4s and a fair few 3s too, although those are usually when I'm hungry and ready to eat. I know I bleat on, but folks (T2s and pre-diabetics specifically)shouldn't be afraid of a small number, as I'm pretty certain non-diabetics have them very regularly, but have no clue because they don't have a finger stabbing fixation!
 
Susikav said:
Good heavens... :eek::arghh: Were you in a car accident? Sorry, nosy... :sorry:
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Sounds more like @Dibbles1 had been through an industrial car crusher..... AND @Dibbles1 one is the most cheerful, happy one amongst us going off all the postings. Still remember the day that the "legs" were being repaired and the mechanic locked himself out and ended up leaving wheelchair on the porch - @Dibbles1 found it hilarious :hilarious::hilarious:

I'm just feeling a bit :meh: this morning, nothing drastic, just fighting something or other I think and its leaving me :grumpy:......
 
Dibbles1 said:
Yep, drugged driver drove straight through me from behind at 100mph.
I was riding a 750cc old style yamaha fazer......
Then Poole hospital missed most of my injuries......
But we won't go there :cool: Long story :)
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Nasty - Just heard on recent news that they're bringing drug driving into line with drink driving, even for some prescription drugs (though I believe that "medicinal" doses are not likely to cause problems..... I thought it was treated the same way until I heard the news.
 
Clivethedrive said:
If its through thr tread ok but sidewall no repair
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Sable_Jan said:
And Kwik Fit won't repair at all - nor National Tyres - I say that as my daughter and I took tyres to the latter - one a nail near to the side - "can't do, but had it been central..." the other nail in centre - "can't do but had it been to the side..." Kwik Fit wouldn't do my friends as they said it had been repaired before - took it to his local place and they did it no problem and said the original repair was still sound
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Well the good news is that they've fixed the punctured (left rear) tyre - screw in centre of tread - but looked at the front two and said they were getting a bit, er, marginal on tread so for safety's sake with long motorway trips ahead we've had to buy two new tyres anyway. This is with Buyrite, the best company we've found for service, down here anyway.
 
AndBreathe said:
In my view, absolutely nothing wrong with a low 4. In fact, any higher and that's outside of my range.

Some people don't feel good in the 4s and some people just don't seem to fancy it, for some reason. I can't work that bit out for myself to be honest.

Personally, I'm striving for non-diabetic levels, at all times, and for me, that means my fair share of low 4s and a fair few 3s too, although those are usually when I'm hungry and ready to eat. I know I bleat on, but folks (T2s and pre-diabetics specifically)shouldn't be afraid of a small number, as I'm pretty certain non-diabetics have them very regularly, but have no clue because they don't have a finger stabbing fixation!
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May I ask how you get such low and excellent results. ie carbs, proteins, fats, total calories etc. I share your target but dont seem to be able to get in the low fours at all.
 
sanguine said:
Well the good news is that they've fixed the punctured (left rear) tyre - screw in centre of tread - but looked at the front two and said they were getting a bit, er, marginal on tread so for safety's sake with long motorway trips ahead we've had to buy two new tyres anyway. This is with Buyrite, the best company we've found for service, down here anyway.
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Not heard of them up here but will keep an eye out for them. Think with some of the Franchises they've got to keep a certain level sales to be honest.....
 
sanguine said:
Well the good news is that they've fixed the punctured (left rear) tyre - screw in centre of tread - but looked at the front two and said they were getting a bit, er, marginal on tread so for safety's sake with long motorway trips ahead we've had to buy two new tyres anyway. This is with Buyrite, the best company we've found for service, down here anyway.
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I have to say, my local KwikFit is run in a very honourable ways in my view. When I was a company car driver, I always had seriously quality cars, with tyres at around £400 each. My car was due for swap, but we were always given the option to purchase at that point. Sometimes it made sense, others it didn't. One one occasion I was buying (to immediately sell on, at a profit), but popped along to KF for a bit of a check around, before doing so, as they were the company's "tyre partner", and asked if they would heavily scrutinise the tyres, having told them my plans.

When I went back to collect it, hoping there might be the odd new tyre there, as if by magic, I was told the tyres were fine, and they couldn't consider changing any of them, as their quali control was such that if a "perfectly good" tyre were swapped, then chosen for a random quality check, the person making the change would be summarily dismissed for misconduct. Obviously, from a customer perspective I had to be happy with that.
 
My local independent tyre company is both friendly, fair and competitively priced and that's why I have been buying tyres from them (and the occasional exhaust) for 25 years. I have occasionally bought from CostCo based on price (they bought the entire UK stock of a Michelin tyre I needed so my local chaps couldn't even get that tyre one time) but I always go back. That's how business should be.
 
vit90 said:
My local independent tyre company is both friendly, fair and competitively priced and that's why I have been buying tyres from them (and the occasional exhaust) for 25 years. I have occasionally bought from CostCo based on price (they bought the entire UK stock of a Michelin tyre I needed so my local chaps couldn't even get that tyre one time) but I always go back. That's how business should be.
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Snap. Wouldn't go anywhere else, and there is nothing better than keeping local businesses afloat.
 
Pasha said:
May I ask how you get such low and excellent results. ie carbs, proteins, fats, total calories etc. I share your target but dont seem to be able to get in the low fours at all.
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Pasha - frankly, it just happened for me. I don't, and never have, particularly aggressively low carbed, although I eat fewer than before diagnosis, and I have always been able to eat modest portions of rice, oats and bread. My greatest challenge, in my own assessment, was insulin resistance, which improved significantly as I trimmed up. I am now extremely slight; indeed, within 0.5kg of moving from the healthy to underweight range for BMI. I didn't mean to get so slight, but stopping weight loss was more of a challenge for me than starting it!

I don't want to quote carbs or calories or the like as I think that's such a personal thing - from a physiological perspective, not an emotional one. I believe I have breached the "personal fat threshold" Profesor Taylor discusses in his work, without doing his style of diet, and am now normo-glycaemic.

The only times I have felt off were when I was 2.6, but due to a bizarre set of circumstances hadn't been able to eat properly, so I was plain old VERY hungry, rather than medically, worryingly hypo. mainly, my liver will kick in in the low 3s to bring me up to a more "comfortable" level, if I end up with an unexpectedly long period between food.

If it's any consolation, folks now often comment on how much food I can pack away in a meal, but of course, they don't usually have a true grasp on the fact that I might be having a burger, but I'll be avoiding at least half of the bun. On Sunday, watching Six Nations Rugby, my OH and I had lunch which was a 6oz cheeseburger, with tiny salad, and we shared a portion of sweet potato fries and onion rings. I was very hungry at the outset, with a pre reading of 4.0, it rose to 6.0 after 45 minutes, then was 5.2 at just under 2 hours. I tested again a short while later and I was 4.7, so satisfied I was dropping, I stopped testing at that point. Naturally, I was very happy with those, bearing in mind I had eaten more chips and battered onion rings than I usually might have. The test timings aren't to my usual precision, but the bar was full and boisterous and I didn't fancy walking in front of the screens at any moment!

I think I got lucky in terms of my physiological functionality and timing of diagnosis. I count my blessing every day I see a low score!
 
AndBreathe said:
Pasha - frankly, it just happened for me. I don't, and never have, particularly aggressively low carbed, although I eat fewer than before diagnosis, and I have always been able to eat modest portions of rice, oats and bread. My greatest challenge, in my own assessment, was insulin resistance, which improved significantly as I trimmed up. I am now extremely slight; indeed, within 0.5kg of moving from the healthy to underweight range for BMI. I didn't mean to get so slight, but stopping weight loss was more of a challenge for me than starting it!

I don't want to quote carbs or calories or the like as I think that's such a personal thing - from a physiological perspective, not an emotional one. I believe I have breached the "personal fat threshold" Profesor Taylor discusses in his work, without doing his style of diet, and am now normo-glycaemic.

The only times I have felt off were when I was 2.6, but due to a bizarre set of circumstances hadn't been able to eat properly, so I was plain old VERY hungry, rather than medically, worryingly hypo. mainly, my liver will kick in in the low 3s to bring me up to a more "comfortable" level, if I end up with an unexpectedly long period between food.

If it's any consolation, folks now often comment on how much food I can pack away in a meal, but of course, they don't usually have a true grasp on the fact that I might be having a burger, but I'll be avoiding at least half of the bun. On Sunday, watching Six Nations Rugby, my OH and I had lunch which was a 6oz cheeseburger, with tiny salad, and we shared a portion of sweet potato fries and onion rings. I was very hungry at the outset, with a pre reading of 4.0, it rose to 6.0 after 45 minutes, then was 5.2 at just under 2 hours. I tested again a short while later and I was 4.7, so satisfied I was dropping, I stopped testing at that point. Naturally, I was very happy with those, bearing in mind I had eaten more chips and battered onion rings than I usually might have. The test timings aren't to my usual precision, but the bar was full and boisterous and I didn't fancy walking in front of the screens at any moment!

I think I got lucky in terms of my physiological functionality and timing of diagnosis. I count my blessing every day I see a low score!
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Your state would be acceptable if I can reach it :)

Edit: Basically I can deal with a low carb diet and more exercise but I would like to be able to have the occasional sandwich, the occasional beer and the occasional pudding without a spike higher than an 8 and a damaged HbA1c.
 
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