What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

Chronicle_Cat · Jul 31, 2018

Good evening,

It's almost 2 pm here (Toronto, Canada). This morning's fasting number was 5.4 .

I got some other good news today, I've lost more weight this week - 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs), with the total loss now 6 kg or 13.32 lbs. Being older, I still think in non metric although my doctor's scale is in kilograms.

HarryBeau · Jul 31, 2018

PenguinMum said:
My Desmond course was almost identical to yours. I was the only one in the room who chose not to take Metformin or statins on diagnosis and this troubled the instructor a lot. She kept bringing it up and looking at me with suspicion lol. Most of the other people were a bit older and I dont think it had occurred to them they could decline what the doctor offered. At lunch it was all sandwiches or pasta salad pots and apples. I brought a bit of ham salad in a tupperware box. Oh and we had two types of biscuits because “we are not going to tell you you cant eat them, you can eat anything”. I understand courses to help T1s learn how to handle insulin but I wonder if T2s could be given a booklet. I dread to think how much Desmond costs and IMO the money could be better spent supplying and encouraging meters. But what do I know?

The best support I got was reading Type 2 Diabetes The First Year by Gretchen Becker...it explains what T2 diabetes is...how/why it develops...the benefits of SMBG & so much more...I'd recommend that to every newly diagnosed member...and I still refer to it from time to time...the best investment I made at my diagnosis. PM

Chronicle_Cat · Jul 31, 2018

PenguinMum said:
I understand courses to help T1s learn how to handle insulin but I wonder if T2s could be given a booklet. I dread to think how much Desmond costs and IMO the money could be better spent supplying and encouraging meters. But what do I know?

Apparently the local diabetes education course (Canada) has a booklet for T2s produced by the Canadian Wheat Marketing Board! It of course, recommends plenty of grains, 1/4 of the plate.

A friend of mine who is T2 went and told me that it was not helpful at all. (She was able to reduce almost all of her medication with low carb diet and her starting HbA1c was 4 times higher than mine. )

PenguinMum · Jul 31, 2018

Chronicle_Cat said:
Apparently the local diabetes education course (Canada) has a booklet for T2s produced by the Canadian Wheat Marketing Board! It of course, recommends plenty of grains, 1/4 of the plate.

A friend of mine who is T2 went and told me that it was not helpful at all. (She was able to reduce almost all of her medication with low carb diet and her starting HbA1c was 4 times higher than mine. )

Amqzing but this is the problem with any medical leaflets being sponsored by those with bad things to sell. Glad she had the sense to find her own way to improve her life.

ianpspurs · Jul 31, 2018

DJC3 said:
That seems pretty good to me. So long as you are still in nondiabetic region, all is well.

@DJC3 You seem to have me confused with that chap who would settle for that level - experience tells me when I am right that will be lower but I agree it is not dangerous. @PenguinMum thanks for the good wishes at the moment the girls may not see each other much being in Southampton and Suffolk. Grandson will eventually be clan chief so his sister may need advice on how to get on with him

Ziggy2017 · Jul 31, 2018

Night all 6.6 tonight sleep well everyone

rhubarb73 · Jul 31, 2018

OrsonKartt said:
oops I got starred up...the word I was trying to express in a colloquial manner was "nonsense". .| I had expressed this by joining two words. The first word was ball and the second, another word for bodily waste matter. I dont know if anyone would find that offensive but hey ho !

I think the term you were grasping for was “Cowdenbeath”

DJC3 · Jul 31, 2018

ianpspurs said:
@DJC3 You seem to have me confused with that chap who would settle for that level - experience tells me when I am right that will be lower:

Ah yes! Silly me, forgot who I was talking to for a sec.
I know you will get there though, such dilligence can’t go unrewarded.
I will continue to watch from the wussy side bench.

Goonergal · Aug 1, 2018

Morning all. Restless night. Gave in at 04.15am and got up. FBG was 4.5. Working at home today so at least I can make a very early start and then stop when I undoubtably run out of steam equally early.

Cumberland · Aug 1, 2018

Good morning
5.7
Have a good day peeps

Moggely · Aug 1, 2018

rhubarb73 · Aug 1, 2018

6.7 today. After discovering yesterday that whatever pushes up my numbers over the course of the morning doesn’t happen at the weekends today I will be experimenting with no coffee. I hope it works because losing the caffeine hit will be challenging.

UserABC2021 · Aug 1, 2018

5.4 is my entry for the first of the month, enjoy the day

Terrytiddy · Aug 1, 2018

Good morning all 5.2 for me this morning Have a good day everyone and stay safe.

OrsonKartt · Aug 1, 2018

Morning all. A new month and another warm one here. 5.6 today for me

geefull · Aug 1, 2018

good morning all

4.3 today

nice sunny start to the morning today and only a bit of drizzle overnight though we were hoping for a bit more rain.

Off to the charity shop this morning, doing Weds instead of Fri this week to cover holidays so perhaps a walk later

Have a good day everyone

HarryBeau · Aug 1, 2018

Chronicle_Cat said:
Apparently the local diabetes education course (Canada) has a booklet for T2s produced by the Canadian Wheat Marketing Board! It of course, recommends plenty of grains, 1/4 of the plate.

A friend of mine who is T2 went and told me that it was not helpful at all. (She was able to reduce almost all of her medication with low carb diet and her starting HbA1c was 4 times higher than mine. )

That is akin to the DESMOND course & the dietary advice given there...thankfully I had already found some solid information before attending it...shocking this approach is acceptable...how money is expended on it...still if we could reverse/cure our diabetes than there would be little profit in that for the corporate sponsors (and others)...the old adage...where's there's muck there's money (metaphorically speaking of course).

alf_Josiah · Aug 1, 2018

Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and all who hate August ?

A 6.0 for me this morning?

Well folks time to start thinking about those dreaded Christmas card lists and all things festive now summer is over and we are on the run up Christmas.
Have a good one folks.

HarryBeau · Aug 1, 2018

rhubarb73 said:
6.7 today. After discovering yesterday that whatever pushes up my numbers over the course of the morning doesn’t happen at the weekends today I will be experimenting with no coffee. I hope it works because losing the caffeine hit will be challenging.

I couldn't ditch the coffee rhubarb...never...just reading your post brought me out in a cold sweat

johnpol · Aug 1, 2018

Morning all a spectacular 5, happy with that especially after midnight dashes to hospital with our friends son. so a stressful night for all concerned, and no hypo after last nights particularly heavy session.

Take care everyone.

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