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

Flora123 said:

Can someone tell me why FBG is so important? If it’s in the high side buy drops during the day for the whole day, is it that important? My DSN seems obsessed with it! Thanks

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SaskiaKC said:

What does your DSN say when you ask her/him that question?

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JohnEGreen said:

@Flora123

Here is a link to an article about it.
https://vilabin.com/article/fasting-blood-glucose-fbg-fbs-for-diabetes-why-is-it-so-important/

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DJC3 said:

Morning all, back in the 6s with a 6.2 sigh

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ziggy_w said:

Good morning all,

@Flora123 -- I guess that one reason that they seem obsessed with fasting levels is that they are part of the official guidelines for diagnosing diabetes (though I have to admit my GP wasn't when initially fasting was still high, but HbA1c was normal).

My personal experience is though that for me fasting levels tend to set the tone for the entire day. So, if fasting blood sugars are higher, so are levels throughout the day. That's why they matter to me personally.

Do I believe that fasting blood sugars really matter in terms of health if they are a little elevated and drop throughout the day as they do for you? No, not really. Personally, I believe that what really does harm is if we repeatedly see very high spikes throughout the day (based on the discussion by Jenny Ruhl on her bloodsugar101 website).

By the way, when you say that you HCPs want it between 4 and 5, do you mean 5.0 mmol as a maximum?

Anyway, back to main purpose of this post. Fasting levels for me were 5.1.

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Flora123 said:

Thank you. That’s very helpful. Yes she wants between 4-5 mol in the morning! Even when my Hba1c was 36, I never had a FBG that low.

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mojo37 said:

Better than 7's or 8's but it is frustrating .

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