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

nutribolt

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4.8 after the fasting day yesterday...

Thing is for the first time I realised yesterday how smallest of stress can raise sugar level.. I am using freestyle libre and on fasting day normally my BG stays between 4.5 to 6 but yesterday after I realised that my wife has a bit of swelling near her ear and jawline (symptom of an oncoming ear infection) my sugar levels rose to 7.7 and stayed that way till my daighter was back from school at which point it started coming down and then it stayed in range of 5.4 to 6. When it was around 7.4 and before it peaked to 7.7, I got up and took a quick 15 minute walk that usually drops the numbers a bit down but nothing happened. Same had happened the other day when my dog was hurt on his left hind leg while he was running up and down scared of stupid fire crackers...

Point is it feels scary learning that while we can do everything right in terms of healthy lifestyle and diet, we still cannot control how and what stresses us thus showing we are only in limited control at any given time.
 
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3.9 so 3 glucose tabs, an hour later before breakfast still blooming 3.9! 2 more glucose tabs and bolused for breakfast, want to go back to bed! Been up since just after 5 and really can't be bothered with this today
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8.3 this morning. Started low carbs 11 weeks ago when BG was so high my monitor actually said Hi without a number although found it eventually to be 33!!
So I'm pleased with that and slowly slowly getting there...can't wait to see a 5 on my little screen.
 
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Mrs T 123

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nutribolt said:
4.8 after the fasting day yesterday...

Thing is for the first time I realised yesterday how smallest of stress can raise sugar level.. I am using freestyle libre and on fasting day normally my BG stays between 4.5 to 6 but yesterday after I realised that my wife has a bit of swelling near her ear and jawline (symptom of an oncoming ear infection) my sugar levels rose to 7.7 and stayed that way till my daighter was back from school at which point it started coming down and then it stayed in range of 5.4 to 6. When it was around 7.4 and before it peaked to 7.7, I got up and took a quick 15 minute walk that usually drops the numbers a bit down but nothing happened. Same had happened the other day when my dog was hurt on his left hind leg while he was running up and down scared of stupid fire crackers...

Point is it feels scary learning that while we can do everything right in terms of healthy lifestyle and diet, we still cannot control how and what stresses us thus showing we are only in limited control at any given time.
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Thanks for sharing - very interesting
 
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philchap1

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karen8967 said:
better number today phil x
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Having some problems with the pump cannulas karen, finding sites for them few and far between, getting poor absorption and having to do a correction with a pen then the pump insulin delivery kicks in 6 hours later lol. Thank God for Dexcom G6 x
 
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philchap1 said:
Having some problems with the pump cannulas karen, finding sites for them few and far between, getting poor absorption and having to do a correction with a pen then the pump insulin delivery kicks in 6 hours later lol. Thank God for Dexcom G6 x
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Aw hugs phil would you ever consider going back on the pens x
 
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