Estragon
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7.0 - Went to bed on a 5.9. Same old..... same old...... yawn.
Well done, great control Andy.5.2 today and my hba1c last week was 40 so all good
I feel your pain. Several years of waking up with higher numbers in the morning than I went to bed with the previous night got very wearing at times.7.0 - Went to bed on a 5.9. Same old..... same old...... yawn.
Hug for Hypo on such an important day. I'm sure you'll breeze through the exam.3.8 this morning, I was woken by my low glucose alarm - an entirely new experience. Quickly dealt with that with a few raisins before getting the morning insulin on board. Hope everyone has a good Sunday. Exam tomorrow so guess what I will be doing?
Do you think that you do too much fasting and that maybe your body is trying to compensate in some way ? If I don't eat when I get up my numbers rise until I do maybe due to stored glucose ? Its a very complex condition this diabetes that's for sure6.6 at 6 AM and 6.6 at 7.50AM.
Report for those interested in my little experiment:
I genuinely have no idea what needs to be done to bring down these numbers. If eating what little I ate after 4 days of not eating anything is failing I guess I will just have to stick with ADF and ride it out. 6s I dont have a problem with, its the readings going past 7.6 during fasting that are puzzling and higher readings this morning after just a small intake that seem to be training my brain to discourage eating which can't be good so I need to consciously strike a balance.
- Before breaking the fast my reading was 5.1
- During the day it went to 8 and it stayed above 7.6 for about an hour. This was between 10.15 to 11.15.
- I broke fast at 96 hrs by eating 40gms of extra mature cheddar cheese, 100gms of air fried celeriac, three almond Flour pancakes and 2 chocolate keto bars. So net carb intake was well below 10gms.
- 2 hours after eating this my reading was 5.7.
- Before sleeping at around 23.30 reading was 6.1.
Have a great weekend everyone.
It has crossed my mind but the pertinent question then becomes if I am not giving the body any known raw material to make glucose where is it getting it from and answer can only be - from existing reserves - which is good even if it means rising BG as that means we are forcing body to deplete those sources as best as we can. In my case I do not believe that my body is now a hoarder of such reserves so it becomes a cause of concern and i will explain my reasoning below.Do you think that you do too much fasting and that maybe your body is trying to compensate in some way ?
@ziggy_w great FBSs by the way! I am 61 and had my first covid jab in Feb the same time as my OH who is 64 and has health issues - so a lot earlier than our corresponding age group! The only reason I can think that I got it early was due to my T2 even though I have had a non-diabetic hba1c for approx 8 years as my only other health issues are hypothyroidism and high BP albeit now normal due to meds so I image you should have got one as well. Are you invited to have a flu jab each year as that may have a bearing when they trawled through the records? It would be interesting to see if you do get a response.Hello all,
4.9 this morning.
Send an email GP today asking whether I am considered a person with a prior condition to determine when it is my turn to get vaccinated. Am a bit confused as on the one hand I was diagnosed with a very high HbA1c six years ago and this info still appears on every referral while on the other hand all my HbA1cs since have been the normal range and GP has communicated I am no longer diabetic. It will be interesting to see whether I hear back.