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

Similar experience this morning. On waking… 7.1 , new box of strips . Took meds with glass of water.
15 minutes later, downstairs, different meter, different batch of strips , still not eaten anything but meds water, 9.5.
 

I’ve experimented with different combos for breakfast but tbh, I’m better not having anything at all until lunchtime if it’s on an upwards loop. It just sends it even higher.

I sort of wonder if I’ve trained my body to do this - ever since my teenage years, when I used to skip breakfast to get more time in bed, to years catching a train at 6.30am to go to work, I’ve skipped more breakfasts than I’ve eaten. In the days of restaurant cars on trains, my go to was a slice of toast with marmite, but normally, I don’t even feel hungry until around 11am, and a cup of tea or coffee sees me through.

So maybe the old bod thinks there’s nothing coming so it better get cracking and do it’s sugar stores release thing? Nowadays breakfast depends on what I’ve got planned for the morning, if it’s intense I’ll get a bit of protein ballast down, like a boiled egg or some yoghurt. If the numbers are already high, or I’m going for a swim, I’ll skip eating and take something for later.
 
MissMuffett said:
Did you calibrate your metre or do a quality control test? If I suspect the strips are dodgy I check one of them with the control solution and check it against the range which is on the side of the tub.
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I’m using an Aviva, which I don’t think calibrates. I think I’ve lost the instructions! I’ll have to check online.
 
7.5 this morning guessing if I had taken when I woke and not fallen back to sleep at 3:30am, it would have been lower. Took it just now and it was 5.9 very happy with that!!!
 
A 7 this morning which I blamed on eating late last night, but as the day has gone on I've got more and more tired, sneezing a lot and now green snot...! Sorry for tmd but my bg knew something was brewing before I did
 
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