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

Omar51 said:
IMUO, type2 taking Metformin needs strips to check blood sugar. So gradually they can get off Metformin!
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Type 2 on Metformin and Gliclazide.

I'd be totally at a loss without the test strips supplied.
They certainly help guide and motivate me, telling me I need to be stricter in eating regime, low carbs, and be more active when I'm able to be.
Yes I am grateful for receiving the strips.......
 
6.5 this morning
i don't know what part of zero carbs my body is not understanding…
more snow overnight, about 8 cm. Did more shovelling, finding it hard to find places to put it all. Heading out angain after my tea. I still haven’t finished my path around the pond and likely won’t finish today…it’s a lot of snow. It’s warming up so I need to move it sooner rather than later. Minus 4 right now, downright balmy!
 
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Evening @RD02. Congratulations and well done you.
 
mojo37 said:
Like I said different surgeries give differently I suppose it depends on their budget ( though it shouldn't be the case ) my surgery is massively over loaded with patients .
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Hi @mojo37

It certainly looks that way. Financial objectives seem to be the chief driver but, to be fair, other factors are sometimes in play. For instance, a type 2 patient newly-prescribed gliclazide should be supplied with a meter and test strips on prescription, because there is a small risk of hypos. OTOH, for type 2s taking metformin or managing their diabetes with diet and exercise, it seems to be something of a postcode lottery, with many patients having to self-fund their meter and strips.
 
Hello @Ashybang Well done for resisting the spuds.

Methinks it was the Yorkshire pud wot done it. Going out to dinner is a challenge for type 2s, but it does get easier as time goes by.

When I first started low-carbing I thought my tastes might change, but I was unprepared for just how quickly that happened.
 
aylalake said:
@Ashybang and @LivingLightly I found that the gravy on my 2 slices of turkey and 4 sprouts on Christmas Day was the culprit.

@Bcgirl perhaps build an igloo? Or a giant snowman?
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Morning @aylalake. Yes, where possible I ask for gravies and sauces to be served separately. You never know what's lurking in those luscious creations.
 
FBG 6.5 this Saturday morning. Yup I can believe that, a night on a ferry, overheated cabin (only marginally better than underheated) and 4 chips for dinner being the culprits. On the plus side, I got through 3 back episodes of Silent Witness uninterrupted and I’m ready to rock & roll this morning
 
Good morning - it’s a wheelie bin-chasing-down-the-road, gale-blowing, miserably wet morning here oop north.

On the bright side, that means my volunteer shift will be dead quiet this afternoon and I can crack on with crocheting the collar and bands of the jumper I started a year ago *oops*

Another bright spot is my BG this early morning:
Libre (new one) 5.9
GlucoNavii 4.5.
 
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