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

6.1 this morning….ate some extra carbs yesterday…just a few in some ever so yummy wraps (B-Free). Net carbs about 3.5 per wrap, very good but…..not for me, at least every day. They have bamboo fibre in them which set my intestines off…
went garden shopping this morning, the wind was howling! Plants flying all over the place, it was hilarious. Found some lovely mini roses for super cheap and I hugged them for dear life at checkout, the cashier laughed and said save the roses! Not as bad at my house.
 
debs248 said:
11.7

Back to "normal". Appeared to be hydrated but still had to stab 4 times before getting a decent blood drop. So frustrating, and my regular fingertips are all bruised now so may have to try little finger this evening.
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on the fingertip itself pretty nippy :O someone accidentally managed to bump into me just as about to inject some insulin at a shopping centre picked the pen up via the pressure activated safety needle ... oops
mojo37 said:
Have you tried the libre sensor they are giving ones away at the moment ..well a 2 week free trial .
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dexcom also offer a free trial too
 
Sympathies for the readings, the lower readings sometimes feel like a million miles away but keep at it.

Fully agree with the Fastclix and the 6 needle cartridge recommendation from @PenguinMum . I know the official guidance is to use each needle once but I reckon I get about 6 or 7 stabs per needle and so a cartridge will last up to 50 finger pricks. I only change needle when I get an "ouch!" as the needle itself gets blunt so I know to move on to a new needle. Once all 6 are used you have to change the cartridge. A comfort setting of 2 makes for a virtually painless jab on a new needle. From a hygiene point of view it is only myself who uses the clicker and none of my fingers have fallen off or suffered adverse reactions, at least not yet.
 
9.1 today

Thank you everyone who made suggestions, too many to answer individually. I'm sticking with the lancets I've got on prescription for now, but am looking at the fastclix should I ever need to buy my own.

My husband noticed yesterday that my hands are much colder than his, even though they feel fine to me, so today I added vigorous hand warming to my preparation routine and was successful! Maybe that's why I was getting better results from my right hand - it does more activity so it's a bit warmer?
 
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