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

Ziggy2017 said:
Night all 6.1 and I have good news from my eye test (1) I get a free eye test every year now since I’m diabetic (usally the tests would cost £30) and (2) my eyes are very healthy and I don’t need to change my prescription:D
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@Ziggy2017 fantastic news about your eye test and the 6.1 means no hypo so another piece of good news.
 
Good morning folks. So far during this heatwave mornings and evenings here have been quite cool - cool enough to need jumpers or tops. That is supposed to change tonight and tomorrow. Reading these posts daily it doesn't seem as though the hot weather has unduly influenced fbg if at all. Mine was 4.8 today at about 6.00 am. I will have to see how long that lasts but it is always good to see old friends you haven't seen in a while, even for a short time:)
 
Last night me and the other half walked a couple of miles along the beach to a pub that usually does great grub. On this occasion my steak was somewhat overcooked but luckily the walk had given me an appetite so I didn't complain , just ate . The walk home was "bracing" ( read too cold for comfort ) but my sugar levels this morning are 5.9 - Note to self ask for rare next time rather than medium and wear more clothes.... Here on the east coast the sun is shining and its promised to be a boiler. Enjoy it if you possibly can....
 
5.7 still not back to my old normal yet since increasing my prednisolone. Though since recent blood tests my neurologist is no longer so sure that I should be taking preds indefinitely as some problems have shown up so he has now said ideally I should soon start stepping them back down with a view to coming off them all together if possible as I now have lymphocytopenia and am at risk of Pneumocystis carinii infections.

So if I do manage to come of preds there is a possibility that my diabetes may go away. Though not a certainty.
 
Good Morening Ladies and Gentlemen and to all those who suffer from drug induced night cramps

A surprising 6.2 for me this morning, we had a late evening meal which always raised my blood sugars

Have a good Saturday folks. We have the grandchildren today and will be contributing to global warming with a bbq this afternoon.
 
rhubarb73 said:
Drum roll........
The results are in: Hba1c officially measured at 44
Down from 66 on 14 May
I’ll take that. I would have preferred something beginning with 3 but the test was a couple of weeks ago and this is huge encouragement after a tough few weeks.
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Great result @rhubarb73 you have dropped by 33% which is a huge achievement and it hasn’t even been 2 months. I think you deserve a fanfare of trumpets, not just a drumroll.
 
JohnEGreen said:
5.7 still not back to my old normal yet since increasing my prednisolone. Though since recent blood tests my neurologist is no longer so sure that I should be taking preds indefinitely as some problems have shown up so he has now said ideally I should soon start stepping them back down with a view to coming off them all together if possible as I now have lymphocytopenia and am at risk of Pneumocystis carinii infections.

So if I do manage to come of preds there is a possibility that my diabetes may go away. Though not a certainty.
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@JohnEGreen I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you can come off prednisone and your diabetes will go away
 
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