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

SaskiaKC said:
I'm interested to read what you think about the HBa1c. It's encouraging to me. And about aging -- that's similar to what I've been thinking about BP as well. :)
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Hi Saskia hope you and the KC are having a good day. Its quite cold here but Bobs and Daisy are under their rugs. The reason I am not sure about the HBA1c is it averages BG over approx 8 / 12 weeks but it doesnt catch any spikes. So while its a popular tool for the medics to use it doesnt tell the whole story. I thought my last HBa1c was lower than it should have been considering my struggle with FBG and while it was nice to get a lower number I didnt have much faith in it to be honest. Home measuring is more helpful IMO. What do you think? Like it or not we are all ageing and while we do our best to be optimal it makes sense to me that bits of us are wearing, to put it simply. I am in my 61st year though I still have a child at Uni! We are so hoping to sell up and downsize so OH can retire and we can have some “us” time before we get too creaky, lol.
 
Caeseji said:
Morning/Afternoon all! Woke up at 7am to a 5.1 which is perfectly fine with my current state of things, ended up losing a pound and a half since last week so steady goes it till next week when it's really going to feel the sting of my ire.

Hope you all have a great weekend and look after yourselves.
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Well done on the weight loss
 
Traceymac23 said:
5.9 pre lunch reading........very unusual for me to lower bg between wake up and pre lunch......although I did have a very unusual breakfast which was a smoothie consisting of:
1 bag spinach
2 courgette
1 thumb sized piece ginger
1 yakult

Then cracked 2 eggs into it and gulped that bad boy down

Had an orange and a cappuccino too in this time gap



May well cut back on the bran flakes although they may well be 'keeping me regular' against inevitable morphine constipation
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6.5 for pre dinner bg better than yesterday
Lunch today was Chicken Korma,broccoli,red lentil Dahll,mix veg (looked like birds eye mix bag),small cup white rice....followed by no added sugar lemon sorbet(man that thing was sharp). A few hazelnuts and a hot chocolate drink(85 % cocoa green & blacks) for a Snack and lots of tea/coffee/sugar free squash.
 
Caeseji said:
Morning/Afternoon all! Woke up at 7am to a 5.1 which is perfectly fine with my current state of things, ended up losing a pound and a half since last week so steady goes it till next week when it's really going to feel the sting of my ire.

Hope you all have a great weekend and look after yourselves.
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You just go from strength to strength and in such a short time. Big respect.
 
PenguinMum said:
Hi Saskia hope you and the KC are having a good day. Its quite cold here but Bobs and Daisy are under their rugs. The reason I am not sure about the HBA1c is it averages BG over approx 8 / 12 weeks but it doesnt catch any spikes. So while its a popular tool for the medics to use it doesnt tell the whole story. I thought my last HBa1c was lower than it should have been considering my struggle with FBG and while it was nice to get a lower number I didnt have much faith in it to be honest. Home measuring is more helpful IMO. What do you think? Like it or not we are all ageing and while we do our best to be optimal it makes sense to me that bits of us are wearing, to put it simply. I am in my 61st year though I still have a child at Uni! We are so hoping to sell up and downsize so OH can retire and we can have some “us” time before we get too creaky, lol.
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I agree with you about the spikes, because while it averages those numbers in with the others, it doesn't catch them, as you point out (no pun intended :) ). I think it may be like having blood pressure checked at the doctor's -- of course it's going to spike there, at least a little. But few of us are given a monitor and told to check our BP throughout the day. Yet I think that if doctors are going to fixate on something it should be BP rather than BG, or at least as much.

I agree with you too about the home measuring of BG. I don't know why morning FBG is such a big deal, though, since it's said to be the last # to go down, and is affected by Dawn Phenomenon, which apparently affects everyone, probably cats as well. (Well, IDK, since they're nocturnal when we let them be ... :) ).

Temperatures in the low 20s here today and the KittenCat has been sunbathing on her window sill when not snuggling with me.
 
Traceymac23 said:
6.5 for pre dinner bg better than yesterday
Lunch today was Chicken Korma,broccoli,red lentil Dahll,mix veg (looked like birds eye mix bag),small cup white rice....followed by no added sugar lemon sorbet(man that thing was sharp). A few hazelnuts and a hot chocolate drink(85 % cocoa green & blacks) for a Snack and lots of tea/coffee/sugar free squash.
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Final pre bed reading of 6.5. Delighted with the numbers today......average 0.65 lower per test than yesterday with most improvements made on the later readings when usually that's when I rise quite a bit.......perhaps it's starting the mild afternoon exercise/rehab?

For the record dinner was Lamb Vindaloo, sweetcorn pakora's ,cucumber Raita, avocado and rocket salad with olive oil and cider vinegar dressing......had a hard boiled egg with paprika as a snack and , plenty tea coffee.......just water from 2100hrs so should get another 12hrs fast in.

BTW........going for curry option regularly to counteract 'morphine constipation '.......works for me
 
For as long as I can remember I’ve been obsessed by numbers ( maths teacher and all that ) I’m constantly trying to find a relationship and some form of correlation between my blood sugar readings. I’m a huge fan of a spreadsheet and I’m convinced there’s a PhD hiding in my daily trainings.
 
Nomaste to all my fellow testers on here.

FBG this beautiful morning 6.3

Waves lapping on the shore, birds tweeting loudly & dogs barking at the wind.
Going to be hard to say goodbye, to the south.

From inside the room, I caught her ladyship spending our last few moments, in a quiet prayer to her mum.
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But today we saddle up and scooter north, back to our base in Baga.

It's a beautiful ride, two lane traffic, through a national forest area, up and down a mountain side...glorious.

Then into one large mad busy town for a $3 dinner..lol

Then into the Goan equivalent of a motorway network, .
10% A40
90% Dakar Rally....:***: hahahaha

Wish us look, we got the lord Ganesh on side, but a little extra love never goes amiss.;)
 
Terrible night with pain from sinusitis (I think).
11.8 this morning
Have a good day lovely people x
 
Traceymac23 said:
Final pre bed reading of 6.5. Delighted with the numbers today......average 0.65 lower per test than yesterday with most improvements made on the later readings when usually that's when I rise quite a bit.......perhaps it's starting the mild afternoon exercise/rehab?

For the record dinner was Lamb Vindaloo, sweetcorn pakora's ,cucumber Raita, avocado and rocket salad with olive oil and cider vinegar dressing......had a hard boiled egg with paprika as a snack and , plenty tea coffee.......just water from 2100hrs so should get another 12hrs fast in.

BTW........going for curry option regularly to counteract 'morphine constipation '.......works for me
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6.7 this morning is no surprise.......nurse took 3 attempts at getting a cannula in just before test which was both stressful and painful.....plus my night time fast has a few hours to go(early test due to shift change on the ward)....won't have brekker till 10am I guess if at all......might just stick to coffee and morphine till lunch?
 
jjraak said:
Nomaste to all my fellow testers on here.

FBG this beautiful morning 6.3

Waves lapping on the shore, birds tweeting loudly & dogs barking at the wind.
Going to be hard to say goodbye, to the south.

From inside the room, I caught her ladyship spending our last few moments, in a quiet prayer to her mum.
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But today we saddle up and scooter north, back to our base in Baga.

It's a beautiful ride, two lane traffic, through a national forest area, up and down a mountain side...glorious.

Then into one large mad busy town for a $3 dinner..lol

Then into the Goan equivalent of a motorway network, .
10% A40
90% Dakar Rally....:***: hahahaha

Wish us look, we got the lord Ganesh on side, but a little extra love never goes amiss.;)
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My My how the other half live........enjoy
 
Morning All. 5.2 this morning. Yay! No idea why.
@jjraak you are probably en route now but have a safe journey and you an keep all those lovely sights stored in your head.
@P1ckle sorry you had a bad night, hope you feel better today.
@Traceymac23 that was a rude awakening. Hope you get some snooze and wake up better.
Enjoy Sunday everyone. Stay well, get well, stay safe.
 
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That looks idyllic, and with a fisherman's boat right outside they must have really fresh fish on the menu every day. :)
Whereabouts is that? I always stayed as close to the beach as I could, but hotels are usually set back from the beach.
I haven't been back to Goa for about ten years, but you have made me think about returning again. Enjoy the rest of your trip, and I hope you are ok with the mad traffic on your ride today.
 
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