I had similar when doing the same as you, @DJC3. I don’t know the timing of your fasting, but I was not eating before 1pm. When I shifted the time to earlier eating, and the 8 hour window for eating 11am to 7 pm , and increased carbs to between 50 -60 grams a day, (mainly from vegetables) the levels reduced, as did some of the weight.
Today fasting was 5.7. Happy with that. Average on meter readings throughout day for last 3 months has been 5.5. Due diabetes review soon. That should be fun, as no chance of getting in surgery, or / and blood tests, so it will likely be a DIY review, (I can check my own feet, BP, weight etc) apart from some random HCP I have never met trying to tell me how I should manage my T2 in a phone call. Despite me being deaf.
Hi and welcome to the thread. I don't really have the experience to advise you as I think I was diagnosed quite early so that my levels were not that high as what you are seeing and I was basically told to go and sort it by diet which through trial and error I am doing. How long have you been diagnosed and what was your last HbA1c?My mornings are always between 11 and 14, today is 13.9
Have no idea what I am doing wrong..
Good luck with your next HbA1c, I'm sure all your effort will pay off.
Phone appointments can be a real pain, I spend most of my time say "Sorry can you repeat that?". Is your surgery not doing bloods then? Ours was just about back to normal with added precautions. I had bloods done in July along with the review at the same time and most recently had my flu jab. I have even seen my GP for a face to face meeting in the last couple of months, or course we now have local lockdown so things may have changed. 815 cases last week where I live.
I can't see there would be a problem with it, I looked at NICE and the NHS Indicative Price for Contour Next strips are cheaper than my current Accu-Chek Aviva ones, I'll see how the other tests compare xxGood luck with changing your meter @kaylz91 I agree some of them are really too bulky to carry around easily all the time.