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

5.7 today. Went to gym, a leg day and a good Japanese walk. Did some recycling and got some meat…home for lunch and my glucose is 6.9….seriously, what the heck! Time to put another Dexcom on to see what’s happening. Carbs are way less than ten a day…and zero this morning.
The sun has returned and it’s not too hot a perfect day. I do believe the heat is coming though.
 
grantg said:
@Bcgirl liver can release glucagon (sugars) with some exercise maybe that. also could be lactose is still a form of sugar if had in a coffee/tea or something yoghurt etc has some sugars too.
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Thanks. I exercise daily and have monitored forever( or so it seems) and usually before lunch I’m at 6 or less. No lactose…I just use butter in my coffee and collagen….so just fat and protein. That’s my breakfast. Think I’ll drink more water, I’m one of those people who never get thirsty. Maybe that will help.
I totally appreciate your ideas, thanks again.
 
Not having much joy recently with Libra Cgm

Popped one on yesterday and blood started oozing from the centre of the white disc

Called libre was told to take it off straight away and they would replace it

Today I’m six on contour next

And now coffee …
 

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Morning All 7.3 today but I seem to have not reported for a few days but one of them was 8.9 ouch! @mojo37 those baby puffins must be adorable to see. Take care everyone and as always the fight must go on, there’s no other way. I take a lot of encouragement from @ChrisT2 who has done brilliantly since joining us.
 
Lainie71 said:
7.7 this morning, my 6s seem a distant memory at the moment. I do feel very run down and have again contact dermatitis flare up on my calf and thigh. Perhaps that's why. The water where I live makes my skin really dry despite having filters on our water system. Just changed them so hopefully better.
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Have you tried cetraben cream?
 
OrsonKartt said:
Not having much joy recently with Libra Cgm

Popped one on yesterday and blood started oozing from the centre of the white disc

Called libre was told to take it off straight away and they would replace it
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guess i'll call call libre next time get a wee pool of blood above happend a couple of times to me in the last 6 months i just left it alone i do insert umpteen hours early didn't appear to make much difference to readings. although i don't tend to finger prick very often now fingers no longer bruised :D

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ps i didn't bother with swimming pool was absolutely mobbed reminded me of a can of sardines :O sod trying lengths in that would be really nice if the pool closed off at least one lane to allow for lengths which I've seen several other pools do
 
Went out for a family meal last night. I had Chicken parmigiana with chorizo and spicy chili peppers plus a side salad. Gave the chips away. Food was really well cooked and very nice but Bloods were 7.4 this morning! I dont normally eat parmigiana and didn't realise it had a coating of breadcrumbs under the sauce until I had started to eat. Managed to scrape some off but not all. I also had a pepsi max which is not something I drink but I was really thirsty. I didn't enjoy that at all as it was far too sweet and pretty tasteless. Had to go searching for the lemon segment to suck on to get the sweetness out of my mouth. Despite this, it was a good night. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to get bloods back down some. Tested before lunch around 1:50 bloods had only come down to 6.1.
 
grantg said:
guess i'll call call libre next time get a wee pool of blood above happend a couple of times to me in the last 6 months i just left it alone i do insert umpteen hours early didn't appear to make much difference to readings. although i don't tend to finger prick very often now fingers no longer bruised :D

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ps i didn't bother with swimming pool was absolutely mobbed reminded me of a can of sardines :O sod trying lengths in that would be really nice if the pool closed off at least one lane to allow for lengths which I've seen several other pools do
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Pool I go to has 1 hr slots between 6 & 9am, lanes only, slow, medium & fast lanes
 
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