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Why the spike?

xfieldok

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6.1 before dinner.

Two egg omelette with mozzarella cheese, half a jalapeno chilli, slice of Serrano, blueberries and cream.

9.4
 
xfieldok said:
6.1 before dinner.

Two egg omelette with mozzarella cheese, half a jalapeno chilli, slice of Serrano, blueberries and cream.

9.4
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Crikey, - I've read posts from other forum members stating that they get spikes from eggs.

Do you normally eat eggs without any problems?
 
xfieldok said:
6.1 before dinner.

Two egg omelette with mozzarella cheese, half a jalapeno chilli, slice of Serrano, blueberries and cream.

9.4
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Ooops - That does seem a bit frisky for what you describe. Have you tested for that meal before, or is testing or that combo a new thing?

Just a couple of things to check - Was your cream unsweeted, some commercial ones are sweetened, although they usually are labelled as suck, or squirty. Some folks find blueberries kinder than others. Blueberries aren't my favourite berry of choice, but that's just my personal taste.

And finally, did you redo the test that showed 9.4? So many things can cause a rogue result - such as something (sweet) on the finger tip, hands although washed, not dired (although that would usually give a very low result) or just a plain old dodgy strip.

Dodgy strips don't happen too often, but they can happen.
 
Try the same meal without the blueberries, I could only tolerate 2-3 alongside a couple of slices of strawberry with full fat greek yoghurt when I used to eat fruit. And remember, test the same meal more than once to get a more accurate picture.
 
OK just retested, 40 minutes after 9.4 it is now 8.

Blueberries, 1 dessert spoon (plus a big juicy one). Checked the cream, it is double, nothing appears to have been added.

Possibly overdoing the blueberries? I used 2 dessert spoons of cream.

Earlier on I had another 9 reading. I had a starbucks esspresso with cream ( have ordered some decaf to take its place). BUT I also had 80mg of propranalol around the same time. I read somewhere that propranalol can raise BG. Will be raising this with my GP.

Thanks to everyone for their replies, knowledge is power!
 
whoo, seems megga high.

Try the ingredients one at a time, see what's giving you that kick.
 

Check out the carbs in that expresso.
You won't be wanting another.
 
I have had the omlette before with no noticable spikes, but I am just starting out, there are so many things that can affect it.

I have tried to find the carbs in the expresso, someone sent me the info from the starbucks site, I couldn't see House Blend that we buy from the supermarket. and there is nothing on the packet.
 

Whipped cream?
 
When I was put on propranolol for polymyalgia it caused my bs to go through the roof. I went from well controlled using just metformin to being on the highest dose of insulin twice a day and even that wasn't enough. I only got reasonable control when I added a once a week injection of dulaglutide. Deb
 
Thanks Deb, that's useful to know. Tomorrow I will stay off the coffee. I will test two hours after the propranolol and have the same amount of blueberries and cream for lunch and test again. It's all go.
 
Blueberries - like most fruit from the US are quite high carb. Even if not grown in the US the variety has been spread worldwide.They are twice as sweet as strawberries, and above my self imposed 10 percent limit.
It might well be that there are other things influencing your BG - but blueberries are the highest carb of the fruits called berries.
 
bulkbiker said:
There aren't any (or if any very few) carbs in an espresso coffee.
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Hahahaha

You seen starbucks whipped cream from the sqirty can!
Even the standard pouting cream has added sugar for taste, improve the thickness, make it float, and extend the life.

Lovely
 
jcbman said:
Hahahaha

You seen starbucks whipped cream from the sqirty can!
Even the standard pouting cream has added sugar for taste, improve the thickness, make it float, and extend the life.
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So you agree that the espresso has virtually no carbs..
 

Are you otherwise well, xfieldok? Being under the off-colour, with a cold, stress, lack of sleep, as examples, can boost the blood numbers a bit, as can taking some medications. Have you started a new pot of strips recently? Sometimes a pot can have "gone off" a bit. It's unusual, but can happen. Does any of that apply?

To be honest, if none of the fore-going apply, the I'd have the same meal and knock out the blueberries first, as that would be the most likely, of the unlikely, candidates for a boost like that.

Sometimes people with food intolerances just can't eat x, y or z, that we others might generally find to be absolutely fine.
 
jcbman said:
Check out the carbs in that expresso.
You won't be wanting another.
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Carbs in an espresso? I didnt think there were any carbs in black coffee. The poster added cream?
Have I got something wrong?
 
@DCUKMod, I have high blood pressure and I take 5mg amlodipine. The propranolol was given for unusual form of migraine. I had two attacks one lasted 16 days, the other 18 days. The migraine was probably caused by the diabetes, the propranolol is probably helping with the blood pressure.

I have started a new pot of strips. When I first got my meter I tested it to find that different fingers would give different readings!
 

It'll be interesting to see if the high readings persist tomorrow, from your new pot of strips.

If either of your other meds are new, or if they are to be used, "as required" and timing relates to your spike, than perhaps look on the Patient Information Leaflet and see what potential side effects are listed.

I love a puzzle, provided it doesn't apply to me! Fingers crossed things might become clearer over the next day or two.
 
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