Yet Another Question!

[fumanchu]

Hubby this morning first thing, BG was 8.6. He had bacon & egg and 2 hours later BG was 7.2. Then we went a walk... nothing to eat or drink but when we got back he tested and BG was 8.6 Why ?

 

[Resurgam]

Because the liver provides glucose - sometimes rather erratically, as a response to exertion.
There's a lot going on to maintain our bodies all the time, different cycles different processes - we are complex and often confounding things.

 

[JoKalsbeek]

Meters have a margin of error of 15%. So even when you test from a single drop of blood, there can be a difference. Also, it may just be a bit of a morning liver dump getting in the way, or maybe the walk was a bit too strenuous, something stressful came up... But really, my bet'd be a little glucose dump, courtesy of his liver. If it's dumping stored glucose though, and he's not putting any back in, (yay for eggs!), it should come down eventually. But the morning blood sugars are the last to come down, and the dump can be a bit erratic. Nothing to panic about just yet though. Give it time, see whether it improves.

 

[fumanchu]

Awesome thank you both *trying to stay calm cool & sane*