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After exercise...what is the right time to test the effects?

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Bubbsie

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Been walking quite a bit (for me) to increase my activity...after my walks...how long should I wait to test BG...want to see if 1. if I am doing enough 2. what effect it's having on my BG.
 
I can't remember where I read it could have been in Gretchen Becker book, that sometimes the effect of exercise can last for up to 24 Hours latter!
I think the recent programme with on of the TV Doctor twins, they did not test following exercise he used there HBA1C after commencing exercise regime!
 
grovesy said:
I can't remember where I read it could have been in Gretchen Becker book, that sometimes the effect of exercise can last for up to 24 Hours latter!
I think the recent programme with on of the TV Doctor twins, they did not test following exercise he used there HBA1C after commencing exercise regime!
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Okay...thanks Grovesy...think I'll wait a couple of hours then...
 
Bubbsie said:
Been walking quite a bit (for me) to increase my activity...after my walks...how long should I wait to test BG...want to see if 1. if I am doing enough 2. what effect it's having on my BG.
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Bubsie - For that sort of thing the Libre is a fab tool. You see your 24/7 trace for 14 days on each sensor. Of course, it's not cheap, and has to be self-funded, but I have learned a massive amount since I started using it, from time-to-time. I couldn't justify using it full time, but part-time, and now for me, when I want to try something or investigate something, it works. 🙂
 
AndBreathe said:
Bubsie - For that sort of thing the Libre is a fab tool. You see your 24/7 trace for 14 days on each sensor. Of course, it's not cheap, and has to be self-funded, but I have learned a massive amount since I started using it, from time-to-time. I couldn't justify using it full time, but part-time, and now for me, when I want to try something or investigate something, it works. 🙂
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Sounds ideal...will certainly think about that...just tested...started at7.5 this morning...ate breakfast...snooze...walking...now down to 6.8 before lunch...so more walking for me post lunch...for someone who usually drives everywhere...enjoying the walking...noticing things I never did before.
 
Bubbsie said:
Sounds ideal...will certainly think about that...just tested...started at7.5 this morning...ate breakfast...snooze...walking...now down to 6.8 before lunch...so more walking for me post lunch...for someone who usually drives everywhere...enjoying the walking...noticing things I never did before.
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Bubbsie please be advised that they are anything but ideal. When they work they are ok but they don't work for everybody and for those that they do work for they don't always work very well. If you are looking at buying into the system please take a very long, very hard, very objective look at it.😉
 
Diabeticliberty said:
Bubbsie please be advised that they are anything but ideal. When they work they are ok but they don't work for everybody and for those that they do work for they don't always work very well. If you are looking at buying into the system please take a very long, very hard, very objective look at it.😉
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But for the people for whom it works well, there's nothing better at identifying trends in BG levels.
 
Diabeticliberty said:
Bubbsie please be advised that they are anything but ideal. When they work they are ok but they don't work for everybody and for those that they do work for they don't always work very well. If you are looking at buying into the system please take a very long, very hard, very objective look at it.😉
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Thanks DL...useful advice...and at the moment I am quite happy with the meter I have...testing a lot at the moment...just experimenting with the foods that I tolerate well...want to cut down on testing when my numbers are a bit lower...plus...rubbish with any kind of technology.
 
mikeyB said:
But for the people for whom it works well, there's nothing better at identifying trends in BG levels.
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Mike the inference that I drew from the reply from AndBreathe was that she is quite a cheerleader for the system. She does suggest however that she is only a part time user. I only put up my own reply in attempt to apply some degree of balance to a suggestion that the Libre is a 'fab tool', her words not mine. I have used mine every day since buying in to it. I have never made a secret of my mixed views on it but I still use it every day for some of the distinct advantages that it offers me. It is not however without some limitations and I feel that as a forum we should offer as balanced a view as we are able. Non users may buy into the system based on the views we express as a forum (that's how I bought mine) I could find no negative opinions prior to buying. Had I known prior to buying in what I now know about it I would still have bought in. Some potential users however may have potentially different experiences 😉
 
Bubbsie said:
Thanks DL...useful advice...and at the moment I am quite happy with the meter I have...testing a lot at the moment...just experimenting with the foods that I tolerate well...want to cut down on testing when my numbers are a bit lower...plus...rubbish with any kind of technology.
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Bubbsie the system is so simple that even a clot like me can use it. The things is really not at all complicated 🙂
 
Diabeticliberty said:
Bubbsie the system is so simple that even a clot like me can use it. The things is really not at all complicated 🙂
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Dl...I have been described as technologically incompetent by almost all the members of my family...and my seven year old god daughter had to show me how to use my iPhone...thankfully she is coming to stay in the half term holiday...will get her to set up my 'steps' programme on said phone...I have tried twice and failed miserably...that's how lacking I am.
 
Diabeticliberty said:
Mike the inference that I drew from the reply from AndBreathe was that she is quite a cheerleader for the system. She does suggest however that she is only a part time user. I only put up my own reply in attempt to apply some degree of balance to a suggestion that the Libre is a 'fab tool', her words not mine. I have used mine every day since buying in to it. I have never made a secret of my mixed views on it but I still use it every day for some of the distinct advantages that it offers me. It is not however without some limitations and I feel that as a forum we should offer as balanced a view as we are able. Non users may buy into the system based on the views we express as a forum (that's how I bought mine) I could find no negative opinions prior to buying. Had I known prior to buying in what I now know about it I would still have bought in. Some potential users however may have potentially different experiences 😉
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Aye, I know. That's why I said "for the people for whom it works well", which doesn't contradict anything you said, but implicitly agrees.
 
Owen said:
Hand bags boys
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Owen Goal it really isn't a case of handbags. Victor Kildare has a user experience of the Libre. I also, have a user experience of it. The more of us that express a 'warts and all' opinion of it hopefully provides potential buyers with additional information on the benefits or otherwise of the system. I would hope that this helps with a buying decision. I was a little disappointed after buying mine that nobody had pointed out some of the flaws of the system before I bought it. The system can be extremely reliable and at the same time can just flop over when you need it most. Wading through 4 feet of fast flowing river without a finger prick tester about my person and my car located 3 mikes away from me springs to mind. At times like these I really don't need a system, any system to let me down. I have had and still have spurious readings from mine. The thing is though when it isn't in a bad mood the system purrs like my grandmothers ginger tomcat. The deciding factor for me was and still is, that I get my scarred, battered and bloody fingertips back. I am sure no diabetic could rallye against this benefit🙂
 
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We weren't arguing Owen, pay attention. Go for a little sleep, and wake up when the pub opens🙂
 
Diabeticliberty said:
Mike the inference that I drew from the reply from AndBreathe was that she is quite a cheerleader for the system. She does suggest however that she is only a part time user. I only put up my own reply in attempt to apply some degree of balance to a suggestion that the Libre is a 'fab tool', her words not mine. I have used mine every day since buying in to it. I have never made a secret of my mixed views on it but I still use it every day for some of the distinct advantages that it offers me. It is not however without some limitations and I feel that as a forum we should offer as balanced a view as we are able. Non users may buy into the system based on the views we express as a forum (that's how I bought mine) I could find no negative opinions prior to buying. Had I known prior to buying in what I now know about it I would still have bought in. Some potential users however may have potentially different experiences 😉
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If liking the Libre makes me a cheerleader, sobeit.

I stated I use the Libre part-time. As T2, who takes no drugs (or even those who take the likes of Metformin), whilst we like to know the number our bloods are sitting at, a short while after diagnosis, provided we have been tested and got a bit of a grip of things, thereafter what the Libre brings to the party is the 24/7 and the ability to monitor trends and at least as importantly, changes to trends.

Before using the Libre, I would have wagered all my pocket money I didn't experience dawn phenomenon, as my personal, everyday, fasting range is 3.5-4.5. I learned I do experience DP, every day, but it's minor.

I am wearing a sensor right now, and unfortunately, Abbott are having to replace it. It was running low, although it has now swung the other way, and there are gaps in the graphs. I have never had any issue with Abbott support, when required.

Yes, it works for me, mainly, and I have never promoted it's perfection.
 
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