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So you were 3.7, ate fishcakes (presumably made with potato) and mashed potatoes, and were 4.7 2 hours later?
 
Hi @francisalison45, can I join in and encourage you to treat what you have found up to now as a training period and to start with a new clean sheet setting to one side all the readings you have got? I am suggesting this because using a test meter takes some getting used to and then it is a good idea to test against a plan so that you can get a good picture of what is going on. Testing without a purpose can be very misleading. I would ignore the HbA1c estimate, you cannot get one from the results you have got and whatever source it came from should have told you that.

When sorting out your testing plan you have to recognise that your blood glucose goes up and down naturally through the day. Eating tends to make it go up but so does other things. As your body processes the glucose in your blood then it goes down. If you are getting 4's and 5's before meals and 7's and 8's after eating then that is good. If you get a reading into double figures after eating then that suggests you have eaten something that is best avoided for the future.

So I suggest you get a notebook and start to keep a diary. In the diary, you put your test results. I would suggest you take a reading when you get up in the morning and the last thing at night. I would then suggest you pick your main meal and test immediately before you eat and two hours afterwards. Write down in your diary what you ate. Do that for a week before you begin to think about what the results mean because only then will you have a baseline of how your body is behaving. You can then start experimenting with your diet to see what sort of increases you get from different foods.

For the time being I would forget the apps and all the clever stuff. You need to get some basic information which applies to you.

Whilst I have been typing I see you have got another result - 6.5. That is well within the range of readings that any non-diabetic would get and tells you little about your status.

PS, I apologise for sounding a bit clinical but I spent most of my life doing experimental science, measuring things and then trying to make sense of the results. The one thing I know from experience is that speculating on what is going on without a decent set of data can lead to very misleading conclusions.
 
Docb said:
Hi @francisalison45, can I join in and encourage you to treat what you have found up to now as a training period and to start with a new clean sheet setting to one side all the readings you have got? I am suggesting this because using a test meter takes some getting used to and then it is a good idea to test against a plan so that you can get a good picture of what is going on. Testing without a purpose can be very misleading. I would ignore the HbA1c estimate, you cannot get one from the results you have got and whatever source it came from should have told you that.

When sorting out your testing plan you have to recognise that your blood glucose goes up and down naturally through the day. Eating tends to make it go up but so does other things. As your body processes the glucose in your blood then it goes down. If you are getting 4's and 5's before meals and 7's and 8's after eating then that is good. If you get a reading into double figures after eating then that suggests you have eaten something that is best avoided for the future.

So I suggest you get a notebook and start to keep a diary. In the diary, you put your test results. I would suggest you take a reading when you get up in the morning and the last thing at night. I would then suggest you pick your main meal and test immediately before you eat and two hours afterwards. Write down in your diary what you ate. Do that for a week before you begin to think about what the results mean because only then will you have a baseline of how your body is behaving. You can then start experimenting with your diet to see what sort of increases you get from different foods.

For the time being I would forget the apps and all the clever stuff. You need to get some basic information which applies to you.

Whilst I have been typing I see you have got another result - 6.5. That is well within the range of readings that any non-diabetic would get and tells you little about your status.

PS, I apologise for sounding a bit clinical but I spent most of my life doing experimental science, measuring things and then trying to make sense of the results. The one thing I know from experience is that speculating on what is going on without a decent set of data can lead to very misleading conclusions.
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Is 6.5 good then
 
francisalison45 said:
Is 6.5 good then
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There is no answer to that question - it depends upon the circumstances. It is difficult to think of any circumstances under which a reading of 6.5 would give any cause for cocern.
 
No problem, @francisalison45. Have another look at my longer post and see if that makes sense and gives you a way forward for getting to grips with what your readings mean.
 
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