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BG high in morning more than usual

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Good to heat that your fasting BG readings have come down into range.

Beer is usually quite high in carbohydrate, so that could well be raising your BG (at least temporarily)
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Good to heat that your fasting BG readings have come down into range.

Beer is usually quite high in carbohydrate, so that could well be raising your BG (at least temporarily)
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Hi i have stopped them now , my random BG even after a few beers and a meal ( say 2 beers and a meal ) is like around 5.3 and also during the day is around the 5.3 -6.3 ranges but morning BG is quite consistently around 6.5 -6.9 irrespective of whatever light i eat in night , guidance says if we have 2 high fasting readings (7.2) its considered diabetic - is this correct ? as my average for
7 days - 6.8 ( no of readings -11) , 14 days - 6.9 ( no of readings - 17), 61 days - 6.8 ( no of readings -61) , 90 days -6.7 ( no of readings -110)
 
devil vinoth said:
Hi i have stopped them now , my random BG even after a few beers and a meal ( say 2 beers and a meal ) is like around 5.3 and also during the day is around the 5.3 -6.3 ranges but morning BG is quite consistently around 6.5 -6.9 irrespective of whatever light i eat in night , guidance says if we have 2 high fasting readings (7.2) its considered diabetic - is this correct ? as my average for
7 days - 6.8 ( no of readings -11) , 14 days - 6.9 ( no of readings - 17), 61 days - 6.8 ( no of readings -61) , 90 days -6.7 ( no of readings -110)
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Fingerstick checks are not recommended for diagnostic purposes any more, partly because of the inherent variability of the technology.

If you are concerned about whether you have moved from being at risk of diabetes into a diabetes diagnosis you should ask your GP for an HbA1c check.

Try not to get too anxious about BG checks, but use them systematically to discover which meals suit your BG best and which foods to avoid. Once you have worked out a reasonable BG-friendly menu (which you seem to have largely done already) you will probably want to reduce BG fingersticks to a more occasional check to see whether things are still behaving as you expect. 🙂
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Fingerstick checks are not recommended for diagnostic purposes any more, partly because of the inherent variability of the technology.

If you are concerned about whether you have moved from being at risk of diabetes into a diabetes diagnosis you should ask your GP for an HbA1c check.

Try not to get too anxious about BG checks, but use them systematically to discover which meals suit your BG best and which foods to avoid. Once you have worked out a reasonable BG-friendly menu (which you seem to have largely done already) you will probably want to reduce BG fingersticks to a more occasional check to see whether things are still behaving as you expect. 🙂
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Great tks
i did a HB1AC on 14th august - 40 mmol/ ml ( initially one done on 27th July was 44mmol/ml)
next one scheduled on 14th September
 
Are you sure they are HBA1C as they are not usally done monthly
they as they measure the amount of gloucose attached to red blood cells that have an average lifespan of 3 months.
 
I hope you’ve not been persuaded to buy these privately. As others have said, even though the ‘average‘ nature of HbA1c is weighted towards the recent month, it is unusual to see much difference in 30 days because red blood cells live for up to 120 days, and many of the old ones will still be present.
 
Your body dumps glucose into your blood stream as you wake up.
Age, stress, bad dreams, waking in the night, all change your waking BG reading as you react to it.
 
Anitram said:
Are you using a home testing kit for this? I can't believe any GP practice would be wasting resources doing monthly Hba1c checks.

Martin
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sorry was wrong its once in 3 months for the GP , i was using home kits yes i will not anymore based on advice
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
I hope you’ve not been persuaded to buy these privately. As others have said, even though the ‘average‘ nature of HbA1c is weighted towards the recent month, it is unusual to see much difference in 30 days because red blood cells live for up to 120 days, and many of the old ones will still be present.
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sorry was wrong its once in 3 months for the GP , i was using home kits yes i will not anymore based on advice
 
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