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Kaylz

Kaylz

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What's the lowest reading you guys will go to bed on? And if you are too low and have to snack what do you go for? X
 
The lowest I'll go to bed on is 5.5 on my meter not the Libre. I often have 1 or two rich tea biscuits at that level or just below it.
 
I won't go to bed below 7, because whatever I do, I always get a dip and a rise, so need to make sure I don't dip into hypo territory. My go to snack is a piece of cheese with a couple of poppy and sesame crackers.
 
Before the pump I wouldn't go to bed below 7 as I had a lot of hypos. The pump has helped a lot so now I can go to bed at 5. Not lower than 5 though.

If I'm on 4, or sugars heading downward but not hypo, I have a gluten free granola bar (I'm coeliac). Otherwise it's skittles and orange juice if hypo
 
I don't count cause I'm faulty not broken but I'm good at 2.7 anything lower I get a bit wobbly. My lowest recorded is 0.5 and I had a real wobble on
 
7 is nice as I wake up exactly the same, oddly anything higher and i end up way lower 3.5 to 4 , and I mean anything higher, if 24 i wake up 4. I am too afraid of having a hypo in my sleep so I will take a couple of biscuits chocky preferably ( oh what a bad boy I am )
 
If I have a libre on then my bedtime and waking readings are just from that, and I wouldn't go to bed under 5.0 without having a rich tea biscuit like Lin. Finger prick BG, would be not under about 5.7.
 
I don't go to bed with less than 5.5 but remember I was told to not go less than 8, but obedience is not one of my qualities!
My snack could be some nut butter and chocolate, or some blueberries. Maybe a gluten free oatcake.
 
Interesting, I find a lotus biscuit can be taken for a 6 a 5.5 I have a lotus and a square of 90% but I find the higher I've gone to bed the more I'm likely to fall by morning x
 
I go to bed no less than 5 if lower I have a chocolate digestive biscuit lol I use to get to many hypos while asleep so I make sure it's not less than 5 I prefer it to be 6 or 7 tho
 
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