Finger prick testing

[WendyB61]

I have recently started do do my finger prick tests, I believe it supposed to be 4-7mol before food and up to 9 2 hours later, I can’t get mine under 10 before food, is this really bad?

 

[Leadinglights]

I have recently started do do my finger prick tests, I believe it supposed to be 4-7mol before food and up to 9 2 hours later, I can’t get mine under 10 before food, is this really bad?

What it is likely to be will be related to your HbA1C so if that is high then your finger prick reading will be higher until your diet /medication starts to bring levels down. Yes the aim is 4-7 fasting and before meals and no more than 8-8.5 2 hours post meal but an indication as to whether you are tolerating a particular meal is to look for no more than a 2-3mmol/l increase from before eating to 2 hours after.
It will be a work in progress and can direct your dietary changes.

 

[Martin.A]

I have recently started do do my finger prick tests, I believe it supposed to be 4-7mol before food and up to 9 2 hours later, I can’t get mine under 10 before food, is this really bad?

In one of your earlier posts you said you'd been in remission but had now slipped back into diabetes territory. Are you just testing pre- and post-meal or are you also doing a fasting test in the morning, on waking?

 

[debs248]

I have recently started do do my finger prick tests, I believe it supposed to be 4-7mol before food and up to 9 2 hours later, I can’t get mine under 10 before food, is this really bad?

It's not ideal but it's not the end of the world. As @Leadinglights says it's a work in progress. Until last week I was regularly getting 10s and 11s, I'm still seeing 9.something most days. I started from an HbA1c of 113 2 months ago so I'm still on a journey.

 

[WendyB61]

In one of your earlier posts you said you'd been in remission but had now slipped back into diabetes territory. Are you just testing pre- and post-meal or are you also doing a fasting test in the morning, on waking?

Just before a meal and 2 hours after

 

[rebrascora]

And what results are you seeing with those pre and post meal readings and do you keep a food diary along with those readings so that you can see which meals/foods are causing you a problem?
If you can adjust your meals so that you are not rising by more than 3 mmols as a result of that meal ie the difference between the pre meal and post meal reading is less than 3 consistently, then your premeal readings should gradually come down into range.

 

[WendyB61]

And what results are you seeing with those pre and post meal readings and do you keep a food diary along with those readings so that you can see which meals/foods are causing you a problem?
If you can adjust your meals so that you are not rising by more than 3 mmols as a result of that meal ie the difference between the pre meal and post meal reading is less than 3 consistently, then your premeal readings should gradually come down into range.

Yes I have started to keep a diary so I am working out what is ok for me to eat and what isn’t good, I struggle to try and lose weight and lower my carbs, I have been thinking of kick starting a diet like the 1:1 diet as I don’t fancy these injections at the moment

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

As others have said @WendyB61 diabetes is a marathon, not a sprint. I think the combination of the notes you are keeping and making tweaks and changes to aim to only see a 2hr rise of 2-3mmol/L should allow your BG levels to gently drift downwards.

Allowing your BG to come down gradually can be kinder on the fine blood vessels, and give your body time to adjust and adapt.