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Group 7-day waking average?

A very good morning everyone. I hit a milestone today, my first single figure fasting test - 8.7..... couldn't be happier :D

Yesterday I had some good numbers too. Post lunch (+2hrs) and after a walk was 5.9. evening time after some exercise was 6.4, so hopefully I'm doing things right. Only thing is i'm a little concerned that my numbers are coming down so quickly, is that to be expected ?

Have a great day everyone 🙂
 
Bazzlejet said:
A very good morning everyone. I hit a milestone today, my first single figure fasting test - 8.7..... couldn't be happier :D

Yesterday I had some good numbers too. Post lunch (+2hrs) and after a walk was 5.9. evening time after some exercise was 6.4, so hopefully I'm doing things right. Only thing is i'm a little concerned that my numbers are coming down so quickly, is that to be expected ?

Have a great day everyone 🙂
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What were they previously?
 
grovesy said:
What were they previously?
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10/01 = 18.8
11/01 = 15.3
12/01 = 15.9
13/01 = 16.2
14/01 = 16.0
15/01 = 14.8
16/01 = 13.8
17/01 = 13.5
18/01 = 10.6
19/01 = 10.8
today = 8.7

These are my fasting readings since I was diagnosed. Do you think its coming down to quickly (is there such a thing) ?
 
Bazzlejet said:
10/01 = 18.8
11/01 = 15.3
12/01 = 15.9
13/01 = 16.2
14/01 = 16.0
15/01 = 14.8
16/01 = 13.8
17/01 = 13.5
18/01 = 10.6
19/01 = 10.8
today = 8.7

These are my fasting readings since I was diagnosed. Do you think its coming down to quickly (is there such a thing) ?
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My first reading was 14.4 then as the meds kicked in they came down very quickly but I did drastically change carb intake straight away.
 
Bazzlejet said:
10/01 = 18.8
11/01 = 15.3
12/01 = 15.9
13/01 = 16.2
14/01 = 16.0
15/01 = 14.8
16/01 = 13.8
17/01 = 13.5
18/01 = 10.6
19/01 = 10.8
today = 8.7

These are my fasting readings since I was diagnosed. Do you think its coming down to quickly (is there such a thing) ?
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There is such a thing as coming down too fast, it can make your eyesight blurry and cause pins and needles in your legs, as the glucose levels reduce. But I think it’s normally seen in people who start insulin, which can lower levels very quickly, my personal view is that the drugs you are on,(Metformin and gliclazide I think) won’t have too drastic and sudden effect.
 
Bazzlejet said:
10/01 = 18.8
11/01 = 15.3
12/01 = 15.9
13/01 = 16.2
14/01 = 16.0
15/01 = 14.8
16/01 = 13.8
17/01 = 13.5
18/01 = 10.6
19/01 = 10.8
today = 8.7

These are my fasting readings since I was diagnosed. Do you think its coming down to quickly (is there such a thing) ?
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For a T2 those numbers look great, slow and steady, what ever your doing looks like its working
 
Sorry to hear that @Olive

Hope you feel better soon
 
@Olive Are you sure it is the coffee and not Dawn Phenomenon? I drink it medium strength with cream rather than milk and I do find that a second cup will get my heart racing and that can cause my liver to chuck out some glucose, but I am usually OK with one. I have now changed to decaf tea which I am OK with but I do like my morning coffee with cream to help me start the day. It is one of my little luxuries.
Hope you are feeling better soon. This miserable weather is not helping any of us. Try putting some nostalgic music on and have a bit of a boogie... and sing along. That always helps me when I am down.... probably just as well I live alone as my voice is not great. Tina Turner certainly dragged me out of the blues a few weeks ago... Gotta love a bit of Tina!
 
Morning all,
6.0 for me today.
Run day... not sure which route will be the least muddy?

Blessings Snowwy
 
05:32 BS 6.0 🙂 Definitely headed in the right direction still on 44 LR & will try reducing NR today: see how THAT goes; headed off a hypo after lunch yesterday at 3 hours & 33 minutes after my heart started racing so, tested was 4.2 & had a jelly baby; only because I stuck in 2 units more NR when eating for coke that I didn’t need but, that still tells me the dose was too high! I didn’t eat any dinner yesterday as I wasn’t hungry before going to bed. I forgot that breakfast is always the trickiest & need to leave it at a higher ballpark figure without correction as it can lead to hypos later on: you’d think I’d have learnt THAT by now; forgot but, hypo awareness is good at the moment, warned me & I headed it off!🙄o_O🙂

A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉
 
5.1 for me this morning. I am delighted with that as i cut my evening Levemir by another 2units and now back down to none. Ate very late (after 11pm) and low carb but without a bolus. Levels were 6.1 and rising (slanted arrow) at bedtime (1am) so I injected a single unit of Fiasp to cover the releasing protein before I climbed into bed and I have an almost horizontal Libre graph over night.
We have an inch or so of snow lying which is really surprising considering how much rain and flooding we had yesterday. Emergency flood workers were out at the end of my lane dealing with a problem when I came back from evening stables and the road was almost entirely under water in a couple of places.
Garden is very water logged but drains are coping here at home.... JUST. Please someone turn the tap off!!
 
Good morning all. I was late up this morning at 5:30am. Felt more tired than normal and, for some unknown reason, a bit 'down'.

The weather outside is a bit rough and I have a lake outside my house (the road drain is blocked up again I suspect) and with all of this rain...rain...rain.

Just done the fasting BG. 5.2. Made me feel a lot better. I was a bit concerned with yesterday mornings reading.

Sweet and sour chicken for tea tonight. Something to look forward to. Had it last night. The portion looked so tiny on the big plate, but it was sufficient. My old greedy eyes took over for a second or two before the new discipline kicked in again.

Weight down again too this morning 69.3Kg.

So, why did I feel so 'down'. Still a bit there too. I should be counting my blessings. Must be something else bothering me.
 
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