Hello everyone - I am Roz

[Rusti66]

Hi everyone,

My name is Roz, just diagnosed with T2 diabetes last month and I think I am still in denial.
My mum was diabetic and hypertensive and I always prayed not to get either but here I am -both hypertensive and diabetic.

Anyway I have started testing blood glucose regularly and changed to a low carb diet. I was so shocked when diagnosed that I didnt get my HbA1c count. I am on metformin 500mg twice a day and my 30 day average blood glucose level is 6.4. However I noticed that my glucose level is highest in the morning when I do a fasting test. Is this normal? Also how often does one need to test?

Regards,

Rosaline

 

[Brando77]

Hallo and welcome, you may have what I get 'Dawn Phenomenon' which are high readings first thing cos the liver spurts out glucose when you wake, doesn't happen to everyone. I'm a newbie but I'm sure I'm right about that :/

 

[Martin9]

Hi @Rusti66 welcome to the club no one wants to be in, as Brando77 says some people's liver releases glucose into the blood to prepare them for the day ahead or perhaps as a result of low glucose levels during the night, some people try adding a slow release carb snack at bedtime like an oatcake or piece of cheese to attempt to stop the so called Dawn phenomenon, it works for some...

 

[Ljc]

Hi Roz welcome to the forum.
The waking numbers are often the last to start coming down, often it’s because of DP that @Brando77 mentioned , but if your testing a while even a short while after getting up your levels can rise .

It’s good to hear that you are testing, if you are having to self fund your own testing strips, let us know as we know of two meters who’s strips are a lot cheaper to buy than high street brands, they are perfectly good meters.
To check to see how the various carbohydrates affect you as we’re all different in this, test just before eating then two hours after starting to eat.
This blog explains it
test-review-adjust by Alan S .

 

[Brando77]

Hi @Rusti66 welcome to the club no one wants to be in, as Brando77 says some people's liver releases glucose into the blood to prepare them for the day ahead or perhaps as a result of low glucose levels during the night, some people try adding a slow release carb snack at bedtime like an oatcake or piece of cheese to attempt to stop the so called Dawn phenomenon, it works for some...

Doesn't cheese at bedtime give you nightmares? Dun duuuun duuuuuuunn. Sod it, I'm gonna try it tonight. 🙂

 

[Martin9]

Doesn't cheese at bedtime give you nightmares? Dun duuuun duuuuuuunn. Sod it, I'm gonna try it tonight. 🙂

It meant to give you nightmares as it hard to digest..🙄

 

[CathyB]

Welcome Ros

 

[Ralph-YK]

Welcome to the forum Roz from a fellow T2.
How often you test depends on your medication. More often if you're on things like insulin or glicizide.
If you're on medformin/diet& exercise, then basically you test often enough for you to be able to assess and adjust your diet etc.
I'd suggest keeping a food diary along with a record of your levels (taken before and 1 - 2 hours after eating). Hopefully after a couple of weeks you'll start to see a pattern. You can either work through one meal at a time (dinner, tea then breakfast). Or test all of them as you go.

 

[Stitch147]

Hi Roz and welcome to the forum. I am always higher in the mornings and my fasting level is usually in the 9's.