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Morning readings first their up and then they're down.

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Davetherave99

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I've heard about a morning thing where readings are unexpectedly high but never experienced it.

So this morning I did my normal first test of the day and instead of the normal 8 ish reading it was 10.8.

Finding this a bit peculiar I thought I would try again and the result dropped below 10.

So thought I would try again and it went down again till it eventually leveled out at 7.5.

There must be a good reason for this but not sure I understand wether I am doing things correct in the first place.

Any reasons /views as to what might be happening please.

Thanks
 
Meter readings aren't 100% accurate anyway! - glucometers are allowed to have a tolerance of between 10 and 15 percent, either way. The meter says 10.0 so can be from between 8.5 and 9.0 up to between 11.0 and 11.5. Use the same drop of blood one after the other on 3 different meters all lined up with strips in at the ready and you still get 3 different results.
 
Did you test on different finger or change hands?

If so then it is not something I would be concerned about. As trophywench says, it is with the margin or error for testing, and different test sites will give different results. So your readings can be considered as being in roughly the same area, with the 10.8 being the upper end. It is still likely an increased over your normal levels, but the variance in the test results are normal.

So on the levels, maybe consider whether you ate anything different last night that could have lead to a spike in your readings. Otherwise if everything is back to normal tomorrow and the following days then I would not worry too much and consider it a random spike.

Spikes are useful when you can learn from them how you react to certain foods, but otherwise the trend is more important. That spikes are rare exceptions and otherwise your readings are heading towards your target levels.
 
Don`t worry your head about it Dave, as long as you are not hypo or hyper
but keep checking. **** happens sometimes more often than we wish.
I have 3 different meters and if I was fast enough to get a reading out of all
3 at the same time, Paramedics would be on their way, courtesy of a panic alarm
attached around my neck.
 
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