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Finally got round to getting one. Arrived this morning. Am reading up on what to do, it's a lot to take in when this is all so new. Will start testing in mornings before breakfast, I think this is right.
Then after lunch and evening meal, but wait for 2 hours after meal? I keep food diary and carb count so can see what is going on! I think you miss out first finger and thumb to prod. This might seem silly of me, but can blood be taken from else where?
Will read up on reading as well and videos to see how its all done
 
Mine arrived this morning too!

I test as soon as I wake up (you’re not supposed to get up as it raises your BG), then 2 hours after breakfast. Just before and 2 hours after lunch and dinner too.
 
Great start Doug, as @Madeline has said, you need to test just before your meal and then 2 hours after to see the difference, ideally you want it to show no more than a rise of 2, that’s where your food diary comes in, track your results with your meals to see where you might need to tweak and try again 😉 Once you get the hang of which foods work best for you, you can cut back on the frequency of testing so it does get easier 🙄
 
Yep, as soon as you wake up. Roll over, stab n check.
 
I don't know about missing out any fingers or thumbs. Test both before and after eating, so you can see what the difference is. Otherwise, sounds OK to me.

From waking to a half hour/an hour after waking you BG can go up, even if you don't eat.
 
Hi,
Thanks for this. Done my first test! Lunch at 12.30 and tested at 3.30pm, maybe bit late? Reading is 5.3, which seems good? Will this be the pre meal test reading too? I expect eve meal at 5-30pm.
Any other new ones on here, it was easier than I thought and the meter so far is fine. See how it goes. Thats one more item to add to my carb count food log.
cheers
 
I test just before eating, then the 2 hours after. Booklet says you can use your arm too, presumably well above wrist, and underside as it says to use a soft hairless area.
 
That lunch - the tests should have been at 12.29 (LOL, doesn't have to be that precise) and 14.30 - 2 hours after the first mouthful goes in. As well as seeing whether your BG comes back down to your pre-meal level after eating, you are also trying to find out at what interval and how high, that food sends your BG.

In a perfect world we'd like the 'highest point' of our BG to be no more than 3.0 more than the pre-meal level. If it's more - then how long thereafter does it stay too high? If it's ages, then something needs to be adjusted - have you actually read 'Test, Review, Adjust' by Alan Shanley? - the best advice that ANYone with any type of diabetes, can take. (Sorry I'm still unable to put up links on this machine - so perhaps another reader can do that for me, for you)
 
DougC said:
Reading is 5.3, which seems good?
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That's a good, generally level. It could be considered a great pre food reading.
DougC said:
3.30pm, maybe bit late?
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You do need a reading closer to the food. Some things could have you going high and returning to your pre food levels in that time. Or it might not affected it much at all.
DougC said:
3.30pm... Will this be the pre meal test reading too?
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Only if your about to eat at 3:40pm. Your levels could change over the day, going up or down, and can be different in two hours.
 
trophywench said:
That lunch - the tests should have been at 12.29 (LOL, doesn't have to be that precise) and 14.30 - 2 hours after the first mouthful goes in. As well as seeing whether your BG comes back down to your pre-meal level after eating, you are also trying to find out at what interval and how high, that food sends your BG.

In a perfect world we'd like the 'highest point' of our BG to be no more than 3.0 more than the pre-meal level. If it's more - then how long thereafter does it stay too high? If it's ages, then something needs to be adjusted - have you actually read 'Test, Review, Adjust' by Alan Shanley? - the best advice that ANYone with any type of diabetes, can take. (Sorry I'm still unable to put up links on this machine - so perhaps another reader can do that for me, for you)
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http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html?m=1

Test, review, adjust link
 
Hi,
Thanks again for the comments, it is very helpful and good of you to spend time replying. Checked the test and test, thanks for the link. Will do the times at meal pre and post at the right intervals. It is starting to make sense.
cheers all
 
The ones you've already taken will help you build up an image of what's going on. For example, if you get a few more between 5 and 6, that could be your normal.
 
Madeline said:
Test in bed was one of the first things I was told here. To test as soon as I woke up, and that even sitting up affects the result.
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All that gives is a warm fuzzy feeling.
Your BG will still be what it is later.
I always sat up, cleaned my teeth, walked downstairs.....

We can always fiddle the readings.
 
travellor said:
Some insane comments on here.

Test in bed?
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Why wouldn’t you? By the time I’ve got out of bed and gone to the loo, I can have risen at least 2. Ok, I’m Type 1, but I get the Dawn Phenomenon just as some Type 2s do. It’s no good me thinking my morning reading is always over 7 and trying to do something about my overnight readings, if it’s only 5 point something when I wake up.
 
Robin said:
Why wouldn’t you? By the time I’ve got out of bed and gone to the loo, I can have risen at least 2. Ok, I’m Type 1, but I get the Dawn Phenomenon just as some Type 2s do. It’s no good me thinking my morning reading is always over 7 and trying to do something about my overnight readings, if it’s only 5 point something when I wake up.
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So, you are good if you read low?
But you know you rise after?
How does that work?

Read 7 and take 2 while brushing your teeth off is exactly the same if you need a low reading in bed?

This is exactly my point on BG readings being a false god.
 
But if you’re not getting up yet, it is a true reading. I wake at 7am because I have to take my lung function meds exactly every 12 hours, so I test then. I’m not getting up at 7am, it’s way too early for me.

Would be lovely if someone brought me breakfast in bed:D
 
travellor said:
So, you are good if you read low?
But you know you rise after?
How does that work?

Read 7 and take 2 while brushing your teeth off is exactly the same if you need a low reading in bed?

This is exactly my point on BG readings being a false god.
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I’m neither good nor bad if I read low. The reading is just a number. But I don’t always rise by the same amount after I get up. Some days I hardly rise at all. So the reading I take when I’ve just woken up is the most consistently accurate one for basing my action plan for the next night.
What I'm trying to say, is that consistency is the most important thing for me ( and for a lot of other people, I would imagine). It’s not me trying to get a false impression of how low I’ve got my waking number. If that’s what I wanted, I’d set an alarm for 3am when I know it’ll be at its lowest.
(Of course, when I’m using a Libre sensor I don’t need to time the testing, except to make sure it’s less than 8hours since the bedtime one, because I get a continuous trace, but that’s not something I can fund very often, and I know some people won’t be able to afford it at all.)
(Another point I ought to make, is that when I first started testing, it was when I was on Metformin and Gliclazide, as I was misdiagnosed as Type2.)
 
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