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Strange readings

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My pre dinner reading was 10.4 and two hours later it was 6.4. Intermittent fasted till 1pm then salad and cheese for lunch. Half bowl all bran and milk at 4.15pm. Then dinner- a chicken thigh in sauce with onion chorizo Cauliflower and broccoli ( a third held back for an evening snack after glucose testing)
Have used up all my test strips and new ones are wrong for my model of glucose monitor so can’t test if it’s correctly callibrated

Losing my mind now wondering what’s going on with my body!
 
Morning bird said:
My pre dinner reading was 10.4 and two hours later it was 6.4. Intermittent fasted till 1pm then salad and cheese for lunch. Half bowl all bran and milk at 4.15pm. Then dinner- a chicken thigh in sauce with onion chorizo Cauliflower and broccoli ( a third held back for an evening snack after glucose testing)
Have used up all my test strips and new ones are wrong for my model of glucose monitor so can’t test if it’s correctly callibrated

Losing my mind now wondering what’s going on with my body!
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I am a bit confused as to the timings of things, was the predinner reading 2 hours after the All Bran and milk as cereals are quite high carb even All bran so may well have pushed your reading to 10.4. But when was the 6.4 ?
In some people fasting can make the liver release glucose as in the absence of food it feels you need glucose for energy.
 
Morning bird said:
Pre dinner reading 2 hours 20 minutes after all bran. The 6.4 was 2 hours after dinner
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That does seem a bit odd, may have been a dodgy strip or you had something on your fingers. your post dinner reading looks good.
 
I had washed my hands with soap and water just before . You think the all bran could have made me go that high? Surely I couldn’t have then come down to 6.4 after that?
 
Morning bird said:
I had washed my hands with soap and water just before . You think the all bran could have made me go that high? Surely I couldn’t have then come down to 6.4 after that?
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I don't know how much All Bran you had but 40g is 18g carbs so with the milk could well have been enough carbs to gove you the 10.
But it does then seem a bit odd that you were that much lower after dinner. Did you do lots of exercise?
 
The all bran raised it to 10 after 2:20, which means it wasn’t handled well.

Dinner sounds low carb, plus a walk would help bring it down.
 
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