What was your fasting BG today?
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95 this morning.0
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87 this morning.0
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So sorry Ken! You are probably right that you need the better numbers vs. not medicating for now. Maybe when you get closer to your goal weight things will be better. Take care man!KenSmith108 wrote: »126
I think I'm going to go back to 10 units insulin at night.
I need better numbers. Diet isn't the magic bullet I was hoping for.
I've been reading about leaky liver & it seems to have my name all over it.
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93 at 7:35am this morning (within 15 minutes of waking up).
I'm out of town for the weekend and not sure how the eating & blood sugar measurements will work out.0 -
120 - getting in control with diet and exercise - 9/2/2015 it was +200. I've found that medicine alone (metformin/glipizide) does not work for me. I really have to take a holistic approach. . . consistency with that is a real problem for me.0
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72, going to eat some food now
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Thanks for the info @BarneyRubbleMD! I switched fingers and getting a sample is MUCH easier!
I use a different finger each day. Be careful at poking the tip of the finger instead of the side of the finger. All your nerves are at the tip of the finger & could make it painful. I have to catch up with today's number after eating before taking my blood count.0 -
1030
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Doctor visit yesterday, showed My A1C has come down from 8.1 to 7.3 . in 3 months. Does this seem like a good percentage or should I have come down much more? I know I am not eating completely as well as I should, but I see it as a work in progress rather than cold turkey....
Am I kidding myself, Do you think I should get the turkey out? : ) Gail0 -
Gail - I think improvement is the key here. You have shown improvement and if you continue on the path you are on you should continue to show improvement. Keep it up! In the end you have to find what works best for you and what is sustainable. I know some go way lower on carbs than I do. I find for me I have to know I can have the fruit I love and as long as I am in the right fasting range I am happy. That being said - how did your doctor feel about your progress?Time2LoseWeightNOW wrote: »Doctor visit yesterday, showed My A1C has come down from 8.1 to 7.3 . in 3 months. Does this seem like a good percentage or should I have come down much more? I know I am not eating completely as well as I should, but I see it as a work in progress rather than cold turkey....
Am I kidding myself, Do you think I should get the turkey out? : ) Gail
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Gail - I agree and also wonder how your doctor felt about these results?0
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He seems pleased that I had brought it down. He knows how hard it was for me to take the regular Metformin, so I think he waiting to see if this extended release continues to bring it down, along with my diet and exercise. ...and we would see how it goes in 3 or 4 months to see if I have made more progress.
I need to keep tweaking the diet to get better fasting numbers.0 -
116 0
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93 at 726am--I'm off to good start for vacation day 1 but more worried about tomorrow's fasting # since eating while on vacation will not be as well-controlled as when home.0
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Time2LoseWeightNOW wrote: »Doctor visit yesterday, showed My A1C has come down from 8.1 to 7.3 . in 3 months. Does this seem like a good percentage or should I have come down much more? I know I am not eating completely as well as I should, but I see it as a work in progress rather than cold turkey....
Am I kidding myself, Do you think I should get the turkey out? : ) Gail
That looks like a decent decrease to me for 3 months. Your blood sugar average for month 3 was probably better than month 1 or 2 so by keeping an eye on your blood sugar #'s for the next 3 months your A1C should drop even more (that's how it was for me). What help me the most was to monitor my post-meal blood sugar #'s as those "pack the most punch" towards changing the A1C number.
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109
better than where I used to be but not as good as it's gonna be! 0 -
860
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BarneyRubbleMD, thanks, I hadn't looked at it that way, but that makes me feel better. I only get one test strip a day, so I had been trying to use it for FBG....with testing after eating sometimes.( which makes me run out early on in the month).....but as you say that probably matters most for me to find my highest spike. The meds are working ,so it's time for me to do my part now.0
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128 fasting, anything under 200's is exciting for me. can't wait to see it lower.
BarneyRubbleMD, phxteach, kithrobyn. excellent numbers for you all!0 -
88 today.0
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@timetoloseweightnow....that has to be horribly frustrating. My strips are paid for in full so I am very thankful...I just got a new metre for free as well from my health nurse...it's pretty crappy...I really miss my old one. I wish I lived closer to some of you guys I could "bootleg some testing strips lol"0
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Time2LoseWeightNOW wrote: »BarneyRubbleMD, thanks, I hadn't looked at it that way, but that makes me feel better. I only get one test strip a day, so I had been trying to use it for FBG....with testing after eating sometimes.( which makes me run out early on in the month).....but as you say that probably matters most for me to find my highest spike. The meds are working ,so it's time for me to do my part now.
I had run into the same thing with running out of test strips and they can be expensive without insurance (my Freedom Lite test strips, without insurance, would be about $300/month). However, I got a new meter (CVS Advanced) for about $18 and 100 test strips for about $22 (and the last time I ordered them from CVS online store, they were on sale for $18 for 100 test strips). I've switched over to this meter now because of the features it has (pre and post meal "tagging" & averaging which helps me keep track of my pre and post meal blood sugar #'s) and because of the cheaper test strips. And, surprisingly, I didn't need a prescription to get those test strips (but did have to pay for them--used my HSA card).
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Time2LoseWeightNOW wrote: »BarneyRubbleMD, thanks, I hadn't looked at it that way, but that makes me feel better. I only get one test strip a day, so I had been trying to use it for FBG....with testing after eating sometimes.( which makes me run out early on in the month).....but as you say that probably matters most for me to find my highest spike. The meds are working ,so it's time for me to do my part now.
I use Walmart's test strips $9 for 50 strips.
It's cheaper than my insurance co-pay.
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Thanks, guys, I will have to look into those from CVS or Walmart...unless I run bootleg and meet jburke141 halfway....lol0
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99 That's after tomato sauce! (caution carb for me) 0
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90 at 738am.0
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770
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Nicely done Ken!KenSmith108 wrote: »99 That's after tomato sauce! (caution carb for me)
91 today for me
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Lol @timetoloseweightnow ...you know it! My blood glucose was pretty high but considering I had a lot of broken sleep and forgot 2 metformin yesterday it wasn't too bad....1110
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