What was your fasting BG today?
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Nice reading yourself!BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »83 at 823am.
mrron2u--way to go on resisting the cake & ice cream--that's not easy to do during celebrations.
It was funny, I forgot all about the fact that there would be cake/ice cream. When it came I realized I really wasn't hungry and I just have this mindset now that food like that is poison to me.
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88. Not bad, maybe a little low for me.
For some reason, my AM sugars are almost always that low, so I guess there's not much sugar to dump. Maybe my body experiences the opposite of the Dawn Phenomenon. Thoughts?0 -
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Nice reading yourself!BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »83 at 823am.
mrron2u--way to go on resisting the cake & ice cream--that's not easy to do during celebrations.
It was funny, I forgot all about the fact that there would be cake/ice cream. When it came I realized I really wasn't hungry and I just have this mindset now that food like that is poison to me.
That's how I felt at my nephew's birthday in September--while everyone else was gorging on cake, I just sipped on my water and didn't miss cake one bit, knowing how cake is like "poison" to my body in terms of its effects on my blood sugars.
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I just wanted to say--"you keep getting these amazing fasting blood sugar numbers"...I hope I can one day get down to something like you are getting so I have a little more "buffer room" for the way my blood sugar goes up by 20-25 mg/dL after being up & about for an hour or so after waking up.
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BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »79
I just wanted to say--"you keep getting these amazing fasting blood sugar numbers"...I hope I can one day get down to something like you are getting so I have a little more "buffer room" for the way my blood sugar goes up by 20-25 mg/dL after being up & about for an hour or so after waking up.
Thanks, my body is doing really well on LCHF. When I go back to my old habits though, it starts climbing back up again.
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87 today.0
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83 at 814am today.
Also hit my 50-pounds-lost milestone today.
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Sweet!!! That is 2 things to celebrate - and the 50 pound milestone is huge! Congrats and keep it up!BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »83 at 814am today.
Also hit my 50-pounds-lost milestone today.
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@jburke141 and @zcb94 why do you get so concerned about lower sugar? In other words, I thought sugar in the 80s is excellent, but you seem concerned when you have that, am I missing something?
Mine 101 today!
@BarneyRubbleMD excellent. you're killing it!0 -
I'm not concerned, it's just new to me because, while sick, I wasn't even allowed to drink water without "the shot of shame" before and after. Now, I have scary-good control and might get to throw away my leftover "shots of shame!"@jburke141 and @zcb94 why do you get so concerned about lower sugar? In other words, I thought sugar in the 80s is excellent, but you seem concerned when you have that, am I missing something?
Mine 101 today!
@BarneyRubbleMD excellent. you're killing it!
91 right now.
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I'm not concerned, it's just new to me because, while sick, I wasn't even allowed to drink water without "the shot of shame" before and after. Now, I have scary-good control and might get to throw away my leftover "shots of shame!"@jburke141 and @zcb94 why do you get so concerned about lower sugar? In other words, I thought sugar in the 80s is excellent, but you seem concerned when you have that, am I missing something?
Mine 101 today!
@BarneyRubbleMD excellent. you're killing it!
91 right now.
LOL--if by "shots of shame" you mean insulin injections, I think I'll adopt that name for them too for assisting me in keeping with my plan to get off of all insulin injections. A few years ago I could not deal with the concept of sticking myself with a needle and it took some time (& a lot of lancet pricks) before I was willing to do the injection thing due to my high blood sugar levels (around 250 mg/dL). Now, I don't even give it a 2nd thought! It's like taking a vitamin--I should be much more concerned than that!0 -
That is indeed what I meant. Fortunately, I never had to use them on myself, although we thought I did (accidentally taking blood thinner instead). My sugars were about that high all the time due to infection. Fortunately, I can't feel much below the waist, so I was able to make the CNA aim for "ye ol' dunlap" or don't bother giving the shot. Please be careful with insulin lest your sugar stays dangerously low, though!BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »
I'm not concerned, it's just new to me because, while sick, I wasn't even allowed to drink water without "the shot of shame" before and after. Now, I have scary-good control and might get to throw away my leftover "shots of shame!"@jburke141 and @zcb94 why do you get so concerned about lower sugar? In other words, I thought sugar in the 80s is excellent, but you seem concerned when you have that, am I missing something?
Mine 101 today!
@BarneyRubbleMD excellent. you're killing it!
91 right now.
LOL--if by "shots of shame" you mean insulin injections, I think I'll adopt that name for them too for assisting me in keeping with my plan to get off of all insulin injections. A few years ago I could not deal with the concept of sticking myself with a needle and it took some time (& a lot of lancet pricks) before I was willing to do the injection thing due to my high blood sugar levels (around 250 mg/dL). Now, I don't even give it a 2nd thought! It's like taking a vitamin--I should be much more concerned than that!0 -
@snha I am having a horrible time with my sugars going too low in the morning. When I see my sugars this low it usually means a "rough" morning. This morning not too bad, although last week I have had to carry my glucose tablets everywhere with me. I have great readings in the afternoon though, I have discussed this with my doctor and diabetic nurse, they told me it's normal, and was most likely my activity catching up to me at that time of day. I guess it makes sense...maybe I should learn to sit down more often lol! I also have learned I have to eat more calories in the morning. It's a fine balancing act lately.0
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@snha I am having a horrible time with my sugars going too low in the morning. When I see my sugars this low it usually means a "rough" morning. This morning not too bad, although last week I have had to carry my glucose tablets everywhere with me. I have great readings in the afternoon though, I have discussed this with my doctor and diabetic nurse, they told me it's normal, and was most likely my activity catching up to me at that time of day. I guess it makes sense...maybe I should learn to sit down more often lol! I also have learned I have to eat more calories in the morning. It's a fine balancing act lately.
If my blood sugars were to get too low after a morning fasting blood sugar measurement (right after my alarm clock forces me out of bed), I'd probably have my breakfast right then rather than wait 2 hours like I typically do before having breakfast. It is definitely a fine balancing act to keep from going too low or too high (especially after meals).
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That is indeed what I meant. Fortunately, I never had to use them on myself, although we thought I did (accidentally taking blood thinner instead). My sugars were about that high all the time due to infection. Fortunately, I can't feel much below the waist, so I was able to make the CNA aim for "ye ol' dunlap" or don't bother giving the shot. Please be careful with insulin lest your sugar stays dangerously low, though!BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »
I'm not concerned, it's just new to me because, while sick, I wasn't even allowed to drink water without "the shot of shame" before and after. Now, I have scary-good control and might get to throw away my leftover "shots of shame!"@jburke141 and @zcb94 why do you get so concerned about lower sugar? In other words, I thought sugar in the 80s is excellent, but you seem concerned when you have that, am I missing something?
Mine 101 today!
@BarneyRubbleMD excellent. you're killing it!
91 right now.
LOL--if by "shots of shame" you mean insulin injections, I think I'll adopt that name for them too for assisting me in keeping with my plan to get off of all insulin injections. A few years ago I could not deal with the concept of sticking myself with a needle and it took some time (& a lot of lancet pricks) before I was willing to do the injection thing due to my high blood sugar levels (around 250 mg/dL). Now, I don't even give it a 2nd thought! It's like taking a vitamin--I should be much more concerned than that!
Yep, I am & will continue to be careful with my fast-acting insulin (Humalog) dosages since not doing so can be very dangerous. My doctor allows me to adjust my fast-acting insulin (Humalog) dosages as needed based on what I'm eating & how much (specifically carbs/sugars) & what my pre-meal blood sugar reading was as well as what my pre-meal & post-meal blood sugar readings were the previous day when I had the same meal (i.e. I tend to eat the same thing for several days in a row).
When I was starting out back in February2015, my insulin (Humalog) dosage got gradually increased up to about 25 units/meal and 15 units/snack (3 meals & 3 snacks per day). Over time (several weeks) those dosages needed to be decreased to keep my post-meal blood sugars from going too low. Eventually, I was able to eliminate my insulin (Humalog) injection at breakfast and almost eliminate my insulin (Humalog) injection at lunch (only needing 0 to 4 units) with my dinner insulin (Humalog) injection coming in at about 6 units for a total of about 10 units (sometimes less) of fast-acting insulin (Humalog) per day depending on what & how much I ate. Without being able to make those adjustments, I would have definitely had my post-meal blood sugars get too low as my body (i.e. pancreas) started "recovering" & could supply more of its own insulin as I continued to follow a much better "diabetic diet".
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90 at 605am today.0
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113. I trust it will be consistently below 100 in a month or two !!!! Here is to wishful thinking
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86 this morning! Happy with that. @BarneyRubbleMD great number! Pretty soon that Humalog will be toast! @snha just keep plugging away at it! It will come down, it just takes time!0
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94 today.0
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86 this morning! Happy with that. @BarneyRubbleMD great number! Pretty soon that Humalog will be toast! @snha just keep plugging away at it! It will come down, it just takes time!
Thanks! My 90 mg/dL number was disappointing--today was supposed to be my 3rd day in a row of fasting blood sugars under 90 mg/dL, which means I would have been able to reduce my nighttime insulin (Levemir) dosage by 3 units (from 38 down to 35). Now since I didn't make that, I'll have to start over on that 3-day "count down" of consecutive fasting blood sugar numbers < 90 mg/dL before getting another chance to lower my nighttime insulin dosage. I've been stuck at this 38 units of Levemir dosage for about 3 weeks now & eager to see it start moving down again.
In hindsight, I should have remembered that I have more fingers and continued testing my blood sugars this morning (on other fingers) until I got a reading under 90 !
...and to make this morning even more disappointing--I gained 1.6 pounds since yesterday!
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80 today!0
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79 at 646am--I don't know where that one came from but I'll take it!
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I missed a few days after going to hospital, but I'm back at home going slow. Good news, my FBS at the hospital was 98 Monday, 94 Tuesday and 98 yesterday. It's never been below 100. Today was 108. I'm going to check my meter to see if it registers high today.0
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