What was your fasting BG today?
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Amber, it's the season...you'll make it alright after the craziness of the holidays. Mine is up too...FBS 143 today0
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119, not bad after Christmas!0
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1080
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116 ... but I had been awake for a couple of hours before I measured ... not doing anything, just laying around ... still, i wonder if that had an effect on the number to make it lower.0
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2 hr pp yesterday evening was 970
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203! Yikes! No wonder I've been feeling a bit fuzzy. Time to get back on track.0
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GM Mine's up again FBS 140. The holiday craziness seems to be a factor. It'll be interesting if next week it goes back to normal.0
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163. Better than yesterday, but GEEZ!0
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This evening's 2hr pp was 151. Can't figure that out - my carbs were below 100 today. Most days my 2hr is at 120 or lower. That is with total carbs of 150 - 170. All I can figure is it was the white rice with dinner. I seldom have that so I'll keep my eye on my BG the next time I have rice.0
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Sorry I've missed you guys. My sleeping and eating schedules have been all over the place since I've been sick for the past 5 days. I've been randomly testing 2 hours after eating and it's been 100 - 135. I've been too scared about my sugars running high to take Nyquil or anything like that. I have sugar free cough drops and Musinex with sinus relief but it does raise my blood pressure a little bit.0
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Hope you get better soon Amber! FBS was back to normal for me at 129 today.0
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Ok so I'm reconnecting here as I restart. My FBS was 183 this morning. Got some work to do!0
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I hear ya, Ron, my last woo hoo was last night. FBS 1470
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HAPPY NEW YEARS!0
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I was diagnosed 3 months ago with type 2. I test my blood each day. My doctor eventually wants my numbers to be between 4-6. How come all of your numbers are in the 100's? Is it something different that you guys test? Sorry that probably seems like a stupid question! This is all very new and confusing to me!0
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145 today. Came down 40ish points after day 1. Had to turn down cake last night!0
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Happy New Year everybody! Forgot to post yesterday...it was 130 and today is 133romachel1978 wrote: »I was diagnosed 3 months ago with type 2. I test my blood each day. My doctor eventually wants my numbers to be between 4-6. How come all of your numbers are in the 100's? Is it something different that you guys test? Sorry that probably seems like a stupid question! This is all very new and confusing to me!
Your Doc may be wanting your A1c to be between 4-6% Our numbers are from testing blood w/monitors we use that show anywhere from 70's to higher 100's depending on each person's eating, weight and metabolism. I hope this helps. Ask your Doc to help you understand the numbers too. Good luck!0 -
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romachel1978 wrote: »I was diagnosed 3 months ago with type 2. I test my blood each day. My doctor eventually wants my numbers to be between 4-6. How come all of your numbers are in the 100's? Is it something different that you guys test? Sorry that probably seems like a stupid question! This is all very new and confusing to me!
Yes, he's very likely talking about your A1c. Mine was 6.9 the last time it was checked, and I'm working to bring it down (ramped up the exercise and starting logging my food...again). My fasting blood sugar this morning was 167, so I still have a lot of work to do. We're all works in progress.0 -
Roma;romachel1978 wrote: »I was diagnosed 3 months ago with type 2. I test my blood each day. My doctor eventually wants my numbers to be between 4-6. How come all of your numbers are in the 100's? Is it something different that you guys test? Sorry that probably seems like a stupid question! This is all very new and confusing to me!
The "numbers" are simply different scales of measurement. (Think of kilometers/hr and miles/hr). 150k/h = ~93mph. The car is going the same speed just shows two different numbers depending on which speedometer you look at.
While, technically, mg/dl (milligrams/deciliter), and mmol/l (millimoles/liter), aren't exactly the same (mg is "weight", mmol is "molarity"), they are close enough for our purposes.
In the US mg/dl (the 100's numbers) is the norm, most of the rest of the world uses mmol/l as the standard.
It's not an "exact" conversion, but as a rule of thumb, you can multiply mmol numbers (the 4-10's) times 18 to convert to mgs.
So if the "normal" ranges are 70-130 mg/dl (US),
the equivalent in ROW would be ~3.9-7.2 mmol/l
A 180 pp "max" = 10mmol/l
(10 x 18=180)
Likewise, A1C can be measured in varying units %, mmol, or mg/dl. and can be converted, one to another.
Again not "exact" but close enough for gov't work.
A1C 6% = 126mg/dl = 7.0mmol/l
If you are, (or anyone else is), interested in a more "detailed" (and much longer <g>) discussion of BG testing, and tools - have a look at this thread:
Tested your BG today?
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Thank you for taking the time to explain this. It makes sense now. I find all of this so overwhelming right now that any little clarification makes it a little bit easier
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147. Ok, back on today. No more holiday goofing off0
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