Fasting Blood Sugar
 

Definitely not a bad idea . . . but one of the things we tend to share in the regular daily chat thread . . . but I'll leave this here and see if the idea catches on. :yes:

As mentioned in that chat thread, mine has been dreadful in the morning lately and was 8.1 (146) when I got up this morning. Yuck. Really beginning to think I'm still going hypo in the middle of the night even though I no longer have the insulin shots to contend with. :dunno:

Well . . . I've been up since 4 am . . . and think I've unravelled the mystery . . . at 4:15 this morning my BGL was 4.6 (83). Obviously nothing wrong with that, but if I'd gone back to bed and slept for another 3 hours, I bet it would have bottomed out and then been high again (I know, just the liver doing it's job too well as usual :lol:).

So now my day is all out of balance -- it's only 6:45 and I've already had breakfast. Anyway . . . guess I'll go back to bed for a bit.

I haven't seen above 88 for a long time. However I do get up at 4:00am and a few hours later, I feel horrible.

Meowee I'm always out of balance, I don't have the same work scheudule 2 days in row. Tends to mess up timing of snacks and meals

Spent the day on the go -- running around trying to catch up with some errands while we have this little lull between blizzards. :mad:

Slept in until eight and saw a 6.8 (122). Forgot to stop for lunch until 3 PM and by then I know I had a rebound from a hypo and ended up at 8.9 (160) -- my own stupid fault. :dizzy:

Hopefully tomorrow will be better . . . ;)

My fasting BG is always 120-125. I'm on Metformin, 500mg 2 x daily. I've tried late snacks but that seems to have no effect. I've been wondering if increasing my Metformin to 3 x daily would help that, but I haven't had a chance to ask my doc yet.

Any thoughts?

I don't know . . . I've got a similar problem . . . used to be quite low in the mornings, sometimes much too low, but since I stopped shooting insulin, I seem to have completely turned around and I'm higher in the am and then taper off toward evening. Think I'm still going a little hypo and then rebounding but not with the drastic sweeping bounces I used to take.

I was 6.8 (122) this morning -- haven't checked recently, but I'd be willing to bet I'll be in the low 5's (below 100) before bedtime again.

Love microwave popcorn . . . those 100 calorie bags are great.

BGL this morning was a wonderful 4.9 (88). It was 11 (198) when I finally went to bed last night. Think that might be the secret. Either that or I hve to set the alarm for early in the morning to get a good BGL reading -- kind of nuts to hve to do that when you are an old retired type like me. :shrug:

:(:(:(:( ... LET IS SNOW ... SNOW !! We got about 4 inches of the fresh stuff so I will have to wait and see if I get out today to get my BLOOD WORK done. So, I do have a good reading at 5:15 am which was 98 for me !!

Linda ... You had a good one too. I will try and have some GOOD TIPS to share with you & the other ladies later today since I am OFF from school due to the DELAY so ... take care and see you soon !!

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118 was mine today !!

But I did get my A1C results back from the last month w/out any medications and so it came back being 5.4 so I need to call the DOCTOR next week so ... I am hoping he will give me some good news and I will share more next time !!