My first diabetes support group meeting : at Gartnavel Hospital in the west of Glasgow.
I think I was the youngest there, and there was a hypnotherapist to give us a talk on it's benefits in controlling our diet and food urges. and that's about it, met some nice, helpfull people, and next month there's a cooking demonstration at a nearby hotel.
The new blood glucose meter is working out great ! I can take a tiny sample from my thigh and I can hardly feel it ! so now I dont always have a finger which is hurting or bruised.
Some recent readings have been around the 5.7 mark, so i guess i've hit the zone.
At the moment, I'm taking a reading as soon as I wake up and a second reading 1.5 to 2 hours after breakfast (and the two drugs).
I've noticed that when I excercise or ride the bike somewhere between the first and second reading, that it's at it's lowest on the second.
There are more occasions recently, as my levels are consistantly lower, when I've left it too long between meals or snacks and I start getting jittery and shakey.
The new blood glucose meter is working out great ! I can take a tiny sample from my thigh and I can hardly feel it ! so now I dont always have a finger which is hurting or bruised.
Some recent readings have been around the 5.7 mark, so i guess i've hit the zone.
At the moment, I'm taking a reading as soon as I wake up and a second reading 1.5 to 2 hours after breakfast (and the two drugs).
I've noticed that when I excercise or ride the bike somewhere between the first and second reading, that it's at it's lowest on the second.
There are more occasions recently, as my levels are consistantly lower, when I've left it too long between meals or snacks and I start getting jittery and shakey.
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