I do my first FBG around 7am and my evening test 2 hours after dinner. The FBG is around 6 to upper 7's. The evening is between 9 and 11. As I'm very new to all this, I go through what I've eaten during the day and "finding" the culprits lol. Also, some times i found an urge for a snack between meals. I try to snack healthy. I luckely dont have a sweet tooth, so sweets is not the problem. I sometimes think just because i now have to be careful what i eat, I'm constantly just want to… read more

I have two testers. One is always around 20 points higher than the other. I test at the same time with the same finger. Is there one tester more accurate than another?

Anyone who has cats is more than familiar with ammonia odour that comes from the litter box.

If you occasionally detect the same kind of “kitty litter smell” from your sweaty clothes, shoes or a trip to the bathroom, it is likely caused because, as a diabetic, you are “successfully” following a Low Carb diet.

Our bodies want to burn carbohydrates (converted to blood sugar) for fuel because they are the “easiest” (thing) to metabolize into sugar.

But particularly if we eat low carb and are… read more

Once or twice, over the past 2 months, I felt light-headed and unwell. I took my bg and had numbers in the low 60's. What does this mean and is it healthy and normal? Is it simply a matter of my body adjusting to my new 1500 calorie/50-70 carbs eating regimen? Before making these changes, I ate a steady supply (over-abundance) of calories, fats and carbs and so never felt light-headed. Also, often I can't eat the full 1500 calories without exceeding my carb and cholesterol limits, so sometimes… read more

I have been trying to fast and every morning after waking up, my sugar is 6.5 or 6.7. I thought my sugar will go down if i dont have a snack the night before, but it goes up and when i have the snack, my sugar is 5.5 or 5.7 in the morning. I have No sugar, on no medications, very low carbs.

When I woke up this morning I knew my sugar number was low because I was very nervous and the light was affecting my eyes , but I was wondering what would happen while I slept . My number was 66

We may have already answered this but my fasting blood sugar is always below 6. However today it was 6.1. I seemed to eat the way I normally do with carbs under a 100, steps of 11,000, and no evening snack. However I did wake up early and just stayed in bed for awhile. I did have a medium size apple in the afternoon. Baked chicken for dinner and green beans. But today I was at 127 fbs. Usually in the low 100’s or 90’s. But now that I think of it I may have missed taking my metformin. I did take… read more

For many of us we are constantly dealing with High sugars so when we see an unexpected Low it kinda freaks us out and we may tend to over-react.

First we need to understand what is "low" and what is "dangerously low".

Simply "low" is defined as any blood sugar level below 4.0 mmols or 70-72 points.

Dangerously Low is loosely defined as below 3.0 mmols or 55 points

If you drop below 2.0 mmols or 35 points you won't need to take any action because you will be Brain Dead.

So yes, there is low… read more

I don't take diabetes medications and never have yet I wanted to "stick test".

In Canada while the price of drugs is a fraction of that in the US, test strips for home glucose meters do not share that particular bennie - regardless of brand they cost about a buck a strip.

So for me to make it viable I needed to get a Doc to "write a prescription" which would then allow me to send the bill to my insurance company (private).

Our publicly funded assistance for Diabetics will only cover the cost… read more