Hey Ray!!!! Ray, 45 minutes after eating is too soon. The guideline for after meal checking is 2 hours after your first bite! I don't agree with your friend about the metformin. Give the metformin a chance to work, as I recall, you have only just begun with the metformin recently and it can take a month or two before it really gets into your system. Your fasting BG is really GREAT and yes, you should be happy with that, but depending on your diet and level of activity, that will bounce around during the day. The breakfast that you had had nothing wrong with it but the reality is, you still need to eat to get enough energy to go through the day.

I can't say this enough but I will say it again, it took you a long time to develop the disease and it will take you a while to get it under control, my friend! You have already come a very long way ok? Keep it up and soon you will be answering questions like this!!!

cheers,

lary

Hi Lary,
Yes i have been on med only for 5 days .so my question was that does the bs level have to stay close to 100 regardless of whatever you eat .so is that how it was before we became diabetic .

5 days is too soon to start changing things AND you should never stop taking something without talking to your doctor unless you are having a bad side effect from it - I do from metformin and on a weekend so I had to stop it before I got sicker.

Yes your levels will fluctuate throughout the day and most people people would be ecstatic with a 100 fasting reading.

I have just been to my educator in preparation for my insulin (I wish I could take the drugs ----sigh!!!) Oh yes now where was I?

Oh that's right - she told me that as long as my levels were between 100 - 180 that was OK - with an aim for around 130 and a HbAiC of 110 + or-
But every doctor has their own ideas and guidelines and you need to listen to yours and not your friend. Sorry he might be a good friend but unless he is a trained doctor he should never suggest you stop taking your meds.

your fasting is fine, and do not test after 45, wait the 2 hr as others have said. When you eat, the food will cause your sugars to spike, this is normal, everyone in the world does this, but anyhoo, they say 2 hours since that is the time it takes for the body to process and to return to a level for you...your blood sugars will fluctuate all day, this is also normal. You cannot hold numbers at the fasting level all day, just doesn't work that way.

Do not listen to just anyone when they suggest making a medicine change(I know many think they are just helping, making suggestions) we will even tell you don't do it without talking to your doctor...it takes time for the meds to work, and based on your 3 month A1C tests, your doctor will make the decision about coming off meds to try diet and exercise only or if you may need more meds

So do test after 2 hr, I know in the begining everyone gets curious and even I have been guilty of "premature testing" lol, and trust me sometimes I would be shocked so I don't do it lol