Successful Day & Meter Accuracy-Kathleen: was- Re: New Here

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Well, I guess my body will just have to think it's starving. I want

to gradually work on getting my blood sugar under control. I do best

working for certain goals, do you think after a couple days of under

200 that under 175 would be reasonable? I'm afraid that if I go too

fast my body won't ajust well to the new levels.

I also want to get my exercise bike moved from the garage to the

basement, so that I can actually use it. We have had some snow

already, but here in Kansas we usually expect January to be colder

and the garage is going to be way too cold.

Kathleen

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> Great Kathleen!

> One day at a time!

> No, air & water don't have carbs.

> Sometimes if your body thinks it's starving, the liver will dump

glucose

> into the blood to compensate.

> Since your bg's have been really high for a long time, your

> control-mechanisms could perceive a bg of under 200 as starving &

the liver jumps into

> action. that could accout for the rise between the 171mg/dl & the

179mg/dl later.

> OTOH, do know that our meters are not precision lab-instruments &

typically

> are " spec'd " at +/- 15-20% accuracy, so those two readings are

well within

> the margin for error of the meter.

> Don't be too excited about such minor differences.

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