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10/29/09 11:49 AM

"I wake up at 330 -4 am all I have is coffee till about 7-730 when i eat breakfast. I have been checking my sugar and it reads 140-150 Why?"
Asked By: cece108  
Category: Blood Glucose Monitoring

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my bs after dinner range from 105-125 . iusually don't eat after dinner.

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11/04/09 08:13 PM

Dear cece108, There are several possible reasons why your morning blood sugar is 140-150. Perhaps you had a bigger carb dose at supper than you realized or had a high fat meal with delayed the absorption of the food you ate. That could mean that the time you checked after supper wasn't really indicitive of your bedtime blood sugar. If your bedtime and morning blood sugars are about the same, it reflects the dose of medication you are taking at suppertime. People often have higher blood sugars during the night due to the release of hormones that suppress insulin and cause the breakdown of stored sugar from your liver and muscles. I usually don't recommend checking blood sugars during the middle of the night. If you are concerned about the morning blood sugar readings, you need to discuss your medications with your physician and see if an adjustment can be made, so you start the day with numbers a bit lower than the ones you cited.
Answered By: Janice Fisher
Accreditations: RD, LD, PHD, CDE, BC-ADM
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