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Thread: Overnight and fasting BG question...

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11-27-2006, 06:34 PM

Nada

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I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: Ottawa, ON

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Overnight and fasting BG question...

I started on an insulin pump last week. In order to ensure I'm not spiking or having lows in the night, my nurse has asked that I test at 11pm, 2am and 4am. The trend there seems to be as follows:

11pm - 6.5 (131)
2am - 5.3 (107)
4am - 6.5 (131)
wake up - 7.4 (133)

If I wait a while to eat breakfast, it sometimes climbs all the way up to 8.3 (149). Why is my bg increasing rather then decreasing since I haven't eaten?

Is this a big deal? Is there anything I should be doing?