[Gangrel]

Dude, dude, dude, dude. You already know what I'm going to say, don't you? :P

I'm going to say it anyway.

What's 5 + 10?

15.

Divide that by two. What do you get? 7.5.

Oh no, throw in a 6 and another 10. Now you have 31. Oh oh, now you're up to 7.75. That's close to 8, which is what you are worried about, n'est-ce pas?

What I have described is what I call a perfect diabetic day (or part thereof). You have a 5 and a 6 before a meal? Perfect. You go up to 10 after? Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.

I have said this to others before when they get concerned about what they see as "high" averages. *DOING CONSTANT POST-MEAL CHECKS WILL ALWAYYYYSSSSSSS* RAISE YOUR AVERAGE.

The caps aren't for yelling, they are for emphasis.......

If you REALLY want to lower your average? Simply stop doing post meal checks. And in my mind, you SHOULD stop doing post meal checks. When I see your chart, and see that 96% of your pre-meal readings are IN TARGET, why bother doing post meal checks? You know what you are doing!

Do one occasionaly, sure, or if you eat something weird, feel high, etc.... but you (and by you, I include all of us diabetics) shouldn't need to do them all the time once we are "dialed in" to a good routine.

Anyway, I'm combining two things into one here, aren't I, and I'm not even drunk! :P

To go back to your original point, you have nothing to worry about. Metre averages are nothing but ****ty lies, in my honest opinon. As our good friend from Winnipeg can attest to, I was stressed a little and worried about my last A1C because I got caught up in the "average checking" too. I figured my A1c would be in the 7's!!!! based on what I was seeing.

But it was the lowest it's ever been.

Stay away from the trap. I challenge you (and everyone else here actually) to avoid looking at your metre averages for one month. They just cause worry. Look at ACTUAL values if you want. Make sure you hit the targets. But don't even bother with averages. Say, you test 2 or 3 times after meal... there goes the "average"........