Hello Fellow Type 2 Diabetics who take their blood glucose readings. Either fasting blood glucose each morning or that plus before and after meals throughout the day.

I've been taking my FBG (fasting blood glucose) most mornings, especially lately. This past week I was fighting a flare and my FBG was usually between 110-120. Before that, it would often fluctuate between being in the 90s and being in the 110s, which didn't make a lot of sense, since I had ruled out what I ate, how much exercise I was getting, etc etc.

Anyway, yesterday I had a FBG of 132 (which I'd never seen above 120) and was feeling pretty bad. Then I did the Humira and this morning it was 113, still high, but not as high and I feel a lot better today. Will see what my FBG is in the morning.

But for those of you with diabetes and spondyloarthropathy, have you noticed that when you flare, your blood glucose seems higher?

I'm thinking this might be a really good marker for how my inflammatory arthritis is doing.


sue

Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)