Do you take morning BG before feeding? why?

[Darwin H.]

The cats are screaming for food first thing in the AM. So I often feed first then after take the BG and then inject. Should I be taking BG first before feeding? If so why? Does it matter? Thanks.

 

[JanetNJ]

Take it before so the number is not food influenced. You need to make sure he's high enough to shoot.

 

[Squeaky and KT (GA)]

You need an actual 'body' glucose number NOT influenced by food to know if it's safe to shoot. According to what you feed, that could raise the number 100-150 points. If you shoot into that, when the food digests, that food influenced number will go away - you're left with still working insulin for the rest of the cycle. It gives you a very false sense of security. You don't think you need to monitor as closely because the pre-shot number was high when in reality, it might not be...

 

[Darwin H.]

You need an actual 'body' glucose number NOT influenced by food to know if it's safe to shoot. According to what you feed, that could raise the number 100-150 points. If you shoot into that, when the food digests, that food influenced number will go away - you're left with still working insulin for the rest of the cycle. It gives you a very false sense of security. You don't think you need to monitor as closely because the pre-shot number was high when in reality, it might not be...

*That makes it crystal clear. Thank you.