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@dorisena Thanks for staying in touch. My numbers were high again this morning so that's four days it's been abnormal for me. It was not as high as it was yesterday but too high. I've checked all day along and it has dropped from the high this morning to normal this afternoon. So it seems to be zooming up at night and then falling steadily during the day. Because it does go down, I think this means my insulin is working. I know which foods work for me and if I deviate, I can expect a spike, so I rarely eat out of my plan. I wonder since I've been eating the same foods for three+ years if my body needs some change. The problem is I don't know what to add. I eat all leafy greens (have always loved them). I love a lettuce salad too. Meats have not been good for me and neither have fruits. So I just need something different to give my system a push. This is really irritating, like when I was first diagnosed and knew nothing about diabetes and neither did the PCP. I researched and read books and educated myself to know what to do. Now with this problem I need to be my own doctor again and figure out what's causing the numbers to be out of range.
If you have any more ideas, I'd love to read them.
Grateful for you sharing your experience.
Carol

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@retiredteacher, my doc told me that if your blood sugar drops at night (or early morning while still sleeping) the liver starts producing glucose, which raises morning fasting blood sugars. Since I'm on long-acting insulin at night (i know you aren't) he had me decrease it and to be sure to have a reasonable bedtime snack to prevent my blood sugar from dropping too much overnight and stimulating the liver to make sugar. I'm not a doc, this is just what mine told me. It's called Smyogyi Syndrome and I'm not sure but I thing it happens to non-insulin dependent diabetcs also.