Stress or Faulty Meter

Lunch today l had to have early due to lack of vn staff and times people finished so l ate at 12:30 not happy but no choice.

I took my bloods and fell off the chair 6.1 so ate my salad and mixed berries and then proceeded to drink around 600ml water over the 2 hr period.

Come second set the meter wouldn't work gave error code...wonderful now was the first reading wrong?
Got the back up meter out the car and that told me l was 6.1 2hrs after a meal identical to pre lunch

I didn't bother on the initial retest as l figured well l had not had much fluid to drink the place is very hot and non stop very very short staffed on nurses in all seriousness could do with min of  3 more so it is stressful especially being new there and hitting the ground running... started locum work there last week.
Breakfast today l had 2 scrambled eggs and 2 black coffee from 7am till 12:30

Tonight the meter works fine well l am a more regular amount 4.6

So anyone any guesses was it stress and dehydration or a faulty meter?  

i reckon stress, how are the feet?

Ankle holding up lot better thanks... seems ok then starts to hurt then eases off. Last weeks little man has thankfully retired his red hot poker when he found it didn't stop or totally cripple me

I have seen it written that stress levels can have an adverse effect on blood sugar numbers ....hope your feet / heel do heal soon.

All the best Jan

I'd say stress too. Factor in the 15-20% correction factor and probably not too far off anyway ? What level would you expect ?

At lunch time around 4.8 to 5.5 but usually the lower one by dinner in the evening l am usually running right down to 4.6 or early 5

Mud Island Dweller wrote:At lunch time around 4.8 to 5.5 but usually the lower one by dinner in the evening l am usually running right down to 4.6 or early 5

That's tight control, well done. Referring back to your 6.1, allowing for 20% tolerance, this could have been anywhere from 4.9-7.3 ! That's at the extreme ends but highlights why not to worry about occasional dodgy readings.

Thanks Mo just done my lunch one and 5.5 l was more trying to work out stress or meter. Today fairly quiet so edge to stress as all seem to agree. Mind you had more fluid today as well

TOTAL PLANK! was busy my alarm went off to remind me my bloods but also couple of patients needed meds... they got their meds l remembered my bloods about 18:30 tonight....as l left work

Mud Island Dweller wrote: TOTAL PLANK! was busy my alarm went off to remind me my bloods but also couple of patients needed meds... they got their meds l remembered my bloods about 18:30 tonight....as l left work

Oh well, at least they got their meds lol !