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Few days later but I only just received my letter of "levels". Doctor was telling me what they were and I was writing them down but when he said "feel free to jot these numbers down but you will get a letter with them in" I stopped jotting. It was all abit overwhelming anyway and I just...

Hi all Have just got a BG meter (Medisana Meditouch) ran a test on it and it was within the gamut of given BG levels so I am assuming the meter is correct (ie hasn't gone wrong in six hours). Have just taken a pre-meal test (5½ hours after I'd last ate) and my BG is 3.1 should I be worried...

I'm no expert. 6.9 fasting is high, but not diagnostically so (my pratise requires two tests [fasting]to both read over seven before they will diagnose Diabetes). Obviously there is something going on here that is more than 'straightforward' diabetes. Sorry but you will just have to bite...

I have decided with all the contrary diet advice (medical profession says one thing /virtually everyone on here says something else)to test my BG after meals (2 hours?) and decide what is best for ME. What I don't know is what is considered the best type/Manufacturer of meter and how does the...

Nope, should I be? Only just been diagnosed and the advice from the DN seems to be eat lots of starches (potatoes, pasta, rice etc) rather than sugars, but lo there seems to be a "the DN is talking mince when it comes to diet" vibe in here. Think I would prefer to go with the people who are...

Was only diagnosed on Thursday but had blood tests etc for about a month before so knew what was coming . Yes I had type 2 Diabetes . Fast forward to yesterday, wife had got blackpudding, sausages, bacon etc and some rolls[1] was going to have a roll on something caught myself just in...

Cathy I so heartily agree with what you have said. Getting told what a healthy diet is was patronising in the extreme. However they do have to deal with X cases a day some will be like me degree educated and some will be like my F-I-L barely able to read and pretty much lacking in any...

Re: How high glucos levels My GP's practise triggers at +7 mmol/L fasting (two tests to diagnose). 7.8 mmol/L is the figure quoted on this site (http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html).

per 100 ml 2.0g ________ per 25ml 0.5 g (I reckon I have four~five (X25ml) of these a day) of which sugars 2.0g_________per 25ml 0.5 g Fat and saturates Trace. Is 2.0~2.5 g a day a lot? (that is 4~5% of a healthy GDA). Edited to correct a minor typo

At the moment I am drinking 3~4 litres a day and to make it palatable I add some double strength no ADDED sugar squash (currently co-op brand). Is this low enough in sugars that it can be drunk with impunity or should I really try to drink pure water (couple of miles to treatment plant and...

Hi all I am from Balerno (a wee village on the outskirts of Edinburgh). I went to the doctor as the ridiculous amounts of milk I was drinking had started to affect my stomach. I realised that I was drinking lots of milk as I was really thirsty all the time, and so had a blood test. My...