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Can someone tell me what are the best breakfast cereals to have, i am really struggeling with what will keep my bg down. since being diagnosed 5 weeks ago, my bg after breakfast is always high. i have tried alpen, brown toast, all other breakfast cereals and nothing is helping..now i dont know...

I went back to the hospital today, i am 32 weeks pregnant now. i was on 2 metformin twice a day and then increased it to 4 metformin a day but it didnt agree with me..now i have to take insulatart before i go to bed as well. i have been told to start with 6 units.. but i am so scare to take it...

I have had another appointment with the diabetes consultant and he has upped my does to 1000mg twice a day. so have 2 weeks to see if it works. if not i think insulin will be the next stop. i hope they work for me.

Hi, im totally confued now..unless the meds have started to kick in since wed. I have been sensible with food and eaten as good as possible and my readings were still on the high side. today being easter i had turkey sandwich with white bread and few crisps and even a bit of cheese cake and yet...

me too..i thought i wasnt not too bad with what i was doing so was unhappy with being put on meds after less than a week, and if i dont improve after two weeks it will be insulin. my bgl are always up in the morning as well. so i bet he will just stick me on insulin. he was so rushed as well...

just a question on the bgl i was getting, the dr ringed round the ones he wasnt happy with. but some of them i thought was within normal range? for eg. 1 hour after food 6.3, 6.9, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2 on the front of my diary it says the range after eating is between 4 and 8. so i thought these...

Thanks, you have made me feel a bit better, and hopefully it wont be for ever. Just one questions about metformin..if your going to get side effects from it, does it happen with the first dose? its just that last night i had my first one after tea time..and in the night i started to feel realy...

The dr's ahve put me on metophormine, im not happy but i suppose they know what they are doing. He did say i was a candidate for insulin but is trying with tabs first. i nearly fell off the chair when he said that. i dont want to inject. I had a growth scan and the baby is bang on for dates so...

Hi I had to phone up the diabetes nurse this morning to tell her my results for the last few days and now she wants me to go into see the consulatant tomorrow to see if i need meds. i dont feel i am given very long to get used to what im doing with it. Thanks for the ideas, i will let you...

It is very hard to get the right balance..i thought the granery was ok and well as beans.. also can i eat peanut butter? i am finding it hard now to this oof what to eat, most lunches to me mean, sandwiches or soup with bread..or something on toast. now im finding im putting off eating..which is...

my blood levels were in normal range yesterday after eating. after i had took my test after dinner, about an hour later i had a muller light yogurt and a glass of milk before bed. on getting up this morning, they were a little on the high side..i dont understand that, as i was asleep all night...

so is say and heinz tinned tomato soup ok? i looked at the carbs of which sugars and it was in the range between 3-6g per 100g. is that ok? I also bought some glucose tablets of my bag just in case it happenes again. im not happy with my last reading from this morning. i had two slices of...

Hubby didnt manage to get out yesterday but we are going out this afternoon to get one. i had brown bread and bought granery as i read it had a low GI..also i read tomato soup was low as well, i was going by some websites as to what was low and not low GI. thats where i get confused. some...

I thank god for this forum, i would be lost already without it. with all this advice im sure to get to grips with it sooner. My nurse wants me to test one day before food three times a day and then alternate days 1 hour after food. my fasting bloods were nearly within the normal range...

Thanks again for your help, i will be more careful when i go out and will buy some gluscose tablets for my bag. I think i was so worried about my glucose tests being over a bit that i thought not eating as much would make them drop, now i know i cant do that. Hubby is off later looking in...