No LGC, you're quite right about the marmalade!! I just don't think I could face Chilli at breakfast time!!
Mornings are not my best time, and being faced with Chilli or curry would be a step too far!! Perhaps it will have to be scrambled eggs then, maybe with a bit of smoked salmon?
Thank you all for your replies, that's given me a much better idea about how to go about things. Looks like I will have to get a meter; my next blood test is not until the end of October, which I find hard to believe. How on earth do they expect me to know if I'm doing things right?? And if I'm not, that's three months of doing the wrong thing!! At the moment, I am having 500gm Metformin twice daily; so far - touch wood- none of the problems that usually occur! After what my husband went through, I was dreading taking it, but it seems I can tolerate it. Just as well, as they are reluctant to prescribe the SR version in our surgery; Derek suffered for years before they gave it to him.