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Does anybody have any information as to what constitutes a GOOD glucose measuring watch, accuracies, life expectancy etc.

OK so I'm a long term member and I have a question. Today, and many days recently, I have woken up with a high BG reading. Last night I went to bed BG of 28.7. This morning 9.4, lunch time 12.0. I have not eaten any breakfast and only drunk water yet this pattern of rising levels during the day...

I would love to know how many differing methods exist for calculating bolus insulin injections. We all know our specific blood count but how do people convert this into a quantity to inject. I promise I will not be surprised if there are a zillion different methods being used.

Yeah Ive had two of those recently. One showed I was not fully emptying my bladder bit was told nothing to worry about. Im getting a bit worried by all the times people are telling me not worry. Ive also recently had a colonoscopy which found one polyp (clear) but multiple diverticula in all...

Im a T2 long term and yesterday I had to visit the kidney specialist at the local hospital. My eGFR reading has been dropping over the last year and is now at 26 yet he said nothing to worry about come back and see me in 5 months. I don't know about you but these readings seem mightily low to...

If this is a picture of your phone screen then go into settings and turn off the aircraft mode.:)

Hi @joeynomates1969 , The first thing is DONT PANIC I take it that you are only recently diagnosed and are now learning that diabetes is complicated, shifty and as such you are the only one to make decisions regarding it but not without help from your medical staff. If you are taking such a...

My vision shoots up and down like nobodies business and it isn't only for high or low reasons. When my blood sugars change eg on holiday in the US, my vision changes as well but it always returns within a few ( up to 14) days.

I finger prick prior to all injections which is currently 4 times a day. These are coincidental with meal times and bed time. I do recognise that there will be a difference in reading which may also be associated with time but the case in point was over a few hours with me eating jelly babies...

Last year I was given a Libre to try. A wonderful piece of kit thought I until my BG went low and stayed low but the Libre kept on telling me my BG was fine. I am lucky in that I do not find it difficult to recognise low BG so I started finger pricking at the same time and found that the Libre...

Please ensure that you take into account the size of the bread or loaf. There are several half sized portions out there.

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Tesco Finest High Protein Loaf 400G / 10.03g Allinson's Classic Wholemeal Loaf 650G / 17.4 g Tesco Malted Grain Loaf Sliced 400G / 19.04g Tesco Wholemeal Bread Loaf 800G / 19.75g Tesco Whole Seed Loaf 800G / 22.85g Tesco Malted Grain Loaf 400G / 19.04g Hovis Wholemeal Medium Bread 800G /...

Has anybody issued a comparison list of the nutrition aspects of commercially available wholemeal bread in the UK

OK thanks Kev. Why is it that some people take all the fun out of it?

Can somebody please tell me what CBD oil is. It appeared in an email to Diabetes UK and the author was asking what it was, thanks.

I check all labels religiously and reject all those that do not include hops in their menu.

I'm on the same insulin types as you are and for what it's worth I just read the bread packet which gives amount of carbs per slice. It's far more important to make sure you only use a low carb wholemeal bread type and I'm still looking for that. At present mine is Aldi wholemeal medium which is...

I have been on this stuff for a couple of months and I think it's great. Like you I tried Byetta a couple of years ago but with bad reactions (kidneys) and also like you I was put onto this as I was taking a high quantity of insulin (NovaRapid and Levemir). I must say that I'm very impressed by...

You think thats bad - I once had a uniformed cop pull his gun on me in a cafe toilet. I told to stop being a complete a-hole as it was insulin not crack I was injecting. He went very quiet and then left. It takes all sorts I suppose.