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  1. Polgara

    Prediabetes Statins - Opinions

    My husband (T1 diabetic) takes atorvastin - no side effects at all and no negative effect on his A1c
  2. Polgara

    Type 2 Ketone meter

    Yes - the NHS can provide this My husband has a Glucomen Areo as his NHS provided meter - it can test for ketones as well as glucose. He got it as a replacement for his old meter at a hospital appt in 2020. You just need the ketone strips. Hub has both types of strips on hiss repeat...
  3. Polgara

    Half of a diabetic couple - double dating at retinopathy screening

    Half of a diabetic couple - double dating at retinopathy screening
  4. Polgara

    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    Just popping by to say that after 8 months of maintaining my weight I'm still happily keeping going :) April 2017 I weighed 115.1kg - lost weight over 8 months to reach a goal weight if 68kg. Today I weigh 63.9kg Keep going - there is no end to this - but giving up is by far the worst option.
  5. Polgara

    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    5th April 2017 I weighed 115.3 kg - BMI 39.8 Today I weigh 64.4kg - BMI 22.2 Down 0.6 kg over the week - still maintaining :)
  6. Polgara

    "The Truth About Carbs"?

    Finally had time to watch this programme (though not had time to read through 10 pages on this thread!) I thought it was very clear - the style of eating discussed closely matches what I have been doing for the last 14 months - and it's worked very well for me. I was amused to see the...
  7. Polgara

    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    I've had a several kids with scarlet fever over the last year or so - it's horrible - so hugs to all at the ickihun house <3
  8. Polgara

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    4.4 this morning - get to see daughter this evening - yay!
  9. Polgara

    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    Up 0.3kg from last week - blaming that on a few very sedentary days writing reports :O - but basically still maintaining :) 5th April 2017 I weighed 115.3 kg - BMI 39.8 Today I weigh 65.0 kg - BMI 22.4
  10. Polgara

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    4.7 - back to school today having spent a good chunk of half term writing reports - last push until the summer
  11. Polgara

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    5.3 !? What's that about - thought I was happily back in the 4s - grumpity grump Should have used Hubby's monitor as it always reads 0.5 lower than mine :D
  12. Polgara

    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    And a week on I'm 64.7kg again :)
  13. Polgara

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    3.9 today after lots of walking yesterday. Sneaked an extra night at our caravan - hubby left for work at 6am and so i squeezed in a long early morning walk :)
  14. Polgara

    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    Still maintaining :) 5th April 2017 I weighed 115.3 kg - BMI 39.8 Today I weigh 64.7 kg - BMI 22.3
  15. Polgara

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    5.2 today - first day of the holidays and of course I'm full of a cold - grrrrr
  16. Polgara

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    4.9 today - we break up for half term this afternoon - :)
  17. Polgara

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    4.3 today - two more days of term left.... Absolutely exhausted but nearly there :)
  18. Polgara

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    4.8 today -staggering on to the end of the half term in Thursday - gardening day today at Nursery where we invite parents, grandparents etc in to help plant the summer flowers - it'll be a busy day :)