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Hi Southbeds That’s the best thing has even on bright days glare effects your vision, I stopped driving about 3 years ago I just didn’t feel confident enough to drive with the glare making driving very difficult. It was like someone flashing a light in your eyes has you’re driving along I just...

Hi Vince01 You can book an appointment with your Optician who will refer you to hospital they make the decision on what and when you need treatment. Good luck nothing to worry about straight forward op pain free Good Luck K

@pixie1 Thanks for the information on amount of carbs per 100g will try and remember that if my little grey cells will allow me. Old age and dry rot was how my mother used to explain it if she forgot something!!!!!K

@mojo37 The bread amount was 1 slice you must have read it wrong K BG this morning @4.55am 7.6 evening meal was Vegatables and beef casserole with extra veggies on side like Brussels sprouts and green beans but carrots but very few in casserole. It has to be the carrots they way my BG is...

BG @ 8.40am was 6.8 Last night’s evening meal of Carrot and Coriander soup and a slice bread 2hour later BG was 10.4 Another one off my foods list just fancied a bowl of soup only had this one in, we live and learn. K

BG today @ 8.40am was 6.8mmol But last nights evening meal I had Carrot and Corriander soup +1 slice bread cup of tea 2hours later BG was 10.4 from BG at lunchtime was 5.7. That’s a huge increase from a tin of soup but suppose the answer is in the ingredients ie:Carrot + bread well that’s...

Hi MrsA2 Congratulations on your weight loss and blood glucose levels, I am trying the low carb diet but how do you maintain your weight and blood glucose levels after you’ve lost the weight, how does it work when you no longer stay on the low carb diet because you’ve reached your goal weight...

Just got home from my diabetic review nurse was very pleased with my results cholesterol up only slightly just asked to watch my fats in my foods explained about rising BG after eating any small amount of carbs and told me to see doctor when he gets back off holiday in three weeks. K

BG @ 4.10am was 6.7mmol. Before coffee See what today brings!!!!! K

Good morning everyone BG @ 7.15am was 6.8mmol First time since regular BG testing I’ve been in 6s in first test of the day in morning. Breakfast still 100g of Greek yogurt and berries yesterdays BG was a lot higher 9mmol Horrible Raining weather here in North West this morning.K

Latest BG test this morning after breakfast of yogurt and berries 100grams of each plus coffee decaf Was 9.0 mmol. K

BG this morning was 7.5mmol again nothing after evening meal until 9pm and only our usual coffee ????K @Annb Thank you for the information on C-peptide test will mention it on Thursday when I go for my Diabetic Review.K

BG 7.6 it dropped to 7 two hours after Breakfast yogurt and berries Then BG before evening meal 5.9 meal was pot-roast with carrots and turnips and leeks Two hours after evening meal it shot upto 10.6 no carbs all day only in vegetables. Makes you want to give up I just can’t win whatever I do...

@lindisfel Upto Covid I was tested regularly but not had blood test since Covid and I ended up requesting it myself but surprisingly things seem ok no action required on my doctors print out of my last fasting blood test, but a request to make appointment with nurse concerning my Lipids level...

@Annb i’ve recently had a fasting bloods test done I go for my diabetic review next week on 17 November but apart from Lipids my print out of that blood test was all ok no action except for lipids when they commented that I make appointment with nurse so I did. K

@jjraak I didn’t have porridge this morning I had Greek yogurt and berries K and lunch was 2 pm this afternoon’s only had a coffee while we were out from 10 am till lunch at 2pm

BG this morning @7am was 7mmol BG after lunch was 15.5 after a soft bread roll with bacon on. K BG before evening meal was 4.2 BG 2 hours after evening meal was 8.3 beef and vegetables casserole spoon of mash potatoes cup tea.

Hi@jjraak it’s not just porridge it’s everything I eat containing carbs for instance we have been out after breakfast until 2.pm I had.A soft Bread roll with bacon on it two hours later my BG reads 15.5 I don’t seem to be able to eat anything lately that contains the smallest os carbs. Doctor...

Hi@Annb Thats awful I was diagnosed in my early 50s I’m 76 now but we have two type 1 and two type 2 in our family my sister was type 1 when she was 10 she’s 63 now, and my grandson when he was 18 he was devastated by it all he couldn’t cope with it for a long time. But he’s very controlled now...

Hi @Annb have you been type2 long like myself it’s a strange thing to happen if it’s not our bodies not able to produce enough insulin to deal with the small amounts of carbs it’s all I can come up with. K