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:)Bless you, sounds fun. I agree with the others, get yourself a meter. Each meal wait 2 hours after you finished then test. This is how you find out what's causing your issue. For me personally I wouldn't touch a breakfast cereal with a 40 foot pole, or those fruits, or toast. I am known to...

I was feeling really terribly awful bluetit, I had exhaustion, I was very depressed, constant headache for over a month even though I usually don't get headaches, my heart kept feeling all wrong and racing, really feeling very poor indeed like this for several a months so the doctor gave me an...

Hi bluetit, nope, I do take metformin twice a day. I got a 5.7 2 hours and a 4.5 just before lunch. Nothing *appears* shifty, I seem to be processing sugar better I'm just not sure why. Only things I've been doing different lately the doctor had me on folic acid which has made me feel great...

6.5, standard, so still completely puzzled. Let's see what happens today

I appreciate it it might sound like cause for celebration but it's really not as it implies something is quite wrong somewhere

4.2 according to my new meter. So I checked on my old one, 4.6. 2 hours ago I ate a large bag of revels. I do a lot of exercise so I can do such things sometimes if I have balanced things right, but even I knew I should expect a very naughty 7.4 maybe given what I've done/ eaten the rest of...

Amazing well done!!!!! I got 38 on my hc1 thingy bob and I was totally made up by that so I will do a happy dance for you!:)

That's not strictly true, as it's not how genetic conditions work. Not 100% of the offspring of a person with a genetic condition get it, my two sisters are not diabetic. But I have all of the genetic conditions my mother has, and that's just bad luck, simple as that. As I knew I had her other...

Just got my Hba1c back; 39! Tra laaaaa! This is my happy face. I thought it would be good, I had a bug for about 3 weeks at the same time as a kidney infection so I felt quite rotten and hence was testing a lot, kept seeing 5's on the meter :-) But I'm really happy with this. I do...

I can really relate to what you said here Peridot. I quit having any sugar in drinks when I was 17 as I was getting these sorts of symptoms. I was checked a bunch of times for diabetes. I have always been hugely fit walking at least an hour a day, then age 37 my doctor checked me again as she...

I AM a type 2 diabetic, diagnosed a year and a half. I've never had a reading of more then 9 2 hours after a meal and woukd be very upset if I got a 15. I think it would be helpful to have a further test. I think that a panicky older male doctor has seen you, seen your notes about being...

Whups typo allerts 500mg of course :-)

I am now diagnoses type 2 for a year, just went to have my checks - I must be mental to have them at Christmas! Anyhoo I am on 40, is that 5.8% or something. Does that mean my blood sugar averages like 7.1 if I read it on my meter? Anyhoo she thought I could drop a metformin, I have 590mg...

Re: I can`t believe the way some people abuse themselves !!! I agree the ad ice on the NHS may be to blame. That's about what I was told. My lovely bloke's granny is type 2, she's getting a little doddery now bless her. But they way she eats is RADICALLY different to me and shocks me. She was...

Yes I've had that problem with the diet coke. I got one the other day, had a big swig, took it back said 'are you sure this is diet coke because it doesn't taste like it'. She emptied it and gave me another which I saw her pour from the right tap, tasted completely different. This was like a...

This is really really interesting to me. I get timilar levels to you, I don't eat a massive amount of carbs as I've actually never been a fan but I wouldnt guess I'm super low like you. But I too do a lot if exercise and your comment there about the liver dump 10 score interests me. I always...

You sound like you're doing great Seamatt, well done. I've been diagnosed about a year now and so I'm still learning too, but I definately find exercise a big help. My sugar drops off rapidly after and I need to have a meal then or I will run the risk of a liver dump (like the higher sugar when...

The diet advice from xyzzy is pretty much what I've done since I was diagnosed in Nov ish. It really works and its interesting to see that's what they give in other countries. Smile at the NHS and push them for all the tests and gadgets you can get, but otherwise ignore their diet imo. They say...

This is a helpful thread, usually someone has asked the same question I came in to ask. I have been every now and then absolutely pouring with sweat in bed, I used to NEVER get too hot I have terrible circulation. Yesterday I had to be up at 6am and I woke up sweaty, so I quickly tested and was...

I'm on 500mg metformin give daily, I usually am between 5.5 and 7.5 throught the day. Personally I find if I go below about 4.4 I start feeling a bit wobbly, and concentration gets a bit shady, so I have a small something to eat. Similarly above 7.5 I feel a but rank and I get super thirsty so I...