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  1. RinT76

    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    oops, I didn't realize that, see no one told me about how much I could eat or explained carbs properly and when it comes to numbers they tend to dance all around and confuse me so I don't usually go looking for them for that reason, I will in future though, now I know above 10 is bad. so thank...
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    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    hmm I had one of those microwave meal things, not the usual healthy living ones though, I had fish and chips and mushy peas and then del monte fruit cocktail x2 I was a tad greedy and craving sweet fruity things :-P
  3. RinT76

    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    Hello Blue ooh that don't sound good .yesterday before dinner I was at 4.8 then 2 hours later 10.8 then before bed 4.9 and this morning it was 5.4 so am in lower numbers and have been for a few days so am guessing that's good. I know if am below 4 that's not good. I think they will be starting...
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    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    So I just got a letter through my door from the diabetes clinic and its got some of the numbers, I don't know whether it is from the first test they did or the last more recent one but it says "HbA1c: 118" not sure what that means but as you guys mentioned it I thought maybe you could tell me...
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    New T2 Which meter?

    thank you, I am sorry, I am a bit of a dummy lol.
  6. RinT76

    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    Thank you for your thoughts and advice a and thank you for the welcome, I think my journal is about to get more detailed lol.
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    New T2 Which meter?

    Thank you yet again Blue, you are being extremely helpful today. I am more worried about the quality of the meter than the cost. Quality and accuracy primary, secondary cost, I don't want to spend a fortune on a flashy meter with bells and whistles I probably won't use but at the same time I...
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    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    thank you for the wave and hi back :-)
  9. RinT76

    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    There's a type 3??? Bloomin heck don't tell me that! lol. they seemed to be sure after my last HbA1c that it was type 2 when I visited the doc at the hospital a couple of weeks back although they had been saying t1 one minute and t2 the next prior to that. I guess maybe I should ask them to be sure
  10. RinT76

    New T2 Which meter?

    I think I got some time yet, but I know that new meters can be not so cheap so I want to start saving now just in case, and I would like to have some idea what I should be looking for, because right now I have none, hence me picking your brains :-P
  11. RinT76

    New T2 Which meter?

    Hi guys I am a new T2 diabetic, currently on insulin but the doctors are going to see how I do with tablets, I am basically their guinea rat it would seem, anyways they tell me if I go onto the tablets I wont need to do the BG tests anymore, personally I don't like the idea of not monitoring my...
  12. RinT76

    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    I have an appointment with Specialist nurse at hospital on the 8th and later that day another appointment with nurse at my GP's surgery for the first review or something. so I will ask one of them and I will write in my diary so that I remember to get the levels, this is all a bit crazy huh lol.
  13. RinT76

    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    Ooh ok I will make note of that in my Journal, thank you. they didn't tell me what my HbA1c results was they just prodded me and poked me, took my pee a couple times and then attached me to this machine and stuck this big syringe looking thing in the machine which they said was full of insulin...
  14. RinT76

    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    Thank you so much for your response, I will certainly consider posting some of my journal, but mostly it's just about what has happened at appointments right now and boring stuff like my med dosages and weight and blood pressure etc.
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    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    I don't understand the phrase "Background basal", yus I am a bit stupid, sorry. lol Thank you for the info, muchly appreciated. I was told that if I go onto the Metformin and come off the insulin, I wouldn't have to test my blood sugars, is that the case? should I continue to test them...
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    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    Hi and thank you :) they finally decided I was type 2, they said it was probably because of a combination of my weight and medications (Olanzapine) that I am diabetic. right now I am on Insulin 30 in the morning before breakfast and 24 in the evening before dinner. but they are talking of...
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    New Type 2 and a Tad Confused

    Hi I am Tarin, or Rin, if you prefer. I was diagnosed back in late September but it took them ages to decide whether I was Type 1 or 2. When I was originally diagnosed I was told I was off the charts and sent to hospital, which was all fun...not. I feel in some ways I was messed about a bit, one...
  18. RinT76

    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    - What is your name? Tarin, also known as "Rin" to friends - How old are you? too close to 42 for my liking. - Are you male or female? sometimes I wonder that myself, but male...I think. - Which country are you from?U.K. - Which city/area do you live in? Devon - Are you religious? religiously...