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    dont worry

    hi ya Maddiemo 1 sorry to hear about your partners troubles and hope things get better, i know exactly what you mean about being left to get on with it i felt like he was saying your fbg ok so you dont have to worry about the rest of reading being high. i said to him that although they started...
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    dont worry

    hi wendie i know and he was a young man so its not as if he had old ideas so i guess the teaching still in the dark ages. i have a rash on my upper arm it flares up becomes really red but not itchy it then seems to die down but still visible beneath the skin but it the skin then starts to peel...
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    dont worry

    hi all just came back from doctors had more bloods done, fasting =normal abac1 = slightly elevated blood pressure elevated cholesterol elevated...
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    a bit confused

    hi halli it,s a bit of a mine field ,it,s not just what it,s doing to your body it,s brain wrenching as well.
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    a bit confused

    hi all i am totally confused i am confused because i read another post where the member said they had an OGTT and at 120 min result was 7.8, so were told T2. my surgery does,nt even do this test but i always thought that after 2hrs a result of over 11 was diagnostic of diabetes. have i got...
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    keep well clinic

    hi all today had an appointment with practise nurse, for a keep well clinic, aim is to make you aware of your health and what you can do to improve it i took along test result for hbac1 test which i had done myself, it came back at 42 now i have been reading WHO guidelines are that anyone...
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    bg low

    hi grazer no i,m not diabetic but i have been having fluctuating blood sugars for about 4months now. i got no advice from doctor or practise nurse, her reply to me when i mentioned that 2hrs after a roll and sausage i got 14 bg was that had she eaten the same she would have same response. so...
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    bg low

    hi ya so glad you both answered my post i was thinking i am trying to do something about the high readings and i.m feeling worse but i am determined to keep low carbing and i hope the reading will get back to normal thanks again
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    bg low

    hi i was wondering if this happens to anybody else , today i had porridge and skimmed milk at 10am this i have worked out to 32 carbs. everything was fine and then about 1pm i started to feel shaky sweaty weak.tested my blood it was 5.2 i know this is normal and was happy with this, but my...
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    oral glucose tolerance test

    hi i have been reading about this test and have this morning did it at home and it was fine here are the readings fbg 8.5 1hr 11.3 2hr 7.6 half an hour after end of test i did some exercise walking on the treadmill did it for 20 mins i then began to feel really shaky, sweating,ravenous.tested...
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    hbA1c result

    hi milena thanks for your reply i exercise every day i do an hour on the treadmill but have not been able to lose any weight i also joined Slimming World lost 4lb over about 5weeks but it was so hard and i was really trying hard felt i was fighting a losing battle i was paying 5 pound a week...
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    hbA1c result

    thanks grazer i can honestly say that if it was,ent for this forum i would most probably just have let things slide and assume that i was being paranoid after listening to the nurse and doctor . I am so glad i found you all . and i will do my very best with the diet and let you know how i am...
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    hbA1c result

    HI ALL I decided to take control of my health myself for about 3months now i have been having what i think are raised blood sugars i had a fasting test done at doctors which came back as no action needed. I looked on the net and joined the forum through this and watching my blood sugar i...
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    how many carbs a day when low carbing

    hi xyzzy i have not been diagnosed but my bg have been off for a couple of months now, but nobody seemed to think it was a big deal . so i took a action myself .
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    how many carbs a day when low carbing

    i am now 5days low carbing i think i am having 150 carbs a day i am finding its ever so slightly helping bg after food fbg not so good should i maybe be having even less. i am struggling because i am hungry , but trying really hard any advice would be grateful
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    how many carbs a day when low carbing

    hi everyone i have been trying since 25 /5 /12 its only couple of days but i have no idea if i am still having to many carbs i am having about 150carbs i can see a slight improvment in bg readings . i started doing this last week after being at the nurse for bloods i have them taken every...
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    Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

    Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn hi everybody i was just reading the posts about fbg mine was 7 this morning and never goes below 6 . i was at the nurse on tuesday for bloods i take 75mg thyroxine 4omg simvastatin . been on both about 10yrs. my bg go up and down no...
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    need some information think i maybe prediabetic

    Hi GRAZER thank you i am so grateful for all the reply's , and i will go back to doctors .
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    need some information think i maybe prediabetic

    Hi CATZA and thank you for your reply i will go back to doctors .
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    think my 2hrs bg is high

    Hi everyone i joined the forum about an hour ago . I am hoping to get some direction from members . I have been having results of high blood sugars especially after food and at bedtimes . i just did reading its 2hrs since i ate and reading is 9.2. i have had FBG test about 4weeks ago which i was...