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Type 2's: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?

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Sable_Jan said:
Thanks for the link :)
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Purchased a 9Bar for 50p at Asda wow lol. Gluten and wheat free. Out of the 14.6g of carbohydrate, 13.1g sugars per 50g bar. Bit much.....mine's is original flavour but seen others. Contains 'dehulled hemp' ....maybe smoke it later and report back lol
 
eddie1968 said:
Purchased a 9Bar for 50p at Asda wow lol. Gluten and wheat free. Out of the 14.6g of carbohydrate, 13.1g sugars per 50g bar. Bit much.....mine's is original flavour but seen others. Contains 'dehulled hemp' ....maybe smoke it later and report back lol
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:stop:You're not supposed to smoke them ***.:facepalm: You're supposed to soak them in boiling water, like a tea bag:happy:
 
Susikav said:
Ok, I'll use them more than once then.. but if my numbers go up I'll stop.. :)
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Honestly Adrian the advice I have had from the NHS is not to re-use finger prick lancets or any form of needle due to blunting and pathogens. I do however appreciate the cost of stuff involved.
 
eddie1968 said:
Honestly Adrian the advice I have had from the NHS is not to re-use finger prick lancets or any form of needle due to blunting and pathogens. I do however appreciate the cost of stuff involved.
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I personally would rather use new each time and as I get them for free any way, might as well. I only submitted my findings so that members could make up their own minds about reusing the needles or not. I did find another thread on here that had quite a few replies, some for and some against, so I started a new thread with poll to refresh the subject.
 
adrian207 said:
I personally would rather use new each time and as I get them for free any way, might as well. I only submitted my findings so that members could make up their own minds about reusing the needles or not. I did find another thread on here that had quite a few replies, some for and some against, so I started a new thread with poll to refresh the subject.
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How often are you getting scripts and are they allowing you to self monitor every day ?
 
eddie1968 said:
How often are you getting scripts and are they allowing you to self monitor every day ?
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I get them as soon as I start running out. The last lot I got for my "New Blingy Monitor" was 100 (2 x 50 boxes) + 200 single use Lancets.
So yes I can monitor myself as much as I want really but don't go overboard in case I get questioned as to why I'm using so many. At the moment I'm using about 6 a day so that I can monitor what foods make me spike and which don't. I then make a little note listing the good stuff.
 
I get all my diabetes supplies on prescription from the Hospital Diabetes Clinic. I do two injections of mixed insulin a day and test 4 times daily, before and 2 hours post meal. If you are on meds twice a day should suffice. I hate pricking and injecting anyway.
 
eddie1968 said:
I get all my diabetes supplies on prescription from the Hospital Diabetes Clinic. I do two injections of mixed insulin a day and test 4 times daily, before and 2 hours post meal. If you are on meds twice a day should suffice. I hate pricking and injecting anyway.
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i know this might sound sick but, I actually get a buzz out of stabbing myself, purely to see the results. If I get a good reading then I'm happy but if it's a bit higher than expected, I look at what I ate previous to it and make a little note to either reduce quantity or cut it out altogether. I can normally get a 3-4 mile walk in between the first (before brek) stab and the 2 hrs later stab. Then about 3 hrs later (before the dinner) stab and again 2 hours later. Same for the tea time stabbings, so a total of 6 a day. My GP told me I didn't need to monitor myself as all the results she needed came from the 3 monthly blood samples. When I told her it was purely for my own needs and why, she said she had no problem supplying them, just come back when you're running out.:nurse:
 
Dibbles1 said:
unlike malamutes ... who could talk for England o_O
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Defo not malaMUTE then ;)..... One of my GSD boys tells me everytime someone dares to walk past on the other side of the street; that's taking our front garden into account. Shutting the curtains doesn't help...
 
Lovely German Shepherd Jan. My nephew is a Police Dog handler and he and his German Shepherd have a genuine bond after 9 years. I saw a blue eyes Australian Collie (blue merle) today. She was so cute and friendly.
 
adrian207 said:
i know this might sound sick but, I actually get a buzz out of stabbing myself, purely to see the results. If I get a good reading then I'm happy but if it's a bit higher than expected, I look at what I ate previous to it and make a little note to either reduce quantity or cut it out altogether. I can normally get a 3-4 mile walk in between the first (before brek) stab and the 2 hrs later stab. Then about 3 hrs later (before the dinner) stab and again 2 hours later. Same for the tea time stabbings, so a total of 6 a day. My GP told me I didn't need to monitor myself as all the results she needed came from the 3 monthly blood samples. When I told her it was purely for my own needs and why, she said she had no problem supplying them, just come back when you're running out.:nurse:
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My gp nurse, not specialist, was very approving of my having got and used a meter to get myself out of prediabetic range and into normal range. She sounded really pleased about it.
 
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