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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Hi thanks for reply , and I do get out the house as much as I can as I have my own window cleaning business so when my back allows. Me I'm out working but it's only 2 to 3 days a week as when I do get out and I finish work I'm in agony with my back , and I can't not take my pain killers I have...
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Last 2 tests I have done have been 8.1 and 8.4 I'm really struggling the last few months and I just don't seem to be coping , I've got a serious lower back problem which I've had for 10years + and been recently told I have arthritis down around my discs so there is nothing they can do to help me...
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    Type 2s: What have you eaten today?

    Breakfast I had Lizzies granola with low carb yogurt , lunch time nothing dinner fish and homemade chips with garden peas and snack watching the football twiglets and some dry roasted nuts
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    What support from partners would have been helpful or was helpful after diagnosis?

    Well my partner really don't do anything for me at the start she said no more crisps or biscuits for you ! It's been 3 years since I was diagnosed and when I was I was 113 my hbA1c and Over 12 months got it down to normal reading of 35/40 and believe me I was strict over Christmas I never had...
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    HbA1c

    No that was in the evening a few hours after I had eaten
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    HbA1c

    Last 2 days my reading have been 9.0 and 8.2
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    Application for medication certificate

    Ok so where at? Is it at your doctors
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    HbA1c going in right direction

    When I got diagnosed 3 years ago I had been so ill for 18 odd months and when I had my bloods done and found out my HbA1c was 113 my diabetic nurse said to me " I'm gobsmacked your not in a diabetic coma your reading is that high ' but when I look back to how I was feeling especially a few...
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    Is my menu O.K.?

    It's the one breakfast I've found I like and is low in sugar
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    Application for medication certificate

    I've never been given one of these either and I'm on diabetic medication as well ?
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    Very thirsty when I wake up.

    I'm the same mouth dry all night I seem to be getting worse as I go on I've been diabetic 3 years but my dry mouth has never really gone away , I'm on metformin also I was on 4 a day but I'm on just 1 in morning now as I got it under control but sometimes I don't feel good At all but every time...
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    Coming off metformin

    I was on 4 metformin when I was 1st diagnosed as my sugar levels was 114 when I found out I was diabetic and after 18 months I got them down to high 30s so my diabetic nurse Tole me to come down to 1 a day to see how I get on when I first went on to 1 I was a bit shaky and I do still get periods...
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    Is my menu O.K.?

    I've had Lizzies low sugar cereal since I've been diabetic and it's worked ok for me , yeah I have always looked at the sugar content on packs whatever I buy now and this cereal is the lowest I have found which I like
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    Leg Cramps?

    Yes mine only ever seem to come during the night also
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