Recent Content by Bertiedog

I don't think this applies in the case I have outlined because it's the same company and the strips used were from last year.

I have been getting concerned at how my bs readings have been going up so last night I found my old Aviva meter and did a check on the reading. The mobile one said it was 6.9 which was 3 1/2 hours after eating a light meal with a small amount of carbs and I actually felt quite hungry so...

I changed my meter last year from an Accu check Aviva to the new Mobile cassette version and found that it read a lot higher than the old one. I keep freaking when I see 6.3, 4 hours after not eating anything in the evenings and forget that actually my bs is probably in the 5s. When the...

I really agree with your statement. I run the local Fibromyalgia Group with around 80 members, the vast majority of very overweight and suffer with terrible symptoms. However, only a tiny minority are prepared to do anything to help themselves let alone change the way the eat which I am...

Thanks for the suggestion but I naturally wake up anytime from 4.30 am to 5 or 6 am and take 2.5 mg Pred then plus 25 mpg thyroxine and then go back to sleep. Around 7 am or on waking I take another 1 mg Pred plus 1 grain desisted thyroid. Around 1 pm I take the other 2.5 mg Pred and another 1...

I cannot believe that I am 3/4 dead first thing in the morning if I don't eat anything! I do have a diagnosis of ME/CFS/Lyme disease so that might be the reason for our differences.

I am also on steroids because of mild adrenal insufficiency (Sheehans) and I take 6mg Prednisolone plus 2 grains desisted thyroid for hypothyroidism. Have been on these since 2003. I had severe reactive hypoglycaemia before treatment which took many years to get under control but still have a...

Forgot to add that having recently done a Comprehensive GI Effects Stool test through Genova and seeing I had very low diversity and some good bacteria missing I have recently starting making my own Kefir and have been drinking quite a lot of this daily plus adding more fibre into my diet like...

I just wanted to join in here. I am new to the Forum and extremely sensitive to where my bs is. For the past week I have been cutting back even more on my carbs and also the amount of food I am eating and have lost 4 lbs and on several days my bs readings are lower but if I go back to eating a...

I am new to the forum but I have suffered with this for the past 20 years and some days it is worse than others. I take seeds, nuts and a tiny bit of dried apricot with me and find these work well. If I get the symptoms and my vision is bad too then I just eat a small amount and find somewhere...

From what I have heard the NHS dieticians are pretty useless and give the wrong advice regarding diet. I like the advice in the Blood Sugar 101 book and website but I do think we are individual and what works for one might not work so well for somebody else.

Thanks for the info, I realise I am not diabetic but I think my bs is moving up to pre diabetic levels and I want to bring them down to a lower level if I can but the way my brain reacts is so difficult to deal with. Pam

I found this website with a link from Blood Sugar 101 which I think gives excellent advice. Basically, I am 67 years old and have a diagnosis of ME/CFS/Lymes disease and I never know how many of my problems are linked to this illness but I have a real suspicion that many of my problems are due...