Recent Content by Carolanne58

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    Understanding blood sugar levels

    I tested my bloods 2 hours after my lunch it was 6.8 is that ok
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    Understanding blood sugar levels

    Before each meal just tested before lunch it was 5.4
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    Understanding blood sugar levels

    Breakfast 2 weetabix with milk (lunch leftovers casserole no potatoes chicken and veg) dinner pork cooked in slow cooker 2 small roast vegetables) bedtime 1 slice of nimble bread toasted butter
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    Understanding blood sugar levels

    Yes I’m on a low carb diet and walk 3 miles or longer a day
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    Understanding blood sugar levels

    my HbA1c last June was 65 mol this June it’s 78 I wasn’t told to monitor my blood sugar last year just take 2 sakkarto twice a day this year went back for checkup it was 78 I was for a week on gliclazide and a meter and strips and monitor 4 times a day but when I went back a week later the blood...
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    Type 1: What are your HbA1c test results?

    I’m sorry if I’m asking a silly question but I’m confused when the nurse took my bloods it came back 78mmo1mol my reading this morning was 6.0 on my meter is that ok thanks
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    Should I take statins

    At my last Diabetic appointment 3 weeks ago I was told my cholesterol was up very slightly as a precaution my doctor has prescribed statins tablets which are still in the chemist I tried to persuade her that I could maybe try by diet but she insisted that I take them My blood sugar under control...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Thank you I’m finding it very helpful on the forums I’m 61 my husband passed away 18 months ago so I let my diabetes get out of hand until a month ago when I had a checkup and found my blood sugars were sky high I’m working really hard to get my levels down I walk every evening with my two...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Be Kind to yourself as others might not
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    working hard to get my diabetes under control but it’s working down from 16 to 6.8 making better...

    working hard to get my diabetes under control but it’s working down from 16 to 6.8 making better choices
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Mine was 6.8 this morning the same nearly every morning but usually go down to 5.8 during the day