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Thank you Carlos, Here is an extract from a diabetes website I found today: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The essential thing in diabetes is to understand the condition and to manage it as best as possible...

Cugila Sorry if you mis-understood but walking IS my exercise whether out in the open or on my treadmill. I'm too old for press-ups :) Clansman

Thank you all, Dragongirl, IanD, Helena88 and Cugila You have all shone a light on the subject for me. I'm still not convinced that walking to the doctors is a wrong thing to do but I will tell the doc. what I have done and he can decide. Thank you all once again and I will let you know how I...

Thank you Cugila and point taken. As you are aware this is all new to me and I have not been strictly controlling my diet only trying to find out which foods give what readings. Before my meal yesterday my reading was 8.3 and the meal consisted of cold meat and roasted potatoes hence the high...

Thank you for your explanation Dragongirl. The trend with my blood sugar is continuing. After a meal last night it shot up to 14 and reduced to 12 after exercising. This morning it was 10.7 and after a boiled egg, morning roll and coffee plus a 0.5 kilometer walk it was down to 7.9. This is the...

I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and my wife bought me a blood/sugar meter at Christmas. I started to log my readings and found something strange. I check it first thing in the morning and get a reading of around 11. After a breakfast of bacon, egg roll and coffee it goes up...

Thank you both for your replies I will certainly be taking your advice "on board". I'm pretty new to this and find it all a bit confusing at times but I know where to come for advice now. Thank you very much :D

Hi Fellow sufferers, I was recently diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes after much dithering by the doctor and 3 sets of blood tests. I am overweight and on Statins for high cholesterol but no other treatment apart from diet control. My problem is that I have been on artificial sweeteners for...