Recent Content by colinat

Being that it's my birthday today & how I'm managing an average reading of 6.5 I thought stuff it I'm gonna have a treat today & if it takes me up to 13 or so I can live with that! So off I've been for fillet steak with chips & red wine, mushroom & onion sauce! Reading after 10.8 very happy...

News just in on lentil Dahl, reading before was 6.2( cos I couldn't resist half a packet of crisps mid morning), reading 2hours after 7, quite pleased with that will have to have another test run to convince myself though. Colin Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Well last night I discovered the joy of clotted cream & sugar free blueberry jelly, ate nearly the full tub of clotted cream & felt sick! Tested an hour later & no change! Hoorah! Just tried Ainsley harriotts lentil Dahl for lunch very nice will test in 2 hours & see if it was worth it. Sent...

Hi Raymond, I've read all your posts with interest, I to was only diagnosed around 2 weeks ago & after the poor information from the nurse & the good information on here I have tried to keep my carbs around the 110g mark, like you have found its a very steep learning curve. Today my meter...

Hi all, I to have just had a glucose tolerance test which produced a reading of 8, this does not mean a great deal to me & wondered how bad this actually is? I used to eat 2 or 3 chocolate bars a day which I cut out 3weeks ago when diabetes was suspected & wondered if you think this will be...