Recent Content by crystalsue

I have exactly the same problem - a high reading in the morning despite the fact that I have not eaten anything for 12 hours. Yet can keep my levels between 5-7 during the day. Spoke to the diabetes nurse and she said this was normal as the liver creates sugar during the night if it detects...

I agree with above I would keep away from porridge if you can for breakfast especially with bread. I have been getting readings of 6 - 6.5 after a cooked breakfast, but yesterday as an experiment (I was only diagnosed a few weeks ago so still in that "experimental" stage) I tried a bowl of...

Hi, I am in exactly the same boat as you as I was diagnosed in early April. I had a huge disagreement with my nurse only last week about self testing and got the very same speel. Tried "the duty of care by the pratice" route plus the wanting to be "proactive" route but without success...

Dear Elaine Is there a batch number on the box? If there is and they are from the same batch then that could be the answer. But if they are from a different manufacturing batch then perhaps you need to speak to your doctor/nurse again. Crystal Sue

Hi I am new to all this as I was only diagnosed Type 2 (food controlled) in early April. I followed religiously the instructions in the diet information pack I was given from the diabetes nurse but lost little weight and felt terrible. I decided to buy a monitor and my GLs were between 11-14...