Recent Content by dogby

Forgive the naivety, but I have only been pricking my finger for a week. I am sure this is obvious to everybody else, but I am discovering that what types of food you eat has a huge affect on your 2 hour postprandial reading. If I eat sandwiches with bread for lunch, the postprandial reading is...

About to get on an international plane tomorrow. Wondering (hoping) its okay to bring my glucose meter and testing kit, which includes the lancing device and spare lancing needles ?

Thanks again everybody for the tips. I had no idea "eggs, fatty meat, cheese, nuts, dark chocolates " could form part of the diet for a diabetic. Chocolate has sugar in it doesn't it ? I remember finding diabetic chocolates for my Uncle, years ago. Today I had lunch without bread, and was...

Thanks for the words of support guys. I particularly like reading your histories and seeing that improvement is possible without or with fewer meds. Without diabetes, I was already on 6 pills a day for other chronic conditions (some of them related to chronic obesity I must say) I understand the...

Newly diagnosed T2 August 2018. Been pre-diabetic since 2016. I should have taken the warning seriously and exercised, lost weight significantly, and I might have prevented or delayed the inevitable decline into T2D. But I didn't. I am clinically obese with a BMI of around 34.5. I love food...

I live in Australia. Dead easy to get an appointment to a GP. You can get an appointment same day, or just turn up at any medical centre and wait for next available appointment. Bring your documents/prescriptions, and you should have no trouble getting Australian prescriptions issued. Having...