Recent Content by donnyguy59

Just been to see Diabetic Nurse for results of recent HbA1C blood test. She gave me a reading of 68. I asked what the equivalent figure was for comparing with finger prick tests and she said 8.4. I know this is wrong. Research suggests she has just told me the old type of reading and the new...

Regarding my average 8-10 mmol/L... over xmas i was at a party. ten of us all tested using finger prick test before we started eating and drinking., everyone except me was below 6.5, I was 15.9... later on, a couple of hours after end of food scoffing and beer guzzling we all tested again...

I work night shifts so my sleeping pattern is all over the place. If I test two hours after after main evening meal, before going to work, my finger prick test readings are nearly always over 18 mmol/l. My next meal is lunch around 2pm following day after getting home and going straight to bed...

My weight loss seems to have bottomed-out at 13 stone 12 pounds. Can't shift any more without less food and more exercise, won't be doing!

The medication taken over the past six months has obviously helped. Low carb diet, no potatoes, healthy snacking. I am now Pre-Diabetic

HBA1C reading has dropped from 10.8 (95) to 6.2 (44). My cholesterol has also dropped from 6.1 total to 3.3 total (with ratio of 2.7

Hi, Since starting taking Metformin in January this year I have been experiencing unbearable lower back/abdominal aches, not every day but probably three times a week. It always starts around the time I wake up and lasts for a few hours. If I'm in bed I can hardly move and even staying still is...