Recent Content by dreece

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So I've just finished the last bottle in the first batch, and as has been suggested, will try a lower-calorie version from the same supplier next - after which, I'll try and remember to get different brands. Or maybe I should just stick with what seems to work! The averages have gone down in a...

History: diagnosed 6+ years ago borderline diabetic, lost weight and exercise brought me back to normal where I remain, still eating sensibly and keeping up with my 70,000 steps per week. Fasting and 2 hour PP almost always still pretty good (except on odd occasions when hitting carbs a bit...

Thanks! Your google-fu is obviously better than mine, I didn't find that. Interesting that someone has invented and patented such a device. It looks as if a low hematocrit value (ie anaemia) may lead to a falsely high BG reading. My anaemia never gets serious, so the effect may be smaller than...

I have an inherited condition where I become mildly anaemic from time to time, maybe once in a year or two. My father was the same, if he didn't keep eating the 'right' foods, he'd occasionally look pale and need iron pills. This slowly got worse with age. My wife spotted that I was looking a...

I would certainly like to think so! Measured 4.5 2 hours after eating last night and 4.2 this morning. I'm guessing that the numbers probably won't go much below those now? While I found a lot of excellent resources on the web (including here) about managing diabetes, I couldn't find much...

Thanks Trinkwasser, that is the most succinct explanation of the problem I've seen. I am on a pretty low-carb lifestyle and that, together with the exercise ( 5 - 7 miles very brisk walking per day, plus some weight training) is certainly causing my weight to reliably fall - another 3 pounds...

Thanks for setting my mind at rest! Now I've read up on the Dawn Phenomenon, and I see that it can affect non-diabetics (and thus, presumably, pre-diabetics) as well as diabetics. I just did another 2 hour post-prandial and again it was 4.7 (6.1 after an hour), so diet and exercise seems to be...

Thanks, but here's something weird - having tested post-prandial at 4.7 last night, I had a glass or two of diet coke and went to bed. Got up at 08-30, tested 10 minutes later and measured 5.0 (having been very careful in my measurement technique) This seems strange, in that I didn't consume...

Thanks, that looks to be a very useful resource. I just tested a little while ago - perhaps 2 and a quarter hours after my evening meal (a medium-sized indian - no rice.) Result was 4.7, which to my untutored eye looks OK. I had lunch about 6 hours previously with my usual 5 mile brisk walk...

Thanks, I followed your advice and tested again this morning and measured a respectable 4.4 again. I'm still puzzled by the past high readings - is getting high readings when the blood sample is diluted by plasma a known problem? I did find a reference to low hematocrit levels casuing a high BG...

I've been diagnosed as pre-diabetic (initial BG sitting between 6.0 and 6.3 mostly) 4 months ago. Since then, I've dropped my weight by 60 pounds (and my BMI from around 35 down to 28.8) and test my BG every week with a commercial meter. It has come down quite a bit, mostly between 4.2 and...