Recent Content by garykary

Just want to wish everyone a happy New Year and all the best for 2020!

Got my first 6 months review results back today and feeling great! Dropped from initial reading of 67 in April to 37 now. Hard work of exercise and diet paid off, but still got to keep on the metformin. Review again in 3 months and if readings still same or better then meds will be reduced or...

Thanks, all a bit new to me and had just been told to test 2hrs after eating. I'll start doing more frequent tests then to see if there's a pattern. Ta

Hi all, Is it normal for bloods to drop after eating as mine have done on more than one occasion. Bloods pre breakfast were 6.9 this morning but dropped to 5.0 2hr after eating. I had one slice of brown bread toast with scrambled eggs. I'm still trying to get my head round what the different...

Thanks, I did wonder if I've done too much too soon. Suppose it's just the fear factor when first being diagnosed and wanting to do everything possible to reduce things.

Hi, First post on here and after a bit of advice. For quite a while now i don't feel good when i wake up, basically tired, often feel sick/shakey and have a headache. I've been testing my fasting bloods and these seem to range from 4.1 to 6.5. When eating, they tend to be 5.0 to 6.5 pre food...

I think its trying to find a balance. I went all in at the beginning and tried to change everything at once but after a few weeks found it a real struggle. The main thing i did was to start walking everywhere, started off short distances but now try to get at least 10km a day in by a combination...

I was diagnosed at the beginning of April with a HBaC1 of 64. I'm on metformin, gone low carb, exercise 5 times a week and lost 24lb My last results were Mid May and I've dropped my HBaC1 to 48 so over the moon. I agree its really hard though as I've had to change my whole lifestyle. Only advice...