Recent Content by gerri1677

Hi all I was diagnosed as being diabetic about 1 month ago with a fasting blood glucose of 14.6 and since then it has been consistently high and has not been below 11.9. I was told by my practice nurse last friday that "my blood sugar is not high enough, its high, but not alarmingly so, don't...

Well saw my GP and I am Type 2, I get to see my Diabetic Nurse in 6 weeks time and my HbA1C was 9.5, but he said to control my diabetes make sure I stick to the diet sheet (think I have had much better advice on here) and as for blood glucose monitoring, it's down to my diabetic nurse whether I...

Hi My doctor literally gave me Metformin and a diet sheet and that was it, don't know if I have to test my blood, see a diabetic nurse, see an optician or anything. My dad had Diabetes Type 2 while I was growing up, but never really understood what was going on, other than he had to finger...

thank you both sooooo much for your help and advice :D

Hi On Monday I had blood tests done to rule out a heart condition. I then had to have an emergency appointment with my GP because my Fasting Glucose test was 14.6, I was given Metformin and a diet sheet and told to book an appointment to see my GP to find out the other blood results. I have...