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Initially went to docs looking like quasimodo as a result of bells palsy , he then noticed the fat spots on my eyelids , well doesnt take a rocket scientist to suggest high cholesterol , so I agreed to blood test on the Friday , told to call on the tuesday for results .. no need he called about...

bless your heart I am perhaps the last person to give any advice, hell married and divorced twice but I would find something nice that you would like to do make a date with a friend , girly shop or spa day or just run that nice bubbly bath enjoy the peace and quiet , play the music you...

3.6 woke up really late 4.7 hour later after toasted tuna sandwich and coffee

Well done you ... and you deserve the new wardrobe

Oh I did miss out saying I am also on 2000mg of metformin , 1 and half gliclazide ie 120mg , and 5mg of ramipril, started on 160 of gliclazide , but when nurse then added the metformin,cos my levels weren't coming down fast enough, i started to get very low bg around lunchtime . Ok if you like...

It did mean changing my diet of course, changing from white bread to seeded or wholemeal , brown basmati rice, smaller portions , salmon and mackerel or chicken , High bp and cholesterol levels meant changing from all those lovely butters to those like pro activ or benecol. And before you think...

Diabetic nurse ran today to give me results of my blood test friday .. woo hoo how clever am I Nov 12.9% Dec 10.1% Jan 8.2% Feb 6.3% After early days when i felt like a lab rat I now don't have see Nurse again til November

4.7 hopefully getting to grips with this diabetes lark, I always knew I was a sweet girl suppose it was obvious cos my veins were running with golden syrup ..:angelic:

oooh contaminated will get my bell and start yelling unclean unclean , lol thanks for that Bluetit , all seems good today being a bit more careful

Ok so i was 6.2 before I ate at 17.51 at 21.21 gave me the 3.7 then tested 21.23 and got 4.8 from other hand ... admittedly i hadn't washed hands after my dinner .. thank you so much to both of you for getting back to me x

I just took a blood glucose reading from finger on right hand ... 3.7 ermmm dont think, so not after the dinner i had , so took again from finger on left hand 4.8 . Can anyone explain this ? Newly diagnosed in November 2015 so still trying to settle into the new routines in my life.

4.3 this morning