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Day 1 reading was 5.6 before breakfast and 6.3, in the afternoon. Day 2 reading was 5.3 before breakfast and 6.7, just after 11pm Day 3 I had a reading of 7 before breakfast and 9.9, two hours later Day 4 Was 5.4 before a breakfast and 6.1, 2 hours later Day 5 I was on 5.6 and 5.9 late at night

Glass - I'm shocked you weren't told about carbohydrate! T1 or T2, it doesn't matter, CHO is right at the heart of diabetes whether it's the fact that you need some fast to get out of a hypo or the fact that you need to restrict CHO in your diet. What is happening to diabetes care in some...

Another question is around carbohydrate? In a answer to a previous question someone talked about carbohydrate, yet no one has talked to me about it, so curious how many of them is your target.

In the week going on Meterformin I had readings of mostly around 5.3 to 5.6 before eating and 6 and 6.7 with one day showing a high of 9.9. Now two weeks og 500mg and 3 days of 1000mg I have been checking my sugar levels and they are slightly lower in the morning 5.1 to 5.6 but 6.5 to 8.1. I am...

Many thanks Viv for your reply. I have no idea how much carbs I should be taking in as it is something that no one has told me about - yet. 36g of carbs is that not very low? No Diabetic chocolate then, ta for the warning!

I do not smoke or drink but have a thing for chocolate and ice cream. Having just been diagnosed with T2 the nurse at my practice ordered me to not to eat any sweet things. Now I know there is diabetic chocolate but do I really need to bin all my favorite things??? I am sat here trying...

Hi, thanks for your replies. Yes I had a GGT test, sorry I did not make this clear. Not sure what the result were as I was 7 minutes late for the appointment, I waited another 6 minutes to see the nurse and was told she had no time to give me details. I found a local drop in clinic for diabetes...

OK rather confused IN July I was tested for diabetes and the test came out OK. I kind of decided to go on a diet, cut out a lot of sweet stuff, lost over a stone. In December., doc sent me fpr some routine blood tests (to do with high blood pressure medications I am taking: After being called...