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You are all wonderful many many thanks for all the ideas :D

Thank you for the information trouble is OH is fussy eater and it makes it so much more difficult. I suppose I am too as I am allergic to tomatoes and High iron foods like spinach,liver, very green cabbage etc Will stick to low carb meat, cheese and eggs but with some form of fibre from veg and...

I live on a low fixed income and find it hard to low carb due to affordability. I do eat meat and veg every day but keep full with bread or potatoes. One portion of meat between two is how we afford it. Can anyone tell me how to afford low carb stay full and reduce weight. It is easy to say eat...

I am not sure strict adherence to time is necessary with metformin I take mine a bit haphazardly anyway mostly when I remember :D mind you I have been a type 2 diabetic for 20 years and not much puts me up or down as long as over the day I eat three times. and I eat carbs when I feel low so...

Just tested my bg at 2 hours post eating and I am pleased it is only 7.2 OH asked me to test his and his was 8.6 he is not a diagnosed diabetic so how often should I check his bg before sending him off for a doctors test

Yes we have two large chunky highland ponies a Dartmoor and a Connemara all of which are very expensive lawnmowers :D at the minute. I do think the problem is too much medication and trying to lose weight I am due back at the clinic next month so will ask then about cutting it back even more I...

My bg is 2.2 three hours after having my tea I had bacon eggs sausage a slice of toast and beans. I feel like **** wobbly shaking and light headed I have taken my metformin 1000 mg and Pioglitazone 30 mg with this meal so I have just had a couple of plain biscuits to make me feel better and a...

No I am on glicazide 80 mg 2x 500 metformin and poiglitazone 30mg Glicozide reduced from 240 mg to 80mgs in an attempt to reduce the hypo incidents but they are still happening bg drops to 1,9 at 4pm and 11 pm eating at 50% carbs 30% protein 20% fats. was trying to low carb at a much lower...

How do you deal with hypos if you dont have carbs I tried low carb it lasted for about three hours before I had to eat a lump of white bread or pass out

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 6.2 this morning

thank you I wish I could take ferrous anything but it would make me very poorly I get sick and flu like symptoms with oral medication and the only Iron injection I had gave me compartment syndrome from the swelling so I think I will stick with small amounts in food that I just about get away with

I suffer from pernicious anemia and have to have B12 injections I am allergic to Iron so have injections without iron in them Blood count is about 10 now should be 12 so does having a low red cell count cause blood sugar meters to read low and blood sugars to go low

My metered blood glucose is often below 3 and regularly below 2 making me feel quite poorly I am on 2x500 mg of metformin 2 x per day pioglitozone 1 in the evening and one gliclazide in the morning I was on two gliclozide in the evening too but have had to stop them due to the hypo effect I am...