Recent Content by ianmetaxa

Hello, almost one year ago I was diagnosed with Type 2. I live in Greece and their BG measure is different, but I was admitted to hospital with a UK 36 BG, (the Greek is 650, just divide by 18). I was discharged from hospital requiring a nightly insulin injection of 16 points and a 10mg...

cheers guys, thank you :D

Hello, I just thought I would post my progress, as the advice I got from this forum was very useful. After just over 2 weeks from release from hospital with a BG of 16.6 and problems with very high morning readings, I am now down to around 6.3 and this reading remains reasonably constant...

Hello all, just thought I would update you. After taking the advice offered in this thread, i.e. not eating fruit before bed, last night my supper snack was cheese and also I delayed my insulin shot until 1 hour before bed. This morning my BG was 12.4! :D After 3 days of 'Morning Phenomenon'...

Hello all, Thank you all for so much good, useful advice. We are doing daily food diary sheets, with the BG result after each meal. Sara, re the 'Dawn Phenomenon' this has only manifested over the last 3 days. Yesterday I woke with a BG of 17, after lunch this had reduced to 13 and after...

Thank you John, your comments are very encouraging. Taking earlier advice I have checked my BG after having had my lunch and it's down to 13.5 from 17 this morning, so I'm quite pleased at the moment. Lunch was 2 slices low fat boiled ham + green salad and pickles.

my diet is 1600 cal's per day, low carb, low fat. I am counting carbs and calories. The foods in my diet are: Veggies - beetroot, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, leek, lettuce, mushroom, onion, peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, spinach, green beans. Fruits - as described above...

Hi Synonym, I am slowly coming round to the idea that I have to eat cabbage :( . One of the confusing things for me is that I'm not sure if it is the food that is having the odd effects on my BG, as I am sticking pretty closely to my diet sheets. I am paranoid about becoming paranoid over...

Hi Ian, thank you for the welcome and your response. So.. answers: I am 53 and am currently 21.5 st and 5'7" with a classic apple shape, (2 stones came off through being ill prior to being diagnosed), I measure the BG with a Bayer Contour meter, but at the moment I am trying not to test my...

Hi there, glad I've found this forum - hope someone can help, and apologies in advance for the long story! After a fortnight of drinking litres of anything I could get my hands on and going to the loo every half hour I went to the doctor last Monday. Blood test result on Tuesday showed my...