Recent Content by Impoftheyard

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    Which Finger?

    Daft advice if you are older since it’s difficult for an adult to learn braille anyway due to not having the high sensitivity of a young person.
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    Confused

    I totally get the eating rubbish bit from feeling depressed - it's especially hard when joint pain stops you from exercising. That's also the situation for me. I also got a recent prediabetic HB a1c and then when I checked my own blood glucose had very similar readings to you. I've found a lot...
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    A few asking for low carb food lists....

    Thanks for the info. I am at the beginning of this journey and looking at your figures about you hba1c and weight are really encouraging! Well done and thanks! Irene
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    Diagnosed with prediabetes in summer and have some questions.

    Many thanks for your response. I wasn’t able to double check the hypos as I’d run out of strips and the order hadn’t arrived yet but I was shaking and couldn’t get warm during the first one. I sipped lucozade and it came back up. The second hypo was a sudden drop and didn’t get as low as the...
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    Diagnosed with prediabetes in summer and have some questions.

    I knew I was high risk for diabetes and pursued testing. A few years ago my optometrist took one look at my eyes and wouldn’t give me glasses till I had my blood glucose tested. I went to pharmacy as he advised and had a test. I hadn’t eaten for 13 hours but it was still not recorded as fasting...