Recent Content by James2

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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    my blood levels are normaly 7 but the last ten weeks iv had covid for two weeks it took a month to get over it and then a roaring ear infection for three weeks, im just putting this in to say since been ill my morning levels are 8 and today it was 8.5 . iv not had levels like this since i got...
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    Is Everyone Managing to Eat usual foods?

    i am foirtunate in that i had a few extra things each week when this started in china but im already in my 10 day of self isolation as my daughter visited from uni and a few days later started to display cornoavirus type symptoms , high temp/difficulty breathing and her eyes are burning but...
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    are fresh figs ok to eat with type 2

    hi thanks i have a few things that i eat that are god for potassium just trying to find something new , with a few health problems the balance is you find something but then find it aggravates the other, but still amazingly fortunate .
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    are fresh figs ok to eat with type 2

    hi just wanted to pick people brains my type two is stable since been diagnosed 3 years ago i have tended to eat in small quantities , strawberry's , raspberry's , a pear , an apple . i have read that fresh figs in small quantities can help in regulating blood sugars just wondered what other...
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    advice about toes started to tingle

    thanks for that , it has reduced slightly since increasing my walking
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    advice about toes started to tingle

    wow well done with the results , i appreciate people cant diagnose and i will be going to see my diabetic nurse, just wondered what other people found helpful
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    advice about toes started to tingle

    hi just asking for advice i have type 2 take Metformin: 5oomg x 2 am and pm i take felodapine 5mg x2 . doxazosin 4 mg,x 3 indapamide 1.5 mg ramipril 10 mg for my blood pressure this week some of my toes have started to tingle and some tips of my fingers i presume it is peripheral neuropathy...
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    Type 2s: How long did it take to get HbA1C below 42

    i was diagnosed in august 2016 my HbA1c was 92 , i have gone down the route of moderate carbs ,more exercise mainly walking, i have had blood tests every 6 months and the last few have been in the low 40's and so in to remission but today for the first time i gone below 40 and scored 39. i do...
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    Future Fit Local Health Reorganisation

    i did attend a meeting well that was interesting for seeing someone not answer a question and talk at you, i also filled in the online questionnaire , a third of which was more about been a PC inclusiveness tick box exercise .
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    Future Fit Local Health Reorganisation

    in my area the health service are reorganising health provision, A&E and ,long term care clinics . Future fit is more not fit for purpose. this comes at the same time as the council will cut £1.6 million from there health provision the impact for me is instead of a clinic ten minutes walk away...
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    Who's Using Milk Kefir to Lower One's HbA1c?

    hi i have just started drinking the milk this week , i read a few health articles saying it could be beneficial and there was some Iranian research which indicated it brings sugar levels down. so it is early for me to tell regards James 2
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    Type 2 hgv food advise

    Hi with the job you do preparation is key, also working your own variables as some foods may cause you to spike .from my own personal experience if i am going on a long drive is not be hungry when i fill up with petrol otherwise i hit the snaky type foods crisps / chocolates ,which comes...
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    Bean Burgers

    i think there are some many variables , as Someone else has posted try them and do your blood sugars. i cant eat them as i notice a spike
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    Humidity / Heat

    just wonder how everyone in the forum is coping with this heat i know that with diabetes extremes of temperature can affect insulin levels and can impact on you bodys ability to cool , i have noticed that my insulin levels seem to fluctuate more as prior to this heatwave they were fairly stable...
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    Don't involve yourself in the blame game.

    i have experienced a lot of negative reactions to type 2 and i now dont tell anyone . i did make some steady progress but due to a combination of things the last Six months have gone to pot, so i am dusting myself off and starting again, this forum is a wonderful source of wisdom, knowledge...