Recent Content by jitsujones

Forgot to reply about meds. Metformin (500mg) 3x a day and Gliclazide (40mg) 1x a day. That was 80x2 but the consultant changed it last week before all these low readings. Diagnosis was 4 weeks today - first readings were 17.4 and then 16.8. Last week was off work and doing stuff in the garden...

Hi, thanks for your reply. Since last Thursday every test I have done has been a maximum of 4.5, no matter when I have done them. The last 4 pre-breakfast have been 3.4, 3.8, 4.1, 3.6. Before a meal the last 4 have been 4.1, 3.6, 4.3, 4.6 and last night 1 hours after a meal 6.1. Up until these...

I have been getting very low readings for the last couple of days, even down to 3.4 on Friday. To try and remove all possibilities of machine error tonight I used 2 different packs of the test strips for my freestyle optium (have a friend with the same machine) I did 4 tests within 5 minutes...

Hi all, I have been recently diagnosed type 2 and have been asked to test by my diabetic consultant. He gave me the freestyle optium and strips, etc. My dad had the previous model the freestyle xceed, but no longer uses it. My question: he gave me his strips from the xceed which are in the...