Recent Content by kellster71

Set up a spreadsheet and then do a running average of your fasting blood sugar over 7 days. You'll get fluctuations naturally and also due to the inherent range of accurate of the meter you are using. With the spreadsheet you'll get a flatter range and you can spot trends.

You certainly don't have to report to the DVLA if you are taking Metformin, only if you are taking insulin or have a specific complication such as retinopathy or a hypo in the previous 12 months. I think insurance companies are a grey area as I have read differing opinions over whether you...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Got my lowest reading yet this morning of 4.4. Seems a bit of a big jump downwards though after a week of 4.9s and 4.7s.

I know it is not a very helpful answer, but the time it takes to lower your blood sugar will be down to your individual circumstances. It took me 10 days to get from 16.6 to 6.8, but that is probably not realistic at all for the majority. I also had an infection which cleared up in that time...

I was diagnosed on 17th December with a HBA1c of 7.1 and a fasting of 16.6, although there was a mitigating factor of having a boil the size of an egg on my inner thigh, which led to the diagnosis. That and having drunk about 5 litres of diet coke in the past couple of days, always sleeping and...