Recent Content by keymandave

Hi, Thank you once again for the help and advice last weekend. To be honest I think I was feeling so terrible due to lowering my carbs and cutting out sugar. I have today had confirmation that I am pre-diabetic ( at risk ) my A1C reading was 6.4 apparently 6.5 is considered diabetic. However...

Thank you for your advice. I did as you suggested and went to the doctors this morning. I'm booked in for blood tests on Friday. I'll keep an eye on things between now and then.. My readings seem to be staying between 5.7 and 8.5 mmol area and my ketones in the urine are about 1.5mmol in the...

Thank you for this information. I will do as you say and call the doctor in the morning.

Sorry if my profile seems misleading. I thought pre diabetes was before actually being diagnosed with diabetes but clearly having high readings. I've not tried to mislead anybody, just be honest with my findings , fears and misunderstandings. I appreciate the time that people have invested in...

Hi, Thank you once again for your response. I haven't yet had a Hba1c test, i'm at the doctors on Wednesday. I had blurry vision and wasn't feeling to great. My wife suggested it sounded like blood sugar and bought the kits. Like I said, my first reading was 14.8. This meant nothing to me but...

I only really started counting my carbs yesterday, I consumed approx 130 yesterday and if all goes to plan it will be about 100 today. In fairness, I've never really understood the values of food. My previous diet before Wednesday I was probably consuming over a 20000 carbs a day with no problem...

OMG, so you mean this is good news.............. crikey, I was terrified ha ha. So will my ketone level in the urine slowly go back to negative then. And thank you for helping ha ha

Hi, Please could somebody with more understanding help me understand where i'm going wrong. So my wife bought me a safe accu glucose monitoring system and some just fitter ketone test strips. When I first tested 4 days ago my blood glucose was 14.8mmol but my ketone in urine was negative...

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Thanks for your reply, Ok, over the last few days i'm getting the average readings off 7.4mmol, For example yesterday Fasting 8.1mmol 9am Porridge ( organic ) with dry fruit berries 11am 7.4mmol 12am Chicken salad sandwich ( wholegrain bread ) 2.30pm 7.2mmol 4.30 pm Vegatable and chicken...

Hi, Yep, another confused newbie with lots of questions. I'm 44, 5ft10, 93kg I've not yet been to the doctors, however I've not been feeling 100%. My wife suggested I should check my blood sugar, as I was terrible at pigging out on sweets & biscuits. I got a tester 4 days ago and my first...