Recent Content by Lorna Tinker

Medication and food. Type 2 with insulin. For breakfast I have porridge with a spoonful of coconut flakes and flaked almonds. Lunch 2 pieces of nimble bread with egg or cheese and salad. I apple. Dinner chicken salad with 6 new portatoes. Plain yogurt with strawberries afters. I graze...

Just noticed on my Libra monitor time in range 95% Estimated bloods 6.7. Hope that's good.

My reading this morning was 4.2 within 20 minutes of waking up it drops to the 3s. I take a jelly baby to get it back to 4s. Is this due to not eating enough carbs. I am type 2 on insulin and metformem can't spell it.

4.2 at 7am

Up - Date My sister is still in hospital her ketone level is going up again. She still has the infection and is on a antibiotic drip, insulin drip and saline drip. She is not eating and has no energy. They are testing her for various ailments and she has had a couple of x-rays and they do blood...

My sister is in hospital after going into a diabetic coma. She is type 2 on metforman. They told me her ketone level was high and she ended up on a insulin drip and saline drip. I took her to the doctors a week before this happened, with strong stomach pain. The doctor diagnosed constipation...

I became diabetic in my 50's at first I was on metformin then a couple of years later insulin. Before I got my diagnosis the doctor tested me for thyroid problems etc. After months of them coming back as negative he asked me did I feel depressed. I did say I felt rather run down regarding my...

I know this might sound daft to type 1 and 2 diebetics. I am a type 2 on insulin. Some one said being on insulin you can eat anything in moderation. Just make sure you use the right amount of insulin to your card intake. No need for a low carb diet. Not sure if this duff information.

I haven't been checking my blood sugars after eating just in morning and evening. They have not been good as I said fell off the wagon good style. I am trying to get back on the wagon with my blood sugars doing all the carb counting and trying to eat the right foods. Starting to exercise more...

Have just done my sugar levels again before tea 8pm. Reading 6.9 obviously not enough insulin at dinner time. I forgot to mention had a banana after dinner as well. For tea I have had 3 scramble eggs 2 natural slims multi grain pops, which are 3.6 carbs per large cracker and 1 small apple. I...

Fell of the wagon for a while self denial that I was a Typ 2 on I insulin. This morning before breakfast my reading was 4.6. Porridge for breakfast then went for a walk. Stopped for lunch cup of tea and cheese and ham on toast, 2 small pieces of brown bread. Took 5 units of insulin and started...

Don't you have to test before you get into your car. That is what I have been told to do.

I have been diagnosed with a HH it is causing a lot of stomach problems, pain, wind and I am constantly belching. I go to Aqua arobics three times a week but the pain comes on a few hours later. My blood sugars are fluctuating a lot and I am not sure if this is to do with my hernia. Has any...

Hi icklhun still on the anti sickness tablets. I have read posts from people who say they get a lot of mucous in the throat which I get a lot of. I have cut down on the nausea tablets. I go back to the doctors on Tuesday to see if I am still loosing weight.

Thanks Lamont I did not know that. This bloody diabetes is a complex condition.