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Started today in single figures, first time in a week that’s happened 9.7 this morning Need to collect my prescription today - hopefully it’s ready it’s been a week so far

Morning Alf, I’ve been keeping a record of food etc on the Dexcom one plus app, and it’s interesting some times I can eat the same thing and it has a totally different effect, I’ve gone up on my evening dose of metformin to see if that will help bring my levels down as they seem to be stick...

A very early start of 4.30am as had to be in work early fasting Bloods sugar 11.5, after another rubbish day for sugars yesterday ending the day with a reading of 11.6,

A rubbish few days thanks to a nightmare shift pattern this week and eating at very odd times so not had time to post Wednesday - 12.4 ( changed the CGM last night ) Thursday - 10.7 Friday - 12.8 Saturday - 11.4 Sunday - 12.3 Time to up the metformin I think, as the numbers are going up...

Monday FBS was 9.2, Managed to speak to the nurse at my Gps and we’ve agreed I’ve done the right thing dropping back to 2 Metformin a day for now and said I can either leave it at 2 till the next HBa1C in mid January or leave it a couple of weeks and try again going up to 3 a day (1 in the...

Morning all, after feeling like **** at work yesterday, I’ve dropped my Metformin back to one in the morning and one in the evening, rather than 2 in the evening as it looking like my levels are coming down a little bit too quickly, it was 6.6 at 12.30pm and that was an hour afterwards I’d eaten...

That’s the sort of thing I’m thinking of, I found some low carb wraps in Tesco and Sainsbury’s, The cheese crackers sound nice but I can’t take to work because of the almond flour in them I’m thinking of going with the coffee and Pepsi max option as don’t like the taste of Coke zero

Cheese would work but sadly we aren’t allowed nuts as we have a number of staff and young people who are allergic to them so it’s a nut free site

Does anyone have any suggestions for managing night shifts ? I’m rota to do a night shift soon and it will be my first since being diagnosed and normally I’d use red bull, full fat coke and snacks to help me get though the night, but that’s not really an option anymore, So just wondering what...

An early start for work, with a 8.6, at 05.45, but woke up at 3am for no reason so checked and I had a reading of 6.2 - a new all time low for me

9.2 this morning, The nurse yesterday up the Metformin to 2 tablets twice a day, so currently on 1 in the morning and 2 in the evening, and then next week it goes up to 2 and 2, Repeat HBa1c booked for mid January

She seemed to know her stuff, not 100% sure is a specialist Diabetic nurse, She has upped the dose of metformin to 2 tablets twice a day, so for the next week 1 in the morning and 2 in the evening then after a week going up again if tolerated, Booked in my repeat HBa1C for mid January, Checked...

Thanks @JonathanDenmark, hopefully she won’t but who knows, It certainly seems to have done something to my levels already as they had been sitting a lot higher, between 14-17 especially overnight, and I was waking up feeling really rubbish, I’ve started to feel a bit better in the morning but...

10.7 this morning day 13 since starting Metformin and day 6 of it being 500mg twice a day, Got my appointment with the nurse at the GPs this morning, not really sure what to expect from it or if she has any knowledge of diabetes but I guess I’ll find out

Monday - 11.5 - day 10 since starting metformin and 3 days since it went up to twice a day, ended the day on 14, Tuesday - 11.7 ( days 11 and 4 ) ended the day on 9.9 Today - 10.0 and hit an overnight low of 7.3 on my Dexcom sensor,