Recent Content by Mersey_Mol

Hi last year's test was 43 and classed as prediabetes and this months was 51. I've also been told I have high cholesterol which is why I was trying to avoid fat as well as carbs!

Hi, no I've no information other than that. It was a 10 minute phone appt with my GP and she prescribed me metformin (which I started taking) and a statin (which I haven't). This was only 10 days ago so I'm still finding my feet!

Hi Jo I've been diagnosed with high cholesterol along with T2 so I suppose I am mixing up diets as I want low fat and low carbs. I guess I've got to find a balance that will work for both conditions?

Hi and thanks for the reply. Yes we're not so lucky here in the UK and I was surprised at the price of the strips, but I think initially while it's all so new regular testing will be a good way for me to understand the condition and my own body better. I've also found the my sugr app which is...

Hi and thanks for your reply. As I've got a lot of weight to lose I'm keeping my max no. of daily carbs at 130g but they're generally below 100g. So a typical day would be porridge with skimmed milk, blueberries and chia seeds, a cheese & ham omelette for lunch (made from 1 whole egg and 2 egg...

That's great thank you for replying. So should I be testing before and after every meal or would twice a day as I've done today be enough to build up an overall picture? I'm following a low carb low sugar diet and my readings were 6.9 first thing then 8.3 2 hrs after dinner so hopefully that...

Hello I was diagnosed with T2 just over a week ago and have started taking metformin. As I'm a bit of a numbers and data nerd I like to see my progress and I've invested in a glucose testing device, but I'm a bit clueless as to what time of day I should be doing them? I've done 1 pre-breakfast...