Recent Content by mikeb508

Re: Newbie Intro - update Just got back from my first review, diagnosed mid January with fasting bg at 16, HBA1C 12.1, and Cholesterol at 7.1, turns out I had a slight misunderstanding with the doc, should have taken 1 metformin a day for a week then stepped up to 2 a day, only been taking 1...

Just got back from my first review, diagnosed mid January with fasting bg at 16, HBA1C 12.1, and Cholesterol at 7.1, turns out I had a slight misunderstanding with the doc, should have taken 1 metformin a day for a week then stepped up to 2 a day, only been taking 1 for the last 8 weeks but...

Cheers for all the feedback guys 'n' gals, didn't intend to reignite WW3 between the low carbers and the everyone else, gonna stick with the "as low carb as I can" for a while, but surprised the weight loss seems to have stalled, suspect I'm still just eating too much of the low carb stuff get...

Hi, Would appreciate some input from some of the more experienced members regarding diet / exercise, I was diagnosed type 2 about 4 weeks ago, fasting BG about 16, on Metformin and Simvastatin, Doctor said to avoid simple carbs white bread, pasta etc and lose weight (17.5 stone BMI 37). First...

Just an update think I've resolved the problem, I looked at the Freestyle Australia site it appears that for the last 18 months before the rebranding they were issuing "calibration free" strips in all the boxes and these all had the same calibration stick and lot number of 45001, therefore when...

Yes it's the Freestyle Optium same ones shown on the Abbotts website as being correct, the only issue is there must be some sort of procedure on the unit to bypass the LOT check or to set it manually to 45001 for the new strips as they have no calibration stick.

The Abbotts Optium Xceed has been renamed the Freestyle Optium they are the right strips checked with the Abbotts website, but they have done away with the calibration, just says contact customer care. Mike

Thanks for all the greets, don't worry not suicidal, accepting that this is the kick up the youknowwhat that I needed to improve my lifestyle, it's actually done me a favour. Doing lots of reading and adjusting it's not a problem. checked my fasting BG this morning 9.4, better than the 16 I got...

Hi, I bought a cheap Optium Xceed for check my BG, the strips that came with it were out of date so I've bought some of the new Freestyle ones, the new ones don't need calibration but it says it should come up with LOT no 45001 if not call customer care, well it comes up with the lot no of the...

Hi All, Just a quick introduction, after a visit to the GP because of some concerns with water retention in my legs, I am now the proud owner of a prescription charge exemption certificate (and T2). Had my suspicions for a while to be fair, few symptoms but I'm a bloke so I didn't do anything...