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My wife is hovering around the habc1 threshold as pre-diabetic. We have all the blood testing kit, as I used to look after my brother who was Type 2. I have asked our previous GP and our current GP about BG testing. As have the kit and can afford to buy more, there is no cost to NHS. However...

Many of the issues raised on this thread are still kicking around on similar threads The last post is shown as being 15 weeks and 4 days ago Anyone care to suggest why no one is commenting/ replying??

In February 2018 wife was advised she was pre-diabetic with an HbA1c of 46. She was referred onto the NHS "Healthier you" which is a diabetes prevention programme. It seems to be very similar to the X-pert scheme. Unfortunately, she was not seen until August. Her HbA1c was 48. Did not start the...

Help to clear info overload [please]. My wife who is not good at web-based stuff is now classed as prediabetic, with an HbA1c of 48, in August. She has a BMI of 27.5. I am involved with this situation, as I have had to deal with the effect of diabetes on my brother who has mental capacity...

Mental is the reply posted here in answer to my question on fasting 12 hours before a blood test

I am representing my brother on this forum. I am on here as he has mental capacity issues and has been T2 for several years. His GP has issued a blood test form in readiness for his "yearly" coronary heart disease review. This requires fasting from 22;00 until sometime after 09:00 when he can...

My Brother is type 2 for several years, and has a mental capacity problem, Due to various "emergencies" he has been admitted via the A&E process, to the same hospital every time. He is often in for more than 5 days so I have seen a variety of menus and meals served to him. The hospital staff...

Storyman, Your experience from your "local support service" is similar to mine. Whilst the medics are dealing with many patients, it seems the clinic nurse is seen as the expert. And they just follow the tick list. As I have vascular and renal and CKD, caused by my diabetes, the GP asked what do...

Earlier in this thread, bluebell GB confirmed my thoughts that free bs testers are loss leaders to get the user or NHS tp pay for the test strips. Further research reports that if the T2 is anaemic the hbA1c test is lowered, and in my case has pushed me below 41, but BS results are climbing...

As it seems easy to get blood sugar testing machines free, I wondered why the manufacturers want to give them away. According to our local pharmacy the test strips are different for each manufacturer. As are the lancets. So it seemed to me that the suppliers want a bit of the action. From the...

My Brother has been type 2 for a number of years and has a number of related side effects. As he is on disability living allowance he has received his strips lancets and insulin supply free . The BS test machines are free from a number manufacturers and I have got him two ,via links on the...

We have a major conflict of issues in this subject. Ring fencing or whatever of the NHS budget without linking it to social care funding. The latter is funded and managed by local authorities. Their budgets are being cut in real terms. So when additions to the population require more and more...

This post is written on behalf of my brother. I thought that if we regularly do blood sugar tests before eating and two hours after eating it would be possible adjust the type food being eaten to get a better result. I also understood that the readings before and after would make it possible to...

I am following the forum on behalf of my brother who has been Type 2 for a number of years and is overweight etc. For some while he has been able to do his blood sugar test 4 times a day, and only rarely does he get an odd result. Until I advised him, he has rarely washed his hands. Now I have...