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Thanks so much, I will look this up now :)

Thank you so much for your reply.

Thank you ever so much for your really informative reply. I’ve just booked an appointment for the HbA1c next Tuesday. I will look for the link in Jo’s signature in a moment :) Well done on losing 21kg in the last year, that’s absolutely brilliant! That’s good to know about diet as I was...

That’s really good to know then, thank you!

Thank you so much for your reply, Jo :) I’ve just phoned my medical practice after reading your reply, and have an appointment for Tuesday next week, for the HbA1c. I really appreciate you explaining about DKA as well. I’m very pleased it’s not something I need to worry about. Thanks again.

Thank you very much for your reply and links. I’m also keeping a strict eye on calories as well as low carb.

Thank you so much for your reply and welcome. Yes, the blood test was done after an overnight fast. I’ve tried time restricted eating but the most I can manage is about 15 hours fasting between meals because I’m on quite a lot of other medication which needs to be taken with food, at different...

Hello all I’m new here and have a few questions, please, as I’m bit overwhelmed by the diagnosis at the minute. I had blood tests done in hospital last week and one for diabetes came back 8mmol/l. What does this number mean, please, and how bad is it? I see it’s at the lower end but presumably...