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Interesting reading this today. I'm going to see the diabetic nurse on Tuesday. I'm on Metformin (2 a day) and Gliclazide (4 a day) and my BG can be anything from 3.4 to 34 - literally! I can go days and days and it will be spot on and then, for no apparent reason, it will be 30+. My last...

Sorry, I was probably unclear there. My wife is fanatical about healthy eating for the kids and she's a veggie too. The cakes are there as treats for them but I can't help myself! I'm actually officially in mourning now as the more I research the more I realise that everything I like has lots...

So, up until lunchtime I'd had 46g of carbs. Before dinner this evening my BG was 5.8. I've not seen it that low for a while. This evening I had 2 tortillas with beef mince and grated cheese. That was another 50g of carbs 2 hours after dinner and the BG is up to 12.9 so I guess the trigger...

Some excellent advice there! Thanks very much. The one thing I'm not totally sure about is what constitutes low carbs. Today I had a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast (Total: 30g of carb) Lunch is 4 Crackerbreads (Total: 14.2g of carb, 0.4g of which sugars) 60g of wafer thin chicken (Total: 1g...

Very interesting! Thanks, all, for the responses. Yesterday - the BS 30 day - I had sandwiches for lunch (Whole grain bread) and then more sandwiches (Hovis Best of Both) for tea. Today, I had a packet of crisps and a packet of ham for lunch instead of my usual packet of crisps and a...

Hi All I'm just after some opinions from other type 2 sufferers, please. I don't seem to get any definitive answers from anyone I speak to; one doctor will tell me one thing, the diabetic nurse will tell me another. I'm on 500mg Metformin and 160 of Gliclazide morning and evening. The...