Recent Content by shire

Oddly enough, after having searched this site (diabetes.co.uk) and found nothing about apples at all, I just happened to randomly spot an apple picture that linked to an item on the right hand side of the page...

Thanks for you input folks. As I said in my first post I only really wanted to know about apples and also butter. I've not been told to go on a complete diet of any kind, low carb or otherwise. I was just told to cut out high sugar foods (biscuits, cake, chocolate etc) for three months so I just...

Butter for toast (wholemeal) 2 slices per day. As I said in my original post, I was told by the diabetic nurse that just by cutting out high sugar content I should be able to get down to a mark that would save me from having to go on Metformin. So I wondered about apples and how highly they...

Thanks folks. I do have a meter which I've had for three years (Accu-chek mobile) but the cassettes and the needles are so expensive that I only buy them now and again. I have a disability and this is the only type I can use myself without assistance. From what I've read, butter and other...

Thanks, I'll check it out

Hi again, I've not needed to come on for a couple of years but my reading has gone up a bit to 57 from about 51 and they said I need to get it down to about 50 in 3 months to avoid needing medication and I was told that cutting out high sugar content should be enough to do that. There is so much...

Thanks very much for that

Thanks. A couple of weeks back I felt a bit unwell - not so much unwell maybe as just not right, almost as if slightly drunk so I assumed it was down to low blood sugar. After testing, the reading showed 3.7. On another day when I felt pretty much the same as that, I tested it and it showed 4.3...

It might seem a daft question but I'm wondering about the values of the readings and if there is like a large difference between numbers, particularly after the point. By that I mean does it take a lot of time between readings to make a reading change from say 4.0 to 3.7 for example or could a...

I was diagnosed as type 2 in January but it was borderline with the Hb1AC being 48 but that and the combination of the fasting test and glucose test was what led to the diagnosis. I'm not on diabetes tablets but have lots of other medication for Chrohns and heart troubles. Have had triple heart...

Thanks folks. I don't understand why they don't have the info on the website or perhaps it's there somewhere and I'm just not able to find it

Thanks. I don't know why I've been doing it 90 mins after eating but if it's 2 hours from just before starting the meal I will probably only be about 10 minutes short of the 2 hour mark. Would that make much of a difference do you think? And, does it say anywhere on this site about it being 2...

Hi, I've been reading the site for the past 4 hours now and simply cannot find anything that says how long after a meal I should be testing my levels but there's a lot I haven't read still. I have for the past 4 months been doing it an hour and a half after my meals but I have read elsewhere on...

Hello I'm new to the forum and I'm not good with these forums so apologies in advance for any blunders