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If i go onto insulin can I come off it and go back to tablets only again?

My GP Surgery says the government/NHS? only allows one tub of strips. BUT, if you are having difficulty controlling your BG they have to give you a lot more. Enougb to test when you wake up, before and after each meal and at bedtime, about three tubs :)

Remember there are Good Carbs and Bad Carbs. You can eat chocolate in moderation. Click on this link or copy and paste it into your address bar and I hope it is of some help http://www.diabetes.co.uk/food/diabetes-and-chocolate.html

Dont panic. I was fiagnosed 10 years ago and only just beginning to understand what to fo right. I am addicted to sweet food too. I reward myself once a week now and my readings are getting better. I have had readings of 24 which terrified me.