Recent Content by Sparkess

Thanks so much, I'll get hang of all this

Hi everybody, Dose every type 2 diabetic end up on insulin, iv only bin told i was type 2 diabetic, two month ago, and I think its just hit me, I'm doing everything i should do, loosing weight, cutting down on carbs, taking blood befor and after meals, but I'm starting to worry now,

Hi everyone, Newbie two months in, got my blood monitor just a wk ago, so bin using a lot to get idea of my levels, the question is, my reading in bed first thing have been between 6.2 and 7.0 this morning at 8.30 it was 5.0 I was surprised and happy at this low level, after I got washed and...

Thanks mo, just took before break and after cup of tea, it was 6.2, thanks sharron

Hi everyone, I'm sharron, and a newbie, 5 week type2 , got my monitor yesterday, and my readings so far are, at the doctors 5.7 at 4pm, then befor tea 5.5 at 8 pm, then after tea 4.7 at 10pm, this morning befor getting out of bed it was 7 at 8am, this seems high, since I had not had anything...

Hi Dave, yes that's all we can do,

Hi everyone, As anyone tried cinnamon, I keep reading about, and its on youtube, and if so how do you take it, iv tried it in herbal tea, yuk, I can just about manage it in coffee, and I'm not sure how much a day,

Hi, Dave, Ellis, thanks to you all, only thing i got from docs, was a talk, about loosing weight, can cut tabs down to 3 a day instead of 4, was finding it very hard to get them down, was taking 2 on last meal, and making me feel very sick, and i going to see nurse on wed, so ill mention that...

Hi, thanks Dave, its a joke really to send you home with just that, go home and get on with it, im hoping to find out more tomorrow, I'm at docs, fingers crossed, thanks again.

its metformin, lets hope my postcodes the right one haha thanks

Hi again, I'm on tabs, just gone onto 4 a day, today, so I don't know if that makes a difference.

Thanks, i'll have a look now on web, incase i dont get one from docs, l

Hi everyone, I'm a newbie type 2 for 4 wks, I'm going to the doctors on thurs, got question to ask, one is about Blood glucose monitors, can I get one on nhs, if I can't and have to buy one, what is the best one, thanks sharron.

Thanks everyone.

Thanks everyone, taking in all your info, just one thing what do you mean, low-GI carbs, thanks again