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    Shredded Wheat whole grain For Breakfast

    Good morning Every one Thanks alot with your post about my Breakfast mael i have tryed soya and linsees bran and hope this may be better for me yesterday blood sugar reading before breakfast was 3.4 and afther 4 hours it was 7.2 so a bit better then 13-3 lol with the shredded wheat with me i am...
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    Shredded Wheat whole grain For Breakfast

    Hi every one who read this to help me with my Question does any one know that Shrdded wheat whole grain makes your blood rise like this morning my blood was 5.5 and just before my lunch was 13.3 with nothing to eat ???? I will try porridge tomw but can any one help me with any other idea...
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    staying on Tablets ?????

    Hi cocacola, thanks for your suggestions! I take Gliclazide alongside my Metformin. I'm visiting my Diabetic team on 13th April, I talk on the phone to them regularly as I am sometimes unsure of what I am doing or whether I'm eating the correct things. I spoke to them today and explained that my...
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    Help How can I put some weight ON.?

    Hi guys, I've been reading all about us 'skinny' Type 2's, when I saw someone had suggested 'Flaxseed' bread, I went down to Tesco and looked at some 'Flaxseed' bread which was showing the Carbohydrates being extreemly high. Maybe I was looking at the wrong stuff. Would someone be able to tell...
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    staying on Tablets ?????

    once again thanks for your replys i do eat the right food for my Diabetes E.I fish chicken pork all fresh suff but running out of ideas thats all but i will phone my gp or my diabetes hospital to see someone about my weight I ant under weight but i do not want to leave it to the last min thats...
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    staying on Tablets ?????

    Hi thanks for your reply I do stress alittle bit about my sugar level because I am a bus driver and if i go on Insulin that jobs goes and out of a job. other then that my weight is 9st 2 and lost astone and ahalf since March 09 and running out of ideas to eat. people say low carbs but to scared...
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    staying on Tablets ?????

    Does any one Know how long can u stay on tablets for because I am 27 years old and have T2 Diabetes taking 4 tablets aday and my Hba1c 6.8 and it was 6.4 it has gone up alittle bit but not change my eating patterns or had no flu Does this mine my tablets are giving up on me ???? any help please...
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    Help How can I put some weight ON.?

    Hi Shelly I'm in the same boat as you! I found out I was a Type 2 diabetic in March 2009. Since then my weight has some what plummeted, when I found out I weighed 10stone 12lbs now 8months down the line I weigh 9stone 2lbs. I have contacted a dietician who has said that people like ourselves...
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    One year diagnosed with Type 2

    Hi guys, my name is Ian, I am 27 years old and I live in Essex. I found out in March last year that I was Type 2 diabetic. My HBA1c was 13.2 and I only weighed 10stone 4lbs. Now a year down the line I weigh 9stone 2lbs, with a HBA1c of 6.8. I am taking Metformin x2 and Glaclazide x2. I would...