Recent Content by stephen1974

So after a month of stabbing myself several times a day i've come to the conclusion that taking my BG levels is pointless. Its just random numbers that follow no usable pattern and give no indication to why things are happening. No one can give me reasons why BG's are low or high or why there...

Pretty much have the same lunch every day at the moment. A chicken, bacon, pasta and cheese salad from Asda. BG this morning was 9.9 I did have breakfast but I didnt get to take readings after or before lunch. Had a tuna, pasta and cheese salad for lunch and afterwards my BG was 10.2. It's like...

The only change in my diet at the time was metformin and as soon as I stopped I started losing weight again, though it took over a year to lose what I had put on in 3 nmonths. I'm on a different type of metformin now and it doesn't seem to be an issue.

Hi all. Some background first. I was diagnosed with Type 2 back in 2013 but I have no doubt i've had it for many many years and it's in pretty poor shape with my Hba1c up at 111. My problem has been the amount of fizzy drinks I have, lets say on average, 6 cans a day every day since I was 16...