Recent Content by SteveDuk

I'm happy that the new meter can be trusted. The prescription is a bonus as well. I'm also happy that the testing is going well and the general trend is downwards.

The good news is that after nearly 40 tests all seems to be ok with the new one. I had an appointment with the nurse yesterday and she was impressed with the spreadsheet printout I took with me showing before and after readings for different foods. She wrote me a prescription for 4*50 test...

Well I bit the bullet and bought an Accu-Chek mobile. Four tests so far today done with both and the new one is a lot more consistent. It just means that all the foods I had tested over the last week and a half will have to be done again.

To be honest when I read the first reply I wondered why I was bothering to test at all as it makes the results pretty meaningless. On one thread I read that a rise of 2 means that food wasn't good and on another thread that a difference of 2 is within spec for the meter. No wonder people are...

I'm recently diadnosed T2 and I bought an SD Codefree meter. Over the last couple of days I have noticed some weird readings and I just tried doing a series of tests with the following results: 13.1 11 12.1 12.5 All within 2 minutes. This morning I took two readings before going to bed (I...

I'm going to see her tomorrow so hopefully I'll have some more information. I'm not skinny though, my BMI is a squeak under 30.

No it wasn't a repeat. I think I'll pop back to see the nurse today.

- What is your name? Steve - How old are you? 58 - Are you male or female? Male - Which country are you from? England - Which city/area do you live in? Near London - Are you religious? No - Do you have any pets? 2 JRTs, Jack and Tilly - Microsoft or Apple? Neither. Linux and Android - Which...

I was diagnosed yesterday with T2. It was no great surprise as I seemed to have all the symptoms and waiting two weeks! for the blood test result meant I was resigned to the fact. What has confused me is being told to take 1 Metformin 500mg twice a day for a week and then 3 times a day for week...