Recent Content by tonymajor68

Thanks everyone. I have a go appt next week to see what's going on. I believe my problem as you quote rightly say is my carb intake. I just like my food and gotta retrain myself. Many thanks

portion size could be the biggest issue as i do like my food.... have been offered desmond course but not heard yet with an offer of an appointment. wife is worried i may end up type 1 but dont even know if thats possible. thanks for your support tho everyone

normal day food intakes, breakfast bar, belvita bar 10am banana or other fruit lunch sandwich with ham, cheese, peanut butter filling, etc. dinner meal with veg mash sausages, oven chips with fish, odd chinese takeout. probably seems boring

every morning i test at 6.30am gmt and get the same reading of exactly 13mmol. average 90 minutes after lonch 15.5 mmol and evening at 9.3 no idea what my hba1c is as not had it done for about 8 months. im on metformin 2x500mg a day antstatin fluorexatine daily i try to eat well, take home...

yes please, I'm still unsure whether to attend or not.

I've been invited to attend a desmond course in December. they state that if I don't attend or contact them I will be referred back to my gp. is it actually worth taking a day off work to attend. [emoji2]

is this good, I seem to usually be a lot higher, 8.5 plus. what should I be testing between. thanks

OK, I'm in hospital with trapped kidney stones, nurse comes round says can I check your blood... 7.3 is that good or bad, poor nurse called away to deal with another issue.

I'm very recently diagnosed type 2. I had an eye test at specsavers in my local town, was told everything was good. kept getting headaches few weeks later so visited same store different town. was advised 1 eye short sighted other eye long sighted and had been for quite a while they believe...

I had a prebooked call from nurse at my gp surgery today. I told her I was newly diagnosed as type 2 and could I make an appointment to see the diabetes nurse? first she started telling me not to eat sugars and fatty foods. then said there is no diabetes nurse at the surgery but they hold group...

hi everyone, hope this finds you all fit and well. I have recently been diagnosed type 2 and been put on metformin oral tablets. I believe it all started in may 2016, I broke my ankle whilst in Spain, got a blood clot, told to rest and put on weight. had blood test as blood and glucose in...

thanks for the link, also didn't realise it would be vat free. think I'll be ordering 1 next week as seems to make sense to check myself. thanks

nope, was told by gp not to bother. now got appointment to see a nurse at gp surgery but they don't have a diabetic nurse..

hi folks, I was diagnosed t2 a couple of weeks ago. in may I broke my ankle, then got a blood clot in the ankle too. was told to rest, and ended up putting weight on. had hba1c result at 68 and have been put on metformin. now discover I have a heart problem so on statins. thats without the blood...