Recent Content by Wishman

Thanks everyone.

Sorry meant "more than once" . Don't know how to edit.

Hiya. Have recently picked up from a couple of comments on unrelated topics that some people use lancets more than use. As a relative newbie to all this I have been religiously using a new strip (obviously) and new lancet for every test. Can the lancets be reused? Would save a few pennies :)

Good advice thank you. Although now maintaining rather than trying to lose weight I stand on the scales 1st thing every morning just to be sure the weight is not creeping back on...

Thanks - I will test again over the next few days and see what happens.

I was diagnosed T2 in August 2018. HbA1c of 49 so only just! Was also massively overweight and unfit. Strangely, the diagnosis was the best thing that could have happened. 16 months later, 8 stone lighter, gym 3x per week, yoga 1x per week and officially 'in remission' (HbA1c 37). Happy days...

I understood that anything under 100 carbs was low carb although I know many people here have a lot fewer than that. I was diagnosed T2 last August. To start I limited carbs to <70g/day and more recently have upped that to <90g/day. In reality most days I only eat around 40g. This way I have got...

Thanks so much to everyone for your positive words, and of course you are right, I should focus on the bigger picture. I am very pleased with my weight loss. I think that after reducing my HbA1c by 8 in the 1st 3 months I has just geared myself up to a similar decline in the next 4 hence my...

Hi everyone, 1st ever post. Diagnosed T2 August last year. HbA1c of 49. Very overweight. Through diet and exercise lost 2.5 stone and reduced HbA1c to 41 by end November. Now at end of March lost another 2 stone, fitter than I have ever been but HbA1c only down 1 more point to 40. Cholesterol...