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Thanks very much for your reply. I agree with you that I need to have my blood tests done around two weeks before my review. I too was surprised this didn’t happen. It was my doctor who made the appointment for me to see the diabetic nurse. I phoned the surgery to ask if I needed to book any blood tests but I was told no. Apparently, this appointment was to give me support and to see how I am getting on. I have my blood tests done on 19 August. I am told that in future I will have a review annually and I assume my blood tests will be done a couple of weeks prior to that.Hi. You say you have online access to your test results which is good. You need to have your blood tests done 1 to 2 weeks before your review so you don't waste time at the review being told the results but can go straight in to discuss the implications. I would encourage you to think carbs and not calories. Calories are a marketing tool used by slimming clubs etc and not based on good science when it comes to what you eat. Fats have twice the calories of carbs and hence controlling calories can encourage reducing fats rather than carbs which is the opposite of what we with diabetes need. Fats don't result in any significant BS rise but carbs do so do focus on the latter although I accept holding calories down will help if not optimal.
I appreciate what you are saying about carbs. I know that many people on this Forum advocate that. However, I find it very complicated to understand and very difficult to further reduce the carbohydrates which I’m eating. I do try to keep a track of the carbs on my Samsung Health App, which is very good. It lists everything which I have eaten each day and it tells me all the values for each. On average, I eat around 190 g of carbs each day, which is probably way too high. My problem is finding alternatives which will also satisfy my hunger. It’s not easy! I don’t like the suggestions I read about in the Healthline Diabetes Type 2 Newsletter.
Kind regards, Sheila