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Well done and congratulations - we all know just know how hard it can be to achieve results like this.

Yep. Had those (even though I'm a Type 2), especially the dizzy, shaky bits - not at all pleasant but they do pass as your body gets used to permanently reduced BG levels. It might seem attractive to give up now, but what you're going through is a no-brainer to the eventual consequences of...

5.6 - which is exactly the same as it was when I went to bed at 11.30 last night. That's been the pattern for me over the past few weeks. I think some recent weight loss might have something to do with it.

Hi, Simon. You'll shortly get a reply giving you a lot of information and advice for the newly (or possibly nearly) diagnosed. That's very good info, though it takes quite a bit of wading through to understand and digest. My advice is to continue to read up about diabetes but don't expect to...

I've restarted my testing regime (after a rather long lapse) and I'm looking at the average BG readings I'm getting. It'll be interesting to see how the results of my next blood test compare to the HbA1c from using the calculator at...

Good question. In my experience, there's definitely a correlation between the two, but which drives which I'm not sure. Either way, I've always found it a very good counterpoint to my other three-quarter's (IMHO, often unfair) assertion that her irritability is solely due to her PMT. My...

As I understand it (and it's been my experience in the 2 years since my diagnosis), as others have said, there's no hard evidence that it can be 'reversed'. By keeping your weight down, not over-eating on high carb foods and (in my case) exercising quite a bit more, most people find they can...

I was wondering that - mine's 5.4 - which is a bit lower than it normally is - after sleeping through until 10.00am; I'm assuming my lie-in :-) and lack of any breakfast reduced the reading .......

Apologies for being OT, but I'm from deepest, darkest NE England and, many years ago, I was invited to a very swish dinner party in an extremely well-heeled part of East Sussex. One of the guests, a local of The Weald, asked where I came from? 'Durham', I said. 'Oh dear' was her immediate...

Thanks for the reply, Sue. I'd thought about this earlier in the week and I've now started taking a multivitamin each day. I was found to 'very low on vitamin D' (GP's words) a couple of years ago and was wondering whether this might have recurred. I've also noticed a lack of biotin has been...

I've been noticing a slow but sustained downward trend in many of my BG readings, leading to a reduction in the average levels over the past few months two and I'd be interested to hear experiences from other members of this group. I record all my tests on the mySugr app. The averages aren't...

I think so: I don't seem to sleep anything like as well - and I definitely wake up in the morning with higher BG levels - if I have anything too carby in it during the mid to late evening.

I've no doubt others will come in with comments but my understanding is that, although you've controlled your blood sugar (according to your HBA1c levels) - and that's a really good thing to have done, and long may it continue - the underlying reason that they were raised in the first place...

The hardest thing? Keeping to it - more-or-less all of it, at one time or another ..... My weight, my diet, my social life: Going out for meals can be a bind when the menu's against you and everyone thinks you're just being 'picky'. You all know the drill:- "Oh, go on, just a little bit...

Not that we're aware. But in the age when teachers used to throw wooden blackboard rubbers at you, hard, for being 'naughty' in class, I wouldn't expect so.

I've got a cast-iron stomach but my wife loathes cheese - the sight, smell or even mention of it starts her retching. She says it began when she was in The Brownies (aged around 8, in the late 60s). Never a lover of cheese, she'd stopped eating it at home but had forgotten to get her mum to...

I went to the GP's last week at rather short notice so I didn't get to see my regular doctor (who still has on my notes that I'm on the "Cambridge Diet", despite me telling him every time I see him that it was the Newcastle Diet and I came off it 18 months ago). Me: I've got a sore left eye...

I used the Tesco own brand ('Ultraslim') which are usually on offer at 3 boxes (30 sachets) for £10 and that's a lot cheaper than most brands. Mix with 50% skimmed milk and 50% water and they provide 200kcals which is what you need for the diet. The mango flavour has lower carb but they all...

Jack's right. If they've asked for a fasting test (and they always have with me), then you shouldn't eat anything after 9pm the previous night. You can drink water but nothing else. On the Metformin, I've carried on taking it and I've been OK but I suppose missing out the one the evening...