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Hello All. So far so good, but I’m seeing plenty of other members with lower fasting levels. I’d like to get mine sub 6 - they currently run at 6.5. Do you test as soon as you wake and before getting out of bed or soon after getting up? Also, please, do you eat to your meter or when you feel...

6.5 - again! Trying to get it lower.

Morning all, 6.5 :/ bit high but still better than it has been.

It's not as bad as it seems. After 18 years of living with T2 - and only just getting my head round things I can't give you any more advice than what has been posted here - this forum's community are brilliant. I was a swine for my beer and chocolate, that's gone along with carbs such as bread...

6.1 after a broken sleep - happy with that! :)

with the price of test strips, sod that!! :angelic::angelic::):););)

Makes me realise that I am VERY fortunate to have a GP who is also Masters in Diabetes and has a genuine desire to help Diabetics out - And he's as mad as a box of frogs. I've had regular blood tests and consults in the past year.

Daibell. Thank you, I think I need to weigh this up very carefully - I can see the added value for alerts especially driving HGV. The boys in Black and Yellow (DVSA) would be suitably impressed I think, me whipping my phone out and giving a bespoke reading :) I'm very cautious about the...

I really appreciate your detailed response and your time in replying. I'd read over several posts of late that people were finding them invaluable, your advice to search and look at the ups and downs is very welcome and I'll take a nosey! My shortcomings are that being a driver, I would be...

Folks. Just been reading with interest about the Freestyle Libre 2, please may I ask for your advice and thoughts on the following? 1) does it have to be on the under arm? 2) is it just a stick on sensor? 3) are they painful to apply/remove? 4) are they really THAT good? I've gone on to a...

Well in @Keano100 I'm actually looking forward to my HbA1C after all this dieting I've been doing. You have achieved some amazing results, congrats!

I've been type 2 18 years now, I once went on a low-carb diet when it became popular, it worked, but I didn't have the will power at the time to keep it going. As @bulkbiker rightly says, try and keep away from carbs altogether, I'm back on the low to no carb diet now and weight is starting to...

5.2 :cat:

My GP is a bit of a wag and I hope these little gems of his will help you.control your diabetes, these refer to blood sugars in mmol. 4 on the floor 5 to drive 8 not great They made it easy for me to see what was right and what wasn't. If you're feeling as you say you were, always keep some...

Thank you all for your very kind words and advice. It is all down to me now, I know. I so want to see my HbA1c drop below 48 and try to get off everything bar cholesterol control. The other thing I'm looking forward to is having the clothes hang off me, I've been considering going to the local...

Just over four weeks ago I went to see my GP with a bad stomach and he took me off Metformin, I had taken it for the best part of 18 years. Something inside me clicked and I took big steps to try and get off my Dapafliglozin (sp?) in the two weeks I had before returning to see him. I got...

Thanks for such a detailed reply! When I moved here to Liverpool some 14 years ago, I was over 100 kilo in weight, I'm sub 90 now but my ideal would be around the 80 mark - I was close a couple of years ago but changed back to a sedentary job and started eating quite a few carbs which hasn't...

I'm on the slow release version, I also take it with food, which is the recommended way... I'm keen to try and start getting a grip of my diabetes now after so long, maybe time for a change or six in the diet I think.

Wow... You've done brilliantly to get into remission! I am so envious of your Hba1c levels, how have you managed to get them down to those levels? (If you don't mind me asking, of course!)

Hello to one and all. I've been type 2 for coming up on 18 years now, the majority of that time I have had reasonably good control with Metformin and a mixture of (recently) Trulicity pump and dapaflaglozin(sp?) My Hba1C has hovered around 50 for years, I'd like to get it lower but - I have...