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I do get the feeling that the system is slightly lacking in some areas and maybe diabetes needs more finance from the millionaires running the country. thanks luna and q007 for your replies.

thankyou very much catherine

I am taking paracetamol and ibuprofen. thanks in anticipation.

My wife got me strawberry joya today and the carbs are 11.1 per 100g I cried.

Fergus I used to go into mcdonalds every morning and have their porridge with jam.....no more. thanks for replying

weens12 you are a fast typer. thanks for all that and I agree with your last sentence in particular regarding time and getting it back down the d+e. I used to cycle up to 30 miles at weekends in the summer, did a few months at 10 miles a night every night..no problems then but as soon as the...

2christine, thanks for your reply. I thought I could do this with exercise and diet but my doctor will not have it, 7.7 hba1c is not that bad, and it will be raised because I did NO exercise and plenty of partying in the last 4 months..cruise holiday, xmas, new year, biscuits and choclates and...

Nice reply weens12. we basically had the same experience at the hospital, they had to get a fan for me I was sweating like a P.I.G. I forgot about the recovery being slow..blast, hopefully it wont be too long. I like to have my last meal at 7 pm and then take the tablet but that leaves 11...

Don't let them fob you off, phone them both, the diabetic clinic and your doctor, its your life. Somebody posted some really information on one of my threads, I've copied and pasted it for you. If you drew a graph showing your sugar levels throughout the day then the line would go up after you...

Great reply Squire, its explained the spike for me perfectly, now I can definitely say that bread and porridge spike me, and proteins don't, I got a better reading from them. Thanks again.

from Essex Steve. have you enquired about desmond and healthy I courses yet?

they are courses that the NHS provide for people like us, they instruct us on all things carby and fatty and what we should look for, they are both slightly different but a good tool for us to use. I live in Essex and am lucky to get on the course I think coz other districts may not do it, you...

Good luck with your doctor and ask for a healthy I and desmond course if your region does them, because my GP was useless, I also looked up my local diabetic centre and spoke to them too, really helpful. And the people on this forum are brilliant. keep smiling you are not alone, my fasting...

Hello Steve, I was diagnosed last Monday and given the same lost boy treatment you got, here's your equipment and go. I have read loads of good stuff on this site and have asked some noob questions but the people on here are really helpful. I'm going to eat mainly meats and non starchy veg and...

@caraway and weens12, thank you for your replys. Some superb quick answers for me there, I did suspect that porridge and brown wholemeal bread (its the only bread I eat) have been giving me high readings, no more so than last night and this morning, I had 2 a brown toast after my surgery in...

I just saw under 8.5mm 2 hours after food is ok, so I'm doing okay with porridge I guess. Must re read threads more. ;O)

thanks Christine, Mo, and Glenn. Another one. Its metformin that brings down the BG level during the day and night plus any exercise I care to do, BUT when I wake up today at 05:40 I go in shower, do teeth, etc then prepare my rolled oats porridge no sugar fully skimmed milk and water, and...

I am going in for a knee operation in 1 and 1/2 hrs and have newly been diagnosed Monday just gone, I bet they cancel mine too.

Why did they cancel your operation honey?

Thanks for your replies guys. I keep finding foods that I am not sure about, I will brain storm them and perhaps you quickly reply for me? Sauces to flavour foods, i.e. ketchup + brown sauce. Alcohol !! Condensed milk How do I know if my portion is too big. How many rashers of bacon and how...