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Thank you so much to all for the really useful info. I'll def mention this to my nurse on Monday. Have a great weekend all!

Only been advised to test 7 times daily at the mo as was only diagnosed last Friday. My nurse is calling me on Monday so I'll mention it to her. I'm not sure what the gliclazide is for! I take one Metmorfin after evening meal, the gliclazide after breakfast and the station before bed. Then I...

Ok thanks guys, I had a sugar free jelly and double cream but realise thats not carbs! Will have some now, sorry for delay been working but feeling a bit shaky still so will load up now x

yes Im taking metformin, ciclazide and some statins. I feel ok, bit shaky tbh.

I've only been diagnosed type 2 for a week so still getting used to bg readings. I've just done my 2 hour post lunch test and its 3.9. This is the lowest level by quite a margin I've had and I just want to know if it's ok? The past few days this reading has been 5.0 5.7 6.3 and 7.9. I had baked...

Thank you all for your really useful advice, I'm taking it all n board. Any advice re the sugar free chewing gum please?

Hi, so I've been on my tablets now for a week and am adapting to a LCHF diet...although I'm not doing well on the high fats bit as I'm finding it hard to get my head round it! I really want to lose weight, about three stone so at the moment I'm eating mainly fish, prawns eggs chicken green salad...

Thank you so much, feeling slightly better after eating but my eyes are very tired after a day working in front of the pc, I'm getting blurry vision which I know is a symptom and I'm booked in for further eye tests ( I wear glasses) so I'm hoping this is something that will improve too. Really...

Thanks guys, ok so today I've had a soft boiled egg for breakfast, half a protein roll from Lidl as recommended on this site with tuna and cucumber, and am shortly going to be having some roast lamb with butternut squash (roasted) with some salad. I'm feeling quite shaky at the moment and...

So 4 days in and I have a few questions if that's ok? Is it ok to do a bg test before eating if I've had a cup of tea or coffee ten mins before or will it affect results? Should I be having full fat milk as at the moment I have semi skimmed or skimmed. I'm trying to keep to a low carb diet...

Oops sorry Achike yes it was 97!

Once again I can't thank you all enough to take time out to help and advice. Am taking it all on board and will be on here asking lots more no doubt until I get well into my stride!

WOW!! That's amazing!

Hi all, thank you so much for all your amazing and informative replies. I'm so grateful to you for taking the time to help me. I tried to take a blood glucose test tonight but made a Royal mess trying to get the drop of blood onto the testing strip so will attempt tomorrow lol. I'm feeling much...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed on Friday with Type 2. I was stunned but also relieved as it explained why I had been feeling so poorly for such a long time. I discovered today my readings on Friday were 14 for my blood glucose and 97HbA1c! Dr said I'd had this for a long time, not sure how long...