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  1. Shas3

    How do you work out what amount of carbs to start on?

    Just to add ... and I don’t mean to scare anyone.... A RAPID reduction from an initial HIGH HbA1C can lead to TIND (also called Insulin Neuritis but doesn’t have to be only due to Insulin). There are a couple of threads .. please look up. Yes, it is rare but can be quite disturbing and rather...
  2. Shas3

    First time testing blood

    A fasting number of 9 on your meter is high. Non-diabetics would be below 6.0 (below 5.5 actually). As others mentioned the numbers on meters should not be confused with HbA1C. At the same time I don’t think you should be alarmed. Measuring daily at fasting is a good idea and if you are...
  3. Shas3

    How do you work out what amount of carbs to start on?

    [emoji23] I was expecting this [emoji1360][emoji1360]
  4. Shas3

    How do you work out what amount of carbs to start on?

    You are obviously more scientific than me... [emoji1360][emoji1360]
  5. Shas3

    How do you work out what amount of carbs to start on?

    I am not extremely scientific in this respect and I really don’t count carbs. All i did was compared to my pre-diagnosis way of eating, just halved carbs in each meal - one toast instead of two in breakfast, one serving of rice instead of two at lunch, one roti at dinner instead of two... and...
  6. Shas3

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

    Documents (of course), some clothes (not all), kitchen stuff (as many as possible - NOT fresh stuff), few of my treasured collectibles from my travels (paintings etc.), selection of books. Done!!
  7. Shas3

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

    Perspective [emoji1374][emoji1374][emoji1374][emoji1374]
  8. Shas3

    Make a sentence from five letters :D

    Stupidly yelling results in agony. AGONY
  9. Shas3

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    6.6 this morning... not great but not terrible... happy... good sleep is still eluding me some nights... got to bring some yoga and meditation back into life!!!! Have a great day everyone
  10. Shas3

    T2s: What was your fasting BG this morning, and what did you eat yesterday?

    6.6 this morning... not great but not terrible... happy... good sleep is still eluding me some nights... got to bring some yoga and meditation back into life!!!! Dinner was rocket lettuce... green peas... salmon (badly done by me [emoji19]) Have a great day everyone
  11. Shas3

    What was your bg reading last night and this morning?

    6.6 this morning... not great but not terrible... happy... good sleep is still eluding me some nights... got to bring some yoga and meditation back into life!!!! Have a great day everyone
  12. Shas3

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    6.6 this morning... not great but not terrible... happy... good sleep is still eluding me some nights... got to bring some yoga and meditation back into life!!!! Have a great day everyone
  13. Shas3

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

    6.6 this morning... not great but not terrible... happy... good sleep is still eluding me some nights... got to bring some yoga and meditation back into life!!!! Have a great day everyone
  14. Shas3

    Make a sentence from five letters :D

    Never ever respond via yelling... SILLY
  15. Shas3

    Make a sentence from five letters :D

    Yelling eventually leaves lasting symptoms. GUESS
  16. Shas3

    Make a sentence from five letters :D

    Punks use novel kinky styles. STYLE
  17. Shas3

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

    Thanks Viv... indeed... i made that mistake a few times in the past and learnt a lesson... been diligent on that front of late [emoji1374]
  18. Shas3

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

    Thanks a lot.... glad about your 5.8... I would love to see numbers below 6 soon... yoga is great... I should squeeze it in... have a great day
  19. Shas3

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    [emoji1319][emoji1319][emoji1319][emoji1319]
  20. Shas3

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

    Slept last night with a reading of 6.7... didn’t sleep too well... work related stress kept me awake [emoji849]... anyway early morning FBG was 6.3... not too bad... and after breakfast at 6.6... looks like a slightly better day than yesterday... whatever caused those 9s and 10s yesterday...
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