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It frustrates me that being diet controlled I don’t get the test strips prescribed, but they’d happily prescribe a bunch of pills if I didn’t control it through my diet. It’s a stupid system. However, I just remind myself that I am LUCKY I can control it through diet and don’t have to take the...

Personally, if it was ME, I’d stop the meds & be strict about my diet. I’d eat when hungry, but only when hungry. I wouldn’t force a meal, but neither would I limit myself to any set fasting hours. When I did eat, I’d eat a proper meal, not a snack, so that I really shouldn’t be hungry again...

If it was ‘allowed’ I’d save them until I could get a meaningful reading with them. If that’s not ‘allowed’ and it’s a ‘use it or lose it’ situation I’d test late evening and if it was high, go for a walk before going to bed.

Brilliant!

Don’t be too hard on yourself, many of us have been there (and some of us more than once!!). You did it through diet before, you can do it again. I can maintain mine (without medication) in the normal range IF I follow a low carb diet. Your meter is your mate. The difficult thing to get...

Deb. I've loved reading your thread You're a lot like me - up & down (emotionally/diet/sleep) all the time, except you're doing really well and I'm not! The Education Sector is a nightmare, I'm glad I'm not in it - I salute anyone being able to stick it right now. I don't know how you put up...

Hi Colin You have scored yourself a brilliant Diabetes Nurse - lucky, lucky you!! I understand what you mean about low-carb not seeming to leave many food options, I'm a non egg eating vegetarian low carber... it does sometimes feel a bit difficult, especially eating out, BUT my HbA1c has...

Brilliant - well done you!!

I have been told not to self test too - it's ridiculous advice. Hope your levels aren't too bad!

If you ring Aviva on their help line they are great. They will look at their chart and tell you if yours is 'within range' - but their (and others) range is 15%, so you are bound to be if you are only one point apart. One day I had readings of 7/5.8/8.5/6.2 one after the other!! When they...

That's brilliant - well done you! I'm low carbing and getting pretty good results, but I'm very tempted to do the Newcastle diet and see if it helps get my levels even lower, so that they stop pushing metformin on me! I'm getting 6.2 most of the time, some 5/8/5.9's and the odd 6.8/7 two hours...