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Hello All, I have just done (10:10am) a BS test and got a 4.7mmol which is very good and all that. Now I know from what I have read on this forum and other books and internet that a level of 4.7mmol is not an hypo at all. But I feel really odd, light headed, no energy and my brain will just...

Hello All, Hope you are all well. How does Blood pressure tablets offer diabetics kidney protection. As from my personal view my BP is normal, but I am still told I must take Blood pressure medication, as it will protect my kidneys.. How does it do this? Cheers Simply_h

Hello Mate, Sorry to hear about your struggles, but "Borofergie" is 110% right, you really do need to respect the Diabetes, else it will NAIL you to the WALL. I always try to think of diabetes in the following way, sugar / carbs get transported everywhere in our bodies via blood, without the...

Hi Geoff, I am aged 36 and have been low carbing for over a year. I consume around 100grams of carbs per day. The LDL's almost seems to be refusing to come down with the aceptable range for my GP, but on the other hand the HbA1c has come down and my GP is very happy about that one. Cheers...

Patch, Sid, Here is the issue with the good old cholesteral issue. Our NHS Doctors want us on satins as soon as possible, but with some poeple having issues with them and others have no issues at all its a bit like trial and error. So i guess what is really classed as high cholesteral and...

Hello All, Hope we are all well. I have just had my latest HBa1C back and its at 39 (5.7%) which put a big smile on my face, as now I am in the 5% Club..  The doctor told me I was now at non-diabetic level now… I still know I am diabetic like..lol. Anyway my next target is either less than...

Hello All, Hope we are all well and fighting the fight. When we low carb what is classed as good fats that work for us diabetics. I know trans-fats are not classed as NOT a good fat. How much fat should we be eating if we are say very low carbing (less than 30gram per day) opposed to say...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Hello, It was 5.7mmol at 6am, then fell asleep again and woke at 8am it was 5.6mmol. Once I got up at 8am, by 9am it was 6.6mmol. Then ate a slice of toast at 9am by 11am it was 6.7mmol. cheers Simply_h

Hello All, I think I am loosing the battle against cholesterol. Here are my latest results June 2012 HDL 1.46 % LDL 5.7% Trigs 1.1% A total of 7.7, which I am told is really bad. For history below are my previous results. March 2012 HDL : 1.3 LDL : 5.3 Trig : 1.0 Nov 11 they where HDL –...

Hello All, I have been thinking and have more questions, aimed for TYPE 2's. 1. When does 1st phase insulin process start? 2. Does it start from the 1st mouth full of food or does it start from when food is processed by body. 3. How long does the 1st phase insulin response last for? 4. How...

Hello All, Dawn phenomenon – As type 2, how can we combat this natural occurrence? Is there anything we can do, to stop it having such a big effect on our blood sugars? As I can go from 5.5mmol up to 7.5mmol in the space of an hour and I will not have even eaten, not a breakfast person, so my...

Hello Again, I just tested at the 2 hour mark and got 5.9mmol... which is OK. But why at 1 hours am i showing up at 9.1 mmol then at 2 hours its crashed down to 5.9mmol.. Any ideas? cheers Simply_h

Hello, Well went to bed with a lovely 4.8 mmol, ( ITS NORMALLY around 5.2 - 5.5mmol) woke up with a 7.1mmol... GUTTED.! I did wake up a lot later than normal, then had shower and thought i would test, i wished I had not bothered.! Anyway had single slice of brown bread with egss and bacon...

Hello Hope you are all well. I have had enough of Mr Diabetes, he (I say “he” it could be a “she”) has so much control over me. Mainly: what I can eat, the odd things that’s crop up, like feeling of un-wellness or things that don’t happen to normal people, like thrush, lack of energy...

Hello All, Hope we are well. Is it normal for BS to move from 8.1mmol down to around 5.7mmol all in the space of 20mins. Reason I ask was that I had a KFC at a service station, KFC was chicken and about 10 to 15 chips (I treated myself) :) , with a Pepi MAX, i mainly drank the drink on the...

Hello, Well my 3 hour check just showed me at 5.0mmol. So seem to have spiked and come back down and stayed down. Hummm all very strange. Cheers Simply_h

Hi All, I could be being over sensitive here but just has some very strange results. First off my meal contained more carbs than normal, around 45 to 50 grams of carbs… Normally my meals contain less than 30grams. Anyway after: 1 hour it was 9.3mmol I checked again after washing my hand with...

Viv, I dont mean to be dim.. But what is a "diagnosis profile".. Or it could be the lasck of sugar making me dim.. lol lol Simple H. :D

Hello All, We all try and control our diabetes (type 2) in difference way, Low carbing, Portion control & with oral drugs ects. But we all have one common goal, “To control our blood sugar”. So this leads me on to the following, what is good control? As my doctor has said that an Hba1C of...

Hello All, Hope we are all well. I have a question on the effects of Low carbing. I have been low carbing for a while now. I recently ate the following: 3 eggs, 3 slices of Nibble bread, bit of milk and mayo, and the total carb was about 28g to 32g. So this is a little more than I would...