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Hi, have you have others and how long ago/how often are they all night time etc etc.......................... I am also a Driver (PCV) and recently took the hard decision to stop driving, as I was having Hypers which while not as bad as Hypos still made me feel I was unfit to...

Its normal after exercise, I had it a while back and found a article somewhere about eating a small amount of carbs before exercise (wholemeal toast) , seems counter intuitive but worked , they still went up but not as much...

Dry red and dry white are very low in carbs, spirits zero (with diet mixer), beer is liquid bread but the best of the worst is holsten pils, but not sure if pubs have it............... Not drinking at the moment but usually have a can or 2 of the holsten then go on to the wine...............

Bacon, poached egg, sausage, 2 baby toms and 2 mushrooms............ basic low carb brekky :)

Yep I found my bloods were going up about 4 points after exercise (weight training) , so searched the net and found one piece of info that seemed a bit counter intuitive, the science was a bit complicated and I cant even remember where I found it............... Simply take a small amount of...

Gotta agree there , I think Vince Gironda loved 8 reps as well, but I have a real fondness for the 5x5 system, made popular by Bill Starr’s “The Strongest Shall Survive: Strength Training for Football” , tho it had been used by many before that including Reg Park.... The thinking behind it is...

Yep also a long time lifter (33 years) the first 13 a bit sketchy (parties girls etc):) but just coming up to 20 years solid and as some previous posters have done I have used all sorts of stuff over the years..... I was told when diagnosed to not lift to failure or push to much , so try to...

Yes , I would of been (company closed first) , its called dismissal due to capability, and TBH I would have had no problem with it as I was not able to do my job properly........... But what I did not like was the implication that my poor diabetic control was somehow my fault, ........:( Its...

Many thanks :)

I posted this thread http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/do-metformin-brands-differ.82663/#post-929075 a few weeks back about changing brands of Metformin and my bloods going through the roof........... In a nutshell , I changed chemist who gave me a new brand of metformin , within weeks my...

UPDATE:: Not happy , got back on my "Normal" brand of Metformin , no change to start with then after about 10 days it started to drop down to 12/13 then dropped a point every day so down now to single figures again................. So anyone out there struggling with their bloods check they...

Yep I suffer/suffered (work in progress :) ) from spikes of BS and definitely get the above, so much so I had to give up work (driver)...

Yep mines the same, I was told three years ago when diagnosed that my eyesight would return to normal after my BS level were stable (a few weeks) , it did not happen even after getting my bloods spot on.. My eyesight varies more day to day with no rhythm or reason , I even wake up some days...

Yep going to try that

I have searched the web and found some info on there but its mostly in the states Here is whats been happening I have been having some problems with Blood sugar spikes due to anxiety/stress but generally have been okish, 6-7 between meals and 7-9 after meals with a few slight blips... Anyhow...

yep mine started doing that last year, stress causing blood sugar spikes and the sleep thing , in the end the doctor put me off work at xmas and I left on medical grounds a few weeks back... Went on a few stress and management courses and it pretty much boiled down to the this... 1) The job...

Cruga Biltong from tesco(or Amazon) , about 3g of carbs per 100g and as the pack is only 40g, hardly any

Much the same as others here.... A slice of ham , slice of cheese wrapped in lettuce leaf......... Fish Sticks Fage Total full fat greek yogurt or tescos own (tescos comes in a nice little four pack) :) Jerky

I had to give up work due to "fatigue" ....not tiredness.... see here http://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/fatigue/basics/causes/sym-20050894 from high BS spikes due to stress/ anxiety , luckily my doctor knew his stuff, stiif cant fix it as yet but its a known problem with T1/2

Hi, I have the same problems , High BS , but it did not seem to be linked to anything , in the end it turned out to be stress causing BS spikes..........