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You may have been insulin resistant and growing high insulin content for a while, but your body was coping still to keep blood sugars OK until recently then pushed over the edge with lockdown. And intermittent but high spikes don't average out in terms of damage to the body. You want to protect...

All fun and games at first. Then you start having to drill new holes in your favourite belt, and get someone to take in your trousers, to stop them falling down. Then you buy a new belt and new trousers after a while since its gotten ridiculous. Then 4 months later you have to start drilling...

" mobile phlebotomist" ... I never knew such services existed, but that might help out a bit, yes.... Although that word phlebotomist; for some reason I seem to mentally associate it with trepanning. It might take some time to work to courage up to see one with that association in my head!

They do two versions, sugar free and one with sugar. The sugar free ones are fine. I have them occasionally to give my brain the illusion of a desert after a meal and don't want greek yogurt. Raspberry flavour and add a few real berries.

I got interested in doing an insulin test after reading this thread https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/type-2-progression-to-insulin.183218/ It seems to me that it'd be useful to take a baseline reading now and then repeat every 2- 4 years to see if my insulin behaviour starts to change...

Going to buy 3 months of meters and repeat this test, although I might have some unavoidable gaps in the period as I might not be able to wear the libre for visiting some work sites.

The Libre app and Libreview online tool can give estimates of Hba1c/GMI values in mmol/mol and % which is what I was quoting - not the blood sugar readings which I appreciate are different units.

The target is being set at a level that still has elevated mortality and nerve damage... Agree with this, except that FBG might have a bit wider range of natural variation. <6.5% would be better referred to as "managed" than remission. Edit: Although hopefully this starts to move clinical...

5 guys do the lettuce burger thing, Friend ordered one for delivery to my house as a joke low carb meal, with the only thing on the burger other than cheese being more lettuce.

I believe the Libre will tend to under-estimate more than over, due to its origin as a type 1 safety device that would be the safer way to interpret any ambiguity. And this means it will tend to give a reading lower than true for estimated Hba1c values. Abbott suggests the online Libreview GMI...

Sorry should have made that clear it was only 28 days of data - 2 sensors worth, so not completely and absolutely comparable. There was a bit of a gap between sensor 1 and 2 also. However my diet is very regular at present (not surprising given global circumstances) and I doubt there would be...

I promised to share my Hba1C test results from lab versus personal tests using Libre 2, both the app estimate of Hba1C which is low, and the Libreview "GMI" correlation. Numbers given in bold are actual values, plain text are my conversions between units. AC1now ______________ 31_____5.0%...

The air puff test - if you want a crude analogy its a bit like a doing a random finger strip blood test - it may pick up warning signs of a problem but won't give the detail. The equivalent checks at the hospital are more involved but more accurate. For example a true pressure reading requires...

The glaucoma testing frequency is more variable - annual checks for glaucoma are only viable if patients are compliant with their medication regime and this is notoriously bad for eye drops for elderly patients, who don't see immediate consequences for non-compliance. So they'd need to read the...

The target numbers you quote seem to be the right ones as per guidance given by others. I suggest don't trust the libre too much out the packet... It is intended foremost for Type 1 diabetics, and so it will tend I think to under-read as opposed to over-read as that is the preferred way to have...

I did one last week. It was easy enough to do, but I don't trust the answer it gave as I couldn't 100% fill the blood sampler tool with blood, it just wouldn't fill past about 90% full. Its a bit of a vampire, wants a lot more blood than a standard blood test. I get my official HbA1c test...

Many NHS divisions are now offering this type of diet programme under different names, but in my local area at least they restrict access to higher BMI individuals, and they want to see proof you can lose weight without it to show you are worth the effort. I planned to go on this and had...

I try to avoid being overly cynical about the NHS, but that did make me grimly amused. How awful yet appropriate.

I think I'd personally be calling the NHS service on 111 at those numbers to be safe.

Apple cider vinegar is believed to have some similar affects to alcohol in slowing sugar digestion and hence flattening spikes. However there is a need to drink enough liquid to ensure a tablet is swallowed, as it can cause throat burns. Similarly if using the liquid, it must be diluted enough...