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I'm also newly diagnosed (about a month back) and also had a pretty high hb1ac of 106 at that point. I've not had much support from the NHS yet especially as the systems were down when I had an appointment with the diabetes nurse so she didn't have my results to hand. Instead all I got in the...

I just followed the instructions from the app which said the sensor would be available for readings after an hour. I'll maybe ignore it for the rest of today and see how the readings are in the morning.

Indeed - not disputing any of that, just that the very high initial hb1ac reading of 106 was potentially a bit of an anomaly.

I've just fitted the Libre2 that I got as part of their free trial and while the first time I checked (1 hour after fitting) the results of 7.2 was around what I was expecting (my early morning finger prick test having been at 7.5) the readings since then have been dropping progressively e,g...

Sorry - perhaps wasn't clear enough. I'm not disputing that whether I had diabetes or not - just that the very high hb1ac might have been influenced by those issues over the previous few months (or more that the lack of sleep was influencing my diet, which was then influencing blood sugar). One...

Sounds like you're in a similar situation to myself - I went to see the doc primarily because I wasn't sleeping well (which I think might be due to some pain from the onset of arthritis in one of my hips) but after blood tests they're kind of ignoring that now and instead picked up on my hb1ac...

A 7.0 first thing in the morning would be pretty good for me - so far I've only had 2 readings that were lower than that (and not by much - a 6.8 and a 6.9), so I expect it's as much where you're starting from as anything else (and starting from stuff in the range of 14-20 means that getting...

I'm still holding off taking the statins I was prescribed at the same time as metformin (a month ago) as I don't want to complicate things - especially given one of the more common listed side effects was potentially raising blood sugar. I'm not completely ruling out taking them - but want to...

7.5 this morning

When I was first diagnosed a month back my levels were ranging from 12 to 19 in the morning, and peaking up to as much as 25.5 at times during the day. Since switching to low-carb 3 weeks ago (targeting 50 to 100g per day) they've gradually been dropping and in the last week or my morning levels...

I decided to do a little bit more testing to see what my levels were during the day. Just before dinner last night I tested at 5.4, which is the lowest I've seen so far however I hadn't eaten for about 8 hours at that point as I'd been travelling. That also meant I had dinner quite late as well...

I've only just finished the first 50 I got and they lasted me about a month - and that included doing tests on a few other members of my family. I've got another 100 after that and expect they will last me 3 months or so. The only regular test I do is first thing in the morning. I've done some...

I had some mild nausea when I first moved up to the 2 x 500mg Metformin dose but it wasn't really an issue and is a bit better now. I've decided for the moment not to test multiple times during that day as I've already decided the immediate path I want to take with low-carb etc. and I'm still...

My morning blood sugar levels appear to have continued their general downwards trend, with the last few days being 6.9. 6.8 and 7.0 - which is nice, and hopefully will continue in that downward trend as they've some way to go yet. My weight is also continuing to drop and that is me now into the...

6.9 - which is the lowest reading I've had since diagnosis.

Blood sugar of 7.8 for me this morning (which is quite low for me so far!). Yesterdays food: Breakfast: - coffee with cream - tea with cream - Greek yoghurt with blueberries, milled chia seed and mixed seeds Lunch: - Salad with pitted green olives & garlic, flame grilled chicken, milled chia...

I'm also fairly new to this, having had an initial diagnosis with an hb1ac of 108 just over 3 weeks ago. After a week of following the NHS advice on healthy eating (which includes a lot of carb heavy foods) I've now gone low-carb - targeting 50 to 100g of carbs per day. I'm usually around 1400...

I've been eating a lot more eggs - particularly scrambled - since I got my diagnosis. Breakfast this morning was 3 eggs scrambled with some chorizo through it, with a couple of slices of Hi-Lo bread toasted. Greek yoghurt is another thing I've found I'm eating a fair bit - with stuff like...

The beansprouts were a good tip. I had some instead of rice (or cauliflower rice) with a Chinese chicken curry a couple of days back and enjoyed it, then used some of the remainder in an omelette (with cheese and chorizo as well) that I had for my dinner last night. There are also signs(!) that...

As others have indicated, 5ft 9 and 10st 2lbs equates to a BMI of 20.97 which is about half way through the "healthy" BMI range of 18.5 to 25. As so many of us are overweight (or even obese) these days I do find that it can effect the perception of what thin is amongst the general public. For...