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I'm sure someone on here is going to say clear off and stop asking fool questions: but I have another. i don't understand spikes. If you eat food you get a spike as the sugar hits your bloodstream. So is the idea to keep the spike as small as possible? you can't eliminate it can you ? It seems...

Well I wear sandals pretty much year round and in hot weather did used to get nasty blisters. Especially with new sandals. So I wear white socks all the time now and have for many years. Even with a suit if I had one. White socks look sophisticated, cool, smart and so far out front in fashion...

Changing my diet has not been easy because I have very little room for manoeuvre . Now I seem to be scratching around to find things to alter. During a normal week I used to have 6 cups of coffee in cafes with a teaspoon of sugar in each. So that's out. I used to eat bread about 3 or 4 days a...

Bearing in mind that my BG was over 110 in April 2009 and has been slowly rising till it hit 159 in October this year before my GP took any notice or did anything Diabetes must be a slow process. Also my GP gave me Eucreas and said see me again in one year--she must think it slow moving. Or she...

Where does the BG limit of 110 come from ? Was it plucked out of thin air like the 21 units per day alcohol and the 5 a day vegetable figures ? I've been given Eucreas because my figure is 139 instead of 110. Shouldn't I feel ill or something -like bits dropping off- before I take drugs like...

Thank you. Finally found the info ,or some info, on Diabetes UK website under Statistics. Two minutes after my post !!!Doh !! What a surprise !!1 Not good reading really. After 4 years with high BG readings my GP finally noticed and with no further ado,like trying diet changes or...

Sorry if this is a blunt question but what proportion of people with diabetes go blind or have their feet amputated? I don't seem to see swarms of them to be honest. And I'm still trying to get a grip on the differences between Type 1 and type 2. I approve of scare tactics to get people (like...

Thank you so much. Excellent information. Don't get me wrong - I don't have six pints every night and ten on Saturday (I might have done in the distant past) but at Christmas I really enjoy McEwans Champion and a drop or two of Merlot-- in separate glasses. The rest of the year maybe 2 pints a...

If anyone on here is on Eucreas please could you tell me what your experience was like. Any nasty surprises ? And does anyone know what if anything happens if you stop taking them for say a month. Has anyone drunk alcohol while taking them? What happened? Has anyone had liver or Kidney...

This fantastic forum is in fact slightly overwhelming. So much stuff I am having trouble finding my way around. Never mind onwards and upwards. So one or two things I don't yet understand. Why do people test their BG before a meal and two hours after it ? They must know their BG will be...

I am trying to reduce my sugar intake which was not high (IMO) before my GP told me she thinks I have diabetes and put me straight on Eucreas at one (not two) per day and said to see her in a year. I have discovered that it is more normal to try exercise and diet changes first then metaformin...

Thank you very much. I've done so much reading in the 30 hours since the bombshell but accept that potatoes and bread, pasta,rice are to become occasional treats. At least I can still have porrage with crushed walnuts but sadly no honey. I found a food cures website with "good" foods that...

Sorry. What happened to my 8.8 ? Got a little face !!!

Many thanks. I feel a fool for not asking anything. i was stunned to be honest perhaps for the first time ever. I had a glucose reading of 159 (8.8) which is why she did a follow up test. This was 139 (7.7). What is very annoying is she has called for blood tests since 2009 at fairly...

Had a routine blood test--Doctor said she wanted a repeat to confirm blood sugar. Did that and went for result yesterday. With no warning or preliminaries she simply said "you have got diabetes.I will give you tablets. One each morning with breakfast for a year then come and see me" Three...