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I would say I'm not making a big effort to be very low carbs. I am making an effort to be very low in simple carbs. I wouldn't touch sugary drinks with a barge pole, white bread I have hugely rarely and with thought. Personally I don't feel an atkins style diet is healthy long term, this is...

Ah you guys are so helpful :-) I came in here to ask a similar question :-) I already have to make sure I have something to eat before I do my morning body pump class as I was getting what I thought was low blood sugar. Anyway now I've had it a couple of times in the day, hard to concentrate...

Jode are your legs swolen?

I'm putting LOADS on my breakfast! Perhaps it helps, it frantic hurt, and I live the taste :-) really interested in this advice tho and it makes me smile

Tealeaves, like you I was a dreadful breakfast skipper my whole life, remebering to EAT is the only thing I sometimes struggle with too. I think I might try shredded wheat I like them even tho I know its wrong to like the birds nest crunchiness :-D A friend who has diabetes told me before I...

I had a wrist strain, I have a bone in my right wrist which died through a rare condition a few years back, and I started to get scared I had the same problem in my left wrist. So they x rayed, and also did general blood tests to look out for any other cause like arthritis. They accidentally...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 7.6, bit disappointed because it was 5.6 last night. I seem to be about 7ish generally before I have my morning and evening metformin, my original diagnosis fasting readings were around there. I often don't eat until at least 10, it...

It's funny, all the old biddie remedies are based in solid logic aren't they, a little stroll after a big dinner, a little glass of wine on a night, they had it all sussed didn't they. Speaking of body pump I better get some kip

Thanks guys, this is so so helpful its all good stuff :-) LGC you are so right, I generally eat 3 times a day only, I don't snack. If I'm left to myself I will in fact forget or neglect to eat, I've been known to get through to 4pm on an empty tummy.... This is definately my battle, I came at...

Aw tealeaves, just want to give you a big hug. Hope you get the help you need to formulate a daily diet you can deal with and which makes your health a bit better. Hard with the family, I can't help thinking tho that you have enough problems without worrying about how they will worry about...

Mmm blueberrys are my favorite :-) I tried the cinamon trick too, had a yummy breakfast the other day of Greek yogurt, honey, Orange and cinamom it was really lovely. Just bravely tried toast to see if I can tolerate wholmeal bread. I went from 5.8 to 6.9, so that's really helpful info, tells...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 5.8 :-) I'm all about the 5's in the last 24 hours. Looks like a glass of wine and a double sailor jerrys with diet coke + dancing to punk mariatchi bands is the work if a winner. Gooooo fun!

Thanks guys for your support :-) I strongly suspect as it was my first use of the meter on my own I didn't do a good job and may have contaminated it a bit. I actually really had to squish the blood out it wasn't very skillful..... Anyways I managed to get a repeat prescription for the strips...

I'm only newly diagnosed a month or so, and I too have 2 friends who just hammer it, one is legally blind and one severely disabled in legs and feet. They both do stuff which just isn't worth it. We all like to be a bit of a t*t sometimes, heck I'm 37 and I still do a LOT. But its not worth it...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn I've only been diagnosed about a month, so I'm still getting the hang of the meter, so this is the first fasting one I ha e taken. I was on 7.2 this morning, last night was a rare naughty takeaway night, so tho I did have a veggie and...

Thanks guys, I feel much much clearer about understanding the machine and what to do. I feel a bit of a div about the banana, I only ate the flipping thing cos of the general NHS advice for type 2's. I should know better then that they're hopeless on dietary advice! Never mind I only really...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Yes, perhaps that's what happened. Either way I didn't know that could happen, so I really need to think about that. I didn't intend for it to be so long, time just got away from me, that's why I was expecting the reading to be low. Perhaps I need to have a mid afternoon small...

Thanks Tracy, exercise is a great idea :-) I do have a stepper machine and a trampoline, I'll definately try a little shot on there if that happens again. I didn't think of that, but it seems obvious now you say it! The only thing I can think I could have done wrong was eat some banana on...

Excuse me if I'm replicating something elsewhere, I couldn't see that I was. I got a test machine so if I feel dodgy I can see if I'm too high or too low, and thus learn to get the hang of reading my own body. So I feel mildly iffy on the way home yesterday, do a test, and find it says 9.2. I...

Thanks for your advice :-) The meeting with the nurse was good, she was helpful, and a got one of these DESMOND courses to book which my boyfriend will be really happy with because he does the cooking and he wants to be totally up on of there's any way he can help further. I got a meter...