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Hi everyone! Well had much more success tonight! ( although the actual reading was a little disappointing - 7.6 two hours after dinner) I :- 1) used my little finger 2) whirled my arms round and round 3) washed in hot water 4) squeezed just a little, gently, and quite far down the finger away...

I'm very newly diagnosed (Jan 11th 2013) so I'm probably still on a bit of a roller coaster at the minute. On the positive side, I started low carbing straight away and within 24 hours started to feel so well and energetic,and I have lost about 5kg in weight so far. I was mostly upset because...

Mine goes from 1 to 7 and at the moment I've got it on 5, every time I've put it up a notch it hurts a bit more lol. But then I am a total baby when it comes to needles - I will just have to man up a bit more! I've got some different lancets coming in the post that I bought on eBay - have...

I'm really struggling to get enough of a drop of blood from fingertip. I wash my hands in hot water beforehand, I did try squeezing hard but then told this was a bad thing, I'm using the sides of my fingers, having to prick about six or seven times each time before I've got any blood, and...

Many thanks for everyone's replies! I've read about the dawn phenomenon and while it sounds very convincing, I'm not sure it's entirely down to that because I tested later in the day, mid afternoon (not had any lunch that day) and it was 9.9! HOWEVER, after an indian meal (carefully chosen -...

Hi everyone! I am a newly diagnosed type 2 - had a HBA1C done routinely before Christmas because I have polycystic ovaries and when I rang up for the results on Jan 11, was told that I needed to come and see the doctor because it was 64 which is 8% in old money. Was really upset, then found...