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I woke up this morning and bs 13.5 so I took my 1st ever glipromide and just taken my bs now and it's 4.5 that's a drastic reduction as I've never ever been in the 4s for 15 yrs should I watch out for anything

Hi I just wandered if a low carb diet can bring on headaches I've had one now since I started , there absolutley banger of ones and I feel generally uugh , just wandered if anyone else has has symptoms

Thankyou , I've noticed mine goes up if I don't eat for a long while

The nurse today was not impressed by my high HBA1C , she actually got me very worried . I know it's v high and I'm doing my best to get it down dies itbtake a while to get I to normal figures while low carbing , also when I start my glico meds tomorrow do u eat more carbs as she tild ke to he...

I have been lchf for a week now and I've eaten nothing carbs today , before tea it was 11.7 and now it's 12 I just don't get why it's not coming down . On metformin amd start glic tomorrow HBA1C 120 a month ago ..

Did you low carb while on the glimipride? Could I ask what happens when you do go into a hypo as uts really stressing me out having to take these

My Diabetic nurse has just phoned about my high HBA1C results which were 120 , she said we need ro get these down as quickly as poss[emoji57], I'm currently on a low carb plan now and hoping my bs will come down over time , has anyone had these and if I'm low carbing are these safe aswell as she...

What does metformin do? Is thst not supposed to help bring them down as I've been on it quite a few months now x

Hi I put a post on the other day to say my HBA1C was 120 , I've been eating low carb for few days and it still asnt cone down on the finger prick , got up this morning and it's 12.5 before any food or drink , amd yesterday through the day it neber got below 10 before food and after 2 hours later...

Thankyou so much for this

Thankyou, I'm that scared of my numbers that I don't really know what to eat now, I haven't had anything g since lunch and just checked my bloods as I have a test at home and it's 8.8 before I've even eaten , would you be able to give me a list of foods thst you eat if you have time of course x

I probably do eat to many carbs so will look at cutting those right down , yes it was the HBA1c

I have just had my blood sugars done at the doctor and it's come back at 120 it's gone up from 98 about a year ago and I'm on metformin I honestly thought it would of gone down on tablets, I've lost a stone and a half amd have had an awful 2 years losing both parents and my dog , I just can't...

Hi I need to get a new meter has anyone any recommendations of which one to get . My old one keeps going off even with new battery in.. its a SD code free I have at the moment . Its about 8 years old Sent from my SM-G973F using Diabetes Forum mobile app

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Hi how long do the metformin take to work is it a couple if weeks to see a difference, I'm on a low carb diet now and numbers still high . Sent from my SM-G973F using Diabetes Forum mobile app

I have been testing my bs all day this mid morning after food 2 hours it was 7.5, cup of coffee with cream went to 8.1 an hour later and I haven't eaten for 4 hours amd it's risen to 9 . I just don't get why . I'm confused as I've had no carbs today and lots of water [emoji52] Sent from my...

I have been testing my bs all day this mid morning after food 2 hours it was 7.5, cup of coffee with cream went to 8.1 an hour later and I haven't eaten for 4 hours amd it's risen to 9 . I just don't get why . I'm confused as I've had no carbs today and lots of water [emoji52] Sent from my...

Thankyou for your reply amd yes I need to start looking after myself , it really has shocked me those numbers , I have a bad hip which has reduced excersise for me too as I worked outside before the pandemic with all my lovely animals at a kennels, unfortunately I'm not able to do that now so...

Mainly 2 eggs on a ryvita with butter, for breakfast coffee with cream .. lunch a ham salad and something similar . For tea maybe omelette or chicken with caulirice . I've cut my bread pasta sweets out this last 2 weeks so nothing . I am under a some stress as mum has terminal cancer and my...