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Thanks again for the replies everyone, didn't know that about satsuma so I'll be staying away from them now as well I guess? So berries are about it then fruit wise? I saw an article saying pears, grapefruit and cherries were good? Anyway back to my crazy meter, I think this thing is trying to...

Thanks so much for your replies, and the advice about testing, hopefully I'll get used to it, phobic about needless but that's life I guess!? Tested again tonight before going to bed, I had a little bit of chocolate and a satsuma, wasn't 2 hours after eating, more like an hour and tested 9.2...

I'm on Metformin 500mg 1 per day, taken after breakfast. Was prescribed 2 per day but I'm sticking with 1 for now as side effects are more manageable with that. Maggie x

Hi everyone, I just started testing my glucose levels with new meter today and I'm slightly confused with results. First one was 9.5 2 hours after eating 2 weetabix with skimmed milk (probably should have expected that). Had 2 scrambled eggs for lunch and reading 2 hours after that was 4 which...

Hi again everyone, Feeling absolutely lost here, had a call from diabetes nurse a couple of days ago to confirm that my cholesterol is high (5.6, should be 4 according to nurse). She was looking to prescribe me statins there and then which I have refused, did a bit of research prior to talking...

Thanks so much for all the advice, definitely sounds like lowering my carbs significantly would make a big difference so I'm really going to have to try, bought a low carb cookbook today so now just have to put it into practice! I called diabetic nurse today to ask about blood glucose meter as a...

Thanks so much for your replies, lots of good advice there. I will have to try and really cut back on the carbs, not sure I could give them up completely but I can certainly try! Lol. A friend whose husband is diabetic advised to look at sugars from carbohydrates on packaging for everything and...

Hi again everyone, Thanks so much for all your replies and advice, sorry for the radio silence, spent the last few days feeling absolutely rubbish, Woke up on Thursday with one of the worst headaches of my life, so bad I had to leave work early and go lie in a darkened room with an eye mask on...

Thanks for your reply, what kind of meter is best if you don't mind, there's so many on Amazon I wouldn't know where to start. Maggie

Hi everyone, Been to see nurse today who has confirmed a diabetes type 2 diagnosis, I'm confused, shocked and furious at myself for letting my weight and eating get so out of control. My hcb1a (think that's right) was 66 and she's told me I need to get it under 50. I've been given metformin to...