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I am very confused. Yesterday I had a routine appointment at the diabetes clinic during which they checked my blood sugar readings for the last month on my gluco nexus meter and the readings were mostly between 7 and 10 with a few above and a few below. However they also checked my HbA1c which...

Although I congratulate you, it is not true that because you have beaten diabetes everybody can. There are many different causes of diabetes Type 2 not just diet. Some are connected with medication - I am permanently on steroids for an eye condition and cannot come off them unless I intend to go...

I have been on insulin since Feb 1as well as metformin and gliclozide. Doing the injections does not bother me at all but itis taking a long time to get the dosage right with the help of my diabetes specialist nurse. I started off on 12units at night. Now take 14units at night and 16 in the...

How do you destroy your stress factor? If you mean remove all the things in your life that cause stress that is not so easy for some of us.

Plinster. Yes the test in January when the number was 70 was HbA1c. That is why the hospital was so concerned because it had gone up so suddenly and stayed up. Surely if it is only to do with diet, or even just general deterioration it would not have gone up so suddenly. At the end of November...

I thank you for all your answers but no-,one has explained to me why my blood sugars would have suddenly risen very high in both January 2015 and January 2016 despite no change in my diet. In mid November 2015 my HbA1c was 46 the lowest it had ever been, and my diabetes nurse was very pleased...

That is helpful. I am permanently on steroids (prednisolone) because of an auto immune eye condition called uveitis. Insulin has been prescribed because at its worst my blood sugars were over 30, and were regularly over 20 for 6 weeks. I am under the diabetic specialist at the local hospital and...

I have been diagnosed now with diabetes type 2 for around 3 years and for the first 2o months manage to control it with diet alone. May 2014 went on to one Metformin per day, but had major deterioration January 2015 and over 4 weeks meds increased to 4 x 500 metformin and 4 x 80 gliclozide per...

I was given a monitor by my local hospital October 2014 but was told by my gP not to use it. January 2015 blood sugars went out of control and over 6 weeks my meds were increased from 1 500mg metformin per day to 4 per day and 4 gliclozide and during this time my GP said I had to test regularly...

I have just come back from my GP and she gave me a number of 81 and said it had been 69 in February but have no idea of what this means, or what the normal level should be. I was diagnosed in November 2012 and have controlled diabetes with diet alone. I have seen the practice nurse quarterly...

Thanks that is helpful Unfortunately I will never be able to go off them, I have them for anb eye condition called uveities and every time the dosage has reduced after discussion with my consultant I have had flare ups and unfortunately each falre up means ny vision is a little worse and also I...

The test that was done was for bllod sugar on that day. What is HbAC1 - I have never heard of it. Gilly

Like many other people I have not as yet found my GP surgery helpful in this regard. I was told by phone last Friday afternoon at 4pm that I was diabetic which did not surprise me as I have a family history of diabetes (grandfatherm uncle and cousin all on my mothers side) I am on long tern...