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I had a similar start to my diabetic life. Came back to the UK from holiday after 2 weeks of Sun, Sea, Sand and Sugary excess to be told that I have an Occupational Health medical. Nurse did a finger prick test and said that I was 105. 105 what ????? No one told me if that was good or bad...

Didn't know that about Home Health and their delivery agents, thanks for the heads up. I'm currently using the TEE2 monitor for which the strip are as you say, delivered by royal mail (and actually fit through my letter box

If you have a Samsung Galaxy phone there is an app included called S Health. This also lets you record your meals, count calories, monitor Blood Glucose, sleep, drink, stress, types of exercise etc.

Welcome to the friendliest group of Diabetics on the planet. Pull up a chair, bookmark this forum and make yourself at home Your initial high reading at diagnosis was like mine. I had an occupational health medical at work on my first day back after a holiday, the nurse said i was diabetic...

Hi, I live and work in London 3 weeks at a time. For the fourth week I pop back home to Gods own Garden (Malta) and spend a week to 10 days depending on my shift pattern. My doctor is aware of this and has never expressed any serious concern about a three hour flight however he does always...

I also use the TEE2 and had that card from Spirit Health care to give to my doctor. Sadly that failed miserably as my doctor is of the opinion that type 2 diabetics shouldn't worry about home / self testing. There is a vast amount of discussion on these forum about that subject, but that's...

17 hours between meals is probably a good way to start getting used to fasting. As long as you're happy and comfortable with it, keep it up. Good luck with it

Yes very much so, I have a second meter and that read the same. NHS direct said the same as you about a rouge reading ect, but had something sweet, stayed awake for another 2 hours and my BG reading was back at a very respectable 7 something. Spoke to my doctor about it and he couldn't give an...

My BG readings are on a downward trend. My doctor doesn't seem to believe in type 2 diabetics doing home / self testing, he says it is unnecessary as he will send me for blood tests every 6 months etc.....Yawn! Just by reading the posts on here it is painfully obvious that anyone with our...

Have to admit that is a quite a saving, and with diabetics finding themselves to be blessed with self funding this sort of stuff (aren't we lucky) every little helps. I currently use the TEE2 meter which says that "no coding is required" but even if I have to buy the code free meter, at just...

Oh ******, my asbestos underpants are at the cleaners so it looks like I'm going to get burned. Thanks for the discount code, I'll use it on my next order Mod edit to remove swearword

Well done Barbara Dieting and exercise are the way forward. My weight at diagnosis (January 2108) was 128KG. My super skinny (probably Anorexic) doctor looked at me and tutted saying, "You could do with loosing a few pounds/kilos/tons" As much as I hate to admit it he was right. My wife...

Highly, highly, highly recommend the TEE2 system from Spirit Healthcare.Their delivery is superfast and most of their stuff is free to Diabetics. I ordered a BG meter, Lancet pen, the sugar test solution, the computer software and the USB cable. All of which was totally FREE! (so was the...

The program was called "Diabetes fast fix club" or something like that. It was reported on in the Sun newspaper. Here's a link https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6524301/liquid-diet-to-reverse-type-2-diabetes/ The guinea pigs were all people at risk of or actually were in early stages of type...

They probably add sweeteners to make it palatable

As I understand it your body fat releases stored sugar to provide energy for the work (exercise) your body us doing. When you stop exercising and then immediately test your blood sugar you will get an artificially high trading because of this. I would suggest wsiting an hour or two before...

I use a Tee2 meter to "MONITOR" my blood sugar readings,. The key word here is "monitor". Irrespective of whether the readings I get are high, low or indifferent to the real value, the Tee2 still shows a trend so I know if I am generally on a downward trend or going upwards. My doctor will no...

I use the Tee2 system from http://spirit-healthcare.co.uk a good basic meter that lets you keep track of your blood sugar readings. Test strips are very reasonable at £7:50 for 50. The actual meter complete with Lancet pen, 10 lancets and 10 test strips is free to diabetics

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The health app that comes as standard on Samsung phones (S Health) let's you monitor a ton of health related things. To manage my diabetes I use it to monitor my step count, walking, cycling and blood glucose readings