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Also, for many people breakfast is the trickiest meal of the day to handle carbs - you might be better, blood sugar wise, eating fewer at breakfast and having some for dinner (if you feel the need). I can handle way more carbs at lunch and dinner than at breakfast (although I eat pretty low carb...

I'm glad it's not just me! I like Metformin too. I'm more anxious that my doctor might suggest that I stop it, as some people's doctors seem to have done. I would fight my case very hard if he tried to do that though. I'm a bit obsessive about blood sugars and can't imagine NOT taking a drug...

Well,you could always do both. Or do pre meal some days and post meal other days. In a way, they're telling you different things. So it depends what you're wanting to know. Testing pre meals will show your blood levels at their very best, and give you an idea of how well your control is going...

You don't have to have fruit in it. It's nice, but really fruit is just extra sugar we don't need. For me (personal taste) I do like to sweeten the yoghurt a bit (I use a teaspoon of da Vinci white chocolate sugar free syrup but if money is an issue that might not be ideal because its quite...

Seriously, you must Andy , they're the best! :) Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed Jan 2013, ultra low carber, Hba1C at diagnosis 8% (64), average BS now between 5 and 6 mmol.

Re: How important is excersice for me , walk or treadmill i Visitor, I'm concerned about you. Are you ok? You're very up and down and I'm worried you're making decisions in the depth of your distress. Losing weight is important, and good, but it won't cure diabetes on its own. And high blood...

Very strange! Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed Jan 2013, ultra low carber, Hba1C at diagnosis 8% (64), average BS now between 5 and 6 mmol.

I must admit, I've never really looked at the cost of yogurt. Blueberries you can get for £1 a punnet in ASDA. Also, if you have any markets near you, you can get fruit much cheaper there. I buy yoghurt in a big tub, by the way, it's 1kg, and so does me ten breakfasts (I don't have it every...

I'm probably not there half the time yet, maybe a third. My best chance is before lunch. Before breakfast is never under 5 (actually, I rarely do it any more), pre lunch is probably about half the time, and pre-dinner once in a while. I'm reasonably ok with anything under 6, if its over 6 I will...

Woo hoo! That's pretty good :). I'm sure I will, ummm, come to like it, in time ;) Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed Jan 2013, ultra low carber, Hba1C at diagnosis 8% (64), average BS now between 5 and 6 mmol.

I've just bought a bar of Lindt 90% chocolate and realized it doesn't have any nutritional information on it. Does anyone know what the carbs are per 100g (I'm having one square, which I think will be 10g) Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed Jan 2013, ultra low carber, Hba1C at diagnosis 8% (64)...

5-7 is "normal" range for diabetics. Everything is geared towards avoiding hypos in insulin using type 1 diabetics and for a type 1 to be under 5 might mean they are heading for a hypo and be of concern. Non diabetics don't usually have a reason to take their blood sugar, but in fact if it is...

I was put on an ACE inhibitor for my heart failure - started on perindopril but when they came to increase the dose I was terrible with it - vomitingm dizzy, couldn't walk straight. So they changed it to a tiny dose of Ramipril (1.25mg) which I've been on for about three years and have never...

Christine, I know you're wanting advice, but it just isn't possible to give you medical advice, even those of us who are healthcare professionals don't have access to your blood test results, and haven't examined you. I totally agree with WhtibyJet that you should either return to A&E or get an...

Definitely agree not to use the little sachets of oats. They've been processed to death, they often have added sugar, they offer absolutely no benefit over whole oats whatsoever. They sell themselves as being quick to cook in the microwave at 2 minutes. Well, guess what, I put my whole rolled...

That's what I do (although I'm not on insulin so don't need to worry about hypos). I have a Freestyle Optium and a Codefree. The Codefree always reads 1mmol above the Freestyle. I just deduct 1mmol from the reading when I'm making a note. Funnily enough, I have never decided to ADD 1mmol to the...

Yes, don't be disappointed. I had the highest reading I've ever had (9.9) when I was fasting and had gone for a long walk. This was a few days after I was diagnosed - it wouldn't happen now. Now if i was fasting (doesn't happen often lol) I'd be more like 4.5. Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed...

I sold some test strips a while ago because I had bought the wrong brand off eBay and they didn't fit my meter. Only charged £5 for the 50, though, because technically I'd opened the box to see if they were the right brand. So somebody got quite a good bargain, hopefully. Type 2 on Metformin...

Yes, it will be two months on 18 march (feels MUCH longer lol). Weight loss is not as fast as it was at first (losing probably a kilo a week now) but that's ok. I suppose. I don't get as much exercise as I'd like because I have a very sedentary job. Got my hba1c test coming up on Monday so lets...

I may be wrong, but I think that Gary is *not* a diagnosed diabetic and is not on any treatment (eg gliclazide, insulin). Therefore I'd be fairly sure that the Dvla rules wouldn't apply - they are for diabetics. Generally you would have no reason to know what your blood sugar was if you were not...