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Welcome @PJH2903 I can add little to the comprehensive advice you have received from the previous contributors. Try not to worry too much, it is not good for blood glucose levels, as a type 2 we get hit if we worry, so try to relax, start making small changes. A little more concentrated exercise...

Cheese, cheese and more cheese for me, with a few 'special' olives thrown in for good measure. Olives stuffed with almonds I've found recently. There are so many different to cheeses choose from - cheddars, blues, ones with added fruit - even added ginger. Then there is salami with cream cheese...

Welcome @Larryr As others have said we are all different so it is really important that you get yourself a monitor and use it before meals and 2 hours after first bite, the difference should be no more than 2. Keep a note of what you have eaten and you soon find the foods that raise your blood...

Cheesy leftovers - you mean that cheese lasts that long?! I keep the local market Cheeseman in business. Suffolk gold, various blues, various cheddars and soft cheeses. A bag full samples of that lasts me about a week. On a recent holiday I was champing at the bit for the late night buffet to...

A brilliant result, keep on doing whatever you are doing because it is working for you. Who knows where you will be in three months time.

Well done, it takes a while to realise that some people who seem to wield power are people just like us and really want someone to help them out who is 'expert' because of personal experience. Your story is inspiring and you have achieved a lot this year. I am sure you have plans for where you...

From time to time we all lose our way if we are honest, the important thing is to recognise it and to do something about it. Finding your meter and starting to use it is a good step, next look at what you are eating and start to decrease the length of time you are spending as a couch potato -...

Hi @frustration I am so pleased for you that you have 'dodged the bullet' this time. Try to remember how you felt ( you won't, but try to anyway) and then you will find that you can apply that understanding when talking to other people about their problems. Aiming to be a paediatrician is a...

Why not check out the online menus of various eateries within your price range so that your boyfriend has some choice. Most pub chains will post menus online so that people can see the sort of variety that they have available. I have recently found a tapas bar a good choice, various small plates...

Well done on your result. Try to keep doing what you are doing to reach a maintenance level. If you need to ease things a little to live with long term then do so cautiously; testing, testing and testing all the time.

Well done for reducing your bg. I strongly suspect the response of the doctor is based on the assumption that such a diet is not sustainable long term. Reducing medication or better still delaying medication is an achievement, don't knock it. But as @sally and james has posted there are all...

A brilliant result. Hang onto that nurse - worth her weight in gold to the NHS.

Brilliant job @Rachox. The advice to diabetics always was to avoid carb heavy foods, at least from the 1950's onwards. When did it change? Please keep chipping away for the sake of all who will come after us. Your analytical skills from nursing are most appropriate to the current battle. It can...

Taking each day as it comes is all we can ever do, eat when you want to eat and don't try to force yourself well - it doesn't work in my experience. Hope you are soon feeling better.

You didn't fall off the wagon badly at all considering the stresses that you were under. Decide on your priority and take one step at a time. I find that if I try to tackle too much at once then I find it too hard, but if I nibble away at one or two until they are secure then tackle the next one...

I am also going on a cruise soon. I notified the cruise company several weeks ago about my diet - low carb (without grain products) high natural fat. Usually the restaurant staff are very good at advising what is possible from the next day's menu and at breakfast there is more than ample choice...

Not all of us are on medication. There are some for whom medication is important to help their body cope with the raised bg. Why were the doctors taking 'everyone' off medication and what alternative were they offering?

Something is causing your raised bg. I was eating 'normally', following the guidelines until I bought a meter and used it before eating and 2 hours after. Then I found it was the carbohydrate section that was causing the problem. I tried eating low fat and low carb but that was so restrictive...

Welcome to the forum @niclourob. Take it easy and breathe. Tea without sugar will not do you harm, although 30 cups a day is a trifle over the top even in a family named Tee! The kettle was never cold except first thing in the morning. If you have just crept over into the diabetic range it can...

Unfortunately you are right, we are on our own to find what works for us for the simple reason that everyone is different, one size does not fit all. We can advise on general principles but not necessarily in the amount of detail that you want. I honestly have no idea how many grams of different...