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5.6 this am...up a little earlier (maybe I got there before my liver did).:)

Pain in the backside. Other people's noise drives me up the wall when it is just inconsiderate...always has (and I drive my wife bonkers with it). Police Scotland...aye...I have a rough idea what they will do about it - forget to call you back, misplace the complaint, or (at best) let you know...

8.6 yesterday morning ! No idea why...readings generally a bit higher this week..hmmmm. I didn't actually spend Valentine's Day with my diabetes consultant as it happens; snowed in ! Why did my parents not conceive me in Provence ? Probably because they seldom got out of the Gorbals.

7.2 yesterday am....hmmpphh !

It's probably liver dump...it can kindly dump glucose to get us ready for the day ahead...I so wish it wouldn't bother its a£se.

You in Falkirk, James..or just lovin' the Kelpies ?

Ouch ! I thought my Z1100 was huge back in the day...2300cc...I feel reduced !

Well done @Hansenguy62. Taking back control is empowering. ;)

Good luck @Jb1965. I'm sure you will get your HbA1c level right down if you stick to a diet which you can see is working with help of a meter. By the way...that is some size of engine in that bike !

Personally, I take up to 3 hours to digest to the extent that a reading is worth considering. We are not all the same, as you will know..and the 2 hour thing is not carved in stone. For me, depending on what I eat, a nice low reading at only 2 hours post meal would be misleading...so i test 2.5...

Below 6 is fine. The recommendation for Type 2s is to aim for a jump of 2mmols or less two hours after eating...and trying to keep that top figure post meal at under 8.5mmols. So, basically, 6 is a bit high if your pre-meal two hours earlier was under 4...but not by much and I think it's safe to...

10mg still makes control of the blood sugar way less than easy, John. I think I started on either 40 or 80mg and that was being slowly reduced in the first year post transplant. I believe the intention was to keep me on around 20mg for life (or the life of the kidney) but I was getting spikes...

I know that transplant patients (at least here in Scotland) are warned before taking the steroids the doctors are prescribing that there is a risk of developing Type 2 as the blood sugar will spike and, loosely speaking, the pancreas will be challenged the longer one is on steroids. Those on a...

I regularly see one of 4 renal specialists and a diabetes consultant and all refer to my diabetes as Steroid Induced Type 2 Diabetes having initially diagnosed it as New Onset Diabetes a couple of months on treatment with Prednisolone (which I had been warned about pre-transplant). None of them...

6.5 this am.

Honestly, I would advise you to get a handle on the stress as it is big factor in increasing blood sugar a swell as being just a negative force in you physically, emotionally and mentally. Testing all the time is entirely unnecessary as well as impractical. If you record what you eat along with...

Hi Terry. I see @Rachox has tagged daisy1...she will be along with some very good stuff for you to consider. I am sure you will gain from joining the site/community; I certainly have. low carb dieting has been the way for me...no meds just diet. I would advise you think about recording what you...

This is absolutely not the case for a large number of Type 2 diabetics...and for many who can it is a constant struggle. I have no doubt, personally that Type 1 is a more serious condition but it really gets to me that there is a tendency by some to minimise the issues Type 2s deal with like it...

I don't think it's naive...nor do I think it is said with any intent other than to inform and help...but it is a little too simplistic is all. In my own case, I was diagnosed with Steroid Induced Diabetes (Type 2) after a couple of months of steroids as part of my anti-rejection treatment post...

Not really...