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I was diagnosed yesterday. HbA1c - 126 (from a sample from around 1 week ago) Yesterday, whilst discussing it with my wife, we took my blood glucose reading, it was 26 Today after a healthy day + taking my first metformin tablet my morning reading was 22.6 and my afternoon was 16.9. I'm...

When you say pretty bad... I'm sorry to ask the question but I'm feeling a little terrified ... but if I hadn't caught this I'm assuming the results would've been devastating for me? I am going to start taking my medication after a meal this evening. How quickly do you think it will take for...

Thank you for this. It's so very much appreciated. I'm a vegetarian and regularly eat potatoes, bread, pasta, plant-based equivalents (e.g. Cumberland Sausages, quorn etc). I have a sweet tooth (unsurprisingly). I am very confused by the readings: - My report from the doc showed HbA1c IFF...

Those were the words I needed to hear. Thank you so much. My wife is already on a low/no sugar and no carbs diet so we're going to do this together! Your change over the 3 months is astonishing and gives m enormous hope. I'm feeling so overwhelmed, especially as I'm a vegetarian, so I'm...

Hello I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes today. My HbA1c was 126 mmol/mol. I know that is very high but I could do with some help to understand just how high and how likely it is with good exercise and diet and medicated that I can get it down to a safer level. I've just told my family and...