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The first time was somewhere on Jenny's web-site too, but I'll have to look for some old cites. If you look at Jenny's comment at the foot of this post you will see her criteria are much tougher than the medical establishment. As mine are too. We are old friends from alt.support.diabetes. I'll...

I stopped eating canned soup because I found it often had a greater effect than the label carb count suggested. What is on the menu for your next snack and meal? If those numbers don't improve soon you should be discussing a review of medications and possibly insulin with your doctor.

Chocolate, in moderation, is a good healthy food. I always have 70% or higher available. Usually it is Lindt, but sometimes one of the Aldi brands. Here is a test of self control for you. Take one 10gm square (usually less than 4gm carb) and break it into four smaller squares. Place it on your...

Why will it take some time to start testing? I ask because the best way to answer your question is to ask your meter. I often have two, sometimes more, slices of bread in a day. Just not at the same time and, for me, not before lunchtime.

T This may help you understand: I Ate Nothing! Why Are My BGs high?

I believe more research is needed to investigate the gradual rise of fasting blood glucose levels in the elderly. I am 67 and have no doubt I am correctly diagnosed. However my mother, 89, has gradually risen from 5.8 to over 6 without any other signs of diabetes and quite normal post-prandial...

First, IGT is also known as pre-diabetes. But it is really early diabetes; the diagnostic thresholds are already higher than the point of no return. But I'll answer based on possible progression to diabetes diagnostic levels. 1. If the person ignores it, fairly quickly. If they make appropriate...

I agree that the decision must be personal. I quit lipitor several years ago. I have high LDL but good HDL and trigs. My personal lay opinion as a T2, giving some reasons, is here: Cholesterol, Fats, Carbs, Statins and Exercise

Good link. Thanks.

The fingers and eyes are first to show BG changes. Don't ask me why, but forearm testing can changes can be delayed significantly.

When comparing meters I deliberately lance a little deeper and produce a larger drop. My three most recent meters (Freestyle Lite, Accu-chek Performa Nano, One Touch Verio) all only required a tiny drop.

Next time you make that recipe consider changing the thickener you use and the root veges, if any. Did you have bread or rice with it?

As I mentioned I don't call my way of eating low carb. I call it low spike, because my goals are not measured in carbs, fat and protein but in post-prandial blood glucose levels. Having said that, my personal carb limits, discovered by post-meal testing are: Breakfast: <10gms (often zero)...

This may help you begin: Getting Started. Best wishes.

Let your meter guide you: Test, Review, Adjust You are seeking a way of eating you can happily follow for the rest of your life without feeling deprived. The 600 calorie Newcastle diet is dangerous and unsustainable in my opinion.

Congratulations on your success. Change your doctors.

G'day Susie from another 67 year-old. I was diagnosed at 55. I understand where you are coming from, I also got the low-fat high-whole-grains mantra from my dieticians then. Here is the menu you posted with the items you need to be wary of highlighted: That doesn't mean you have to avoid all...

Returning to the main topic, I am always rather sad when I meet new people on forums blaming themselves for their diagnosis. I get angry about the way this blame game has been carelessly created by well-meaning health authorities. I don't know if the same ads appear in British media as I have...

I was idly browsing through this topic until I saw that. I'm always fascinated by those who are so absolutely sure they are right about the need for carbs and my likelihood of clogged arteries. I eat low-spike, not deliberately low-carb, but that tends to be much lower in carbs than most...

From the numbers you mention, your neuropathy and the comments from the doctor and nurse, It looks like the time has come for you to move past denial and accept you have diabetes. 8.5 would rarely be seen in a non-diabetic. 13.7 is definite. Please read this: Getting Started