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Both brown bread and brown flour cause very large blood sugar spikes for me so I will not eat them. For example one slice of brown bread can raise my blood sugar from 5 just before I eat to around 14 2 hours later. Other people will get a different result but I go on what my meter says about my...

Hi, Im sorry to hear what you have been going through, and can understand how stressful it is when no one seems to be able to tell you exactly what is happening. I have lymphoedema in my arm after having lymph nodes removed so different from your situation. When I was referred to a clinic...

Do they arrange your insurance? Iwould contact them and ask.

Just keep asking….. Also if you have annual travel insurance tell them, and car insurance on renewal.

You pose some interesting questions. I’m sure other members would be interested to see your own answers to the questions you pose, particularly when you are thinking of switching? which insulins are you considering? what questions for your team do you already have? What would you consider...

Hi, welcome to the forum. I’m type 2 and I have been on insulin for a year. It is quite scary at first just thinking about it, but it gets easier in quite a short time. To begin with I expect you will double check everything before each injection. Before too long it becomes automatic. I...

Hi Julie, Things that may be ok for a person without diabetes are not always healthy for a person who already has diabetes. Personally brown or white flour makes no difference to me, both cause an unacceptable rise in my blood sugar. As @lovinglife says you can prove this for yourself by...

Like @lovinglife i use almond flour as it doesn’t raise my blood sugar. I buy it from Amazon but you can usually get it in health food shops as well.

Hi Julie, When you eat grapes do you test your blood sugar before and 2 hours afterwards? What are the two readings if you do.

Zukka in the App Store is the same app as Shuggah and is free to use. It works with the 2+

Yes, it’s right. https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about-us/news-and-views/novo-nordisk-to-withdraw-levemir-what-you-need-to-know

If you want to see how a food affects you you need to test just before you eat it, and then two hours later. If you have some grapes left try it tomorrow.

Before you ate them or two hours after?

And did you test your blood sugar?

Hi, I’m type 2 ans started on inusulin a year ago after my low carb diet stopping working and my blood sugar steadily increasing. I was given very little information at the time, just left to follow the information leaflet in the packet. So I recommend you ask them to show you how and where to...

Hi @TrishMabey Unfortunately many of us have found we get little information on diagnosis. It might be helpful to start by reading this post. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/basic-information-for-newly-diagnosed-diabetics.26870/

Hello @julieclarke , did you see @lovinglife s question? Did you test your blood sugar before and after the grapes? How many did you eat?

I had similar problems, although with much worse results. I joined this forum early 2021 after being diabetic 10 years. I went low carb and fairly quickly got my HbA1C into pre diabetic levels (although never lower), but early 2923 my levels started to go up. I didn’t change my diet or activity...

Do you think you might test some of the things you like to eat?

Some posts about testing different foods have been moved here. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/hi-i%E2%80%99m-julieclarke-i%E2%80%99ve-joined-to-find-out-more-about-t2-diabetes.210409/page-6#post-2782964