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Ok, so I knew that my blood sugars where up earlier in the week so I have corrected my diet but tonight I’m confused. I had a small evening meal at 7 about 15g of carbs. Before eating blood sugar was at a nice 5.6 and an hour later I tested and it was at 7.7 which I though was high for what I...

Thanks guys, I started off the journey well but slipped a bit. Back to testing before and after every meal. Before meals seems to be around 5 but again after tea it peaked at 7.7 and remains there after the 2 hours. For tea was a small piece of steak with a small salad. The jump wasn’t as big as...

Hi all, I’ve been keeping my blood sugar under control and settled into a routine with food and all seemed to be going well until yesterday. Monday we do a spagbol with wholewheat pasta and my sugars rise a bit but drop to 7 after 2 hours. Today though it was up to 13 2 hours after and just got...

Again, thanks all for your comments and advice, having a support group like this is invaluable and has helped so much

Hi, I am still on the one tablet (500mg) as I’m scared to increase the dose. I spend a lot of time infront of prospects presenting so can’t afford to dash off or be stuck in the car. Diet wise I’m on a low carb diet and loosing weight. My readings are alit better now, 2hrs after I eat I was...

Hello again, I wanted this on a separate post as this I hope is down to metformin. I’ve been on metformin 2 weeks now, 1 tablet twice a day and everything has been going great until Friday. I was out with friends and let’s just say what I thought was wind wasn’t, luckily I noticed and went to...

Thanks for the info, the pain is just unbearable, I can’t move my arm without severe pain and just touching the area between my arm and shoulder it’s like being stabbed. I havnt done anything to damage it apart from a blood pressure reading.

Hi, been a busy day today. I was put on statins at the same time as metformin because by chloresterol was slightly high and was told it was to protect my heart. I have stopped them and have made an appointment with my gp

Hi, I’m getting on with my diabetes a lot better now using both a LC diet and metformin. I was given statins to take but I held off until I knew I could tolerate metformin. I’ve taken the statins for about 4 days now and my left arm is in so much pain, I can’t really move it and certain parts...

Hi all, So I’ve been on the low carb diet for almost 2 weeks and have lost over half a stone which is great. With the metmorfin 1 tablet morning and evening to start with my blood sugar levels have dramatically come down and actually had a 5.1 before bed last night. Now the tricky bit, I have...

I asked the diabetic nurse when I was diagnosed last week and she gave me a new one from the cupboard and had the lancets and strips out on prescription. To be fair she thought it was a good idea to test myself and said it will definitely help so some practices are different. Shame not...

Hi Evie I’m in the same boat as you and received my diagnosis Tuesday after being pre diabetic for 2 years but chose to ignore it. My reading was 89 and like you have weight to lose. Get yourself a blood sugar meter it is so useful and it really doesn’t hurt and I have a needle phobia. I have...

Ok that is for information, you lot are more useful than my doctor, maybe I suggest my dr and diabetes nurse join the forum as they would learn some stuff. I fasted about 12hrs before my bloods where taken. So if I am understanding what I’ve read and what I now know my cholesterol is a cause...

I have spoken to my doctors and got the full print out of latest results, Calculated LDL cholesterol 3.8mmol/L Serum cholesterol 5.3mmol/L Serum triglycerides 1.2mmol/L Serum HDL cholesterol 1mmol/L Se non HDL cholesterol 4.3mmol/L There are obviously other results but these appear to be the...

I didn’t even see the Dr just the diabetic nurse, the prescription had already been written for me. She explained that my cholesterol was high and it’s normal to take a statin with diabetes medication. I asked what it is supposed to do and was told that it reduces my risk of CVD and stroke and...

Hi, So I have started my journey using the low carb diet and with regular testing my blood sugars have dramatically changed, from being 13+ after eating to 8-9 and just recorded my lowest reading of 6 so diet is really important. I have started my medication today and trying to follow the...

Hi, I have selected the other type 2 option, has that fixed my profile glitch? Thanks again everyone for the support and advice, this place is such a valuable resource, I just hope I won’t annoy people asking to much

Hi, I am type 2 and NOT on insulin but have been prescribed medication metformin and a statin. The problem with eyes is of great concern to me, about 15 years ago I suffered with a detached retina due to fluid leaking through the back of my eye. I was told there was nothing they could do but...

Can you provide a little more advice please on how to change my diet to bring it down slowly. Do I slowly reduce my carbs over time, is there any suggested reduction over time. I want to control my diabetes but don’t want to cause more issues

Hi, I have posted on the other forums for a few days but thought it would be a good idea to post on here and introduce myself. I have pre-diabetic for the last couple of years and pretty much buried my head in the sand once I found out and for some stupid reason thought it would just go away...