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Hi All Just been to the doctor and, as usual, only thought about what he said after I came home. I went for an antibiotic for my chest infection. I also got pneumo jab (totally unexpected) and an appointment for next Thursday for my first set of blood tests since being diagnosed (also totally...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 5.3 for me-getting better :)

Plain chocolate is best- the higher the cocoa content then the lower the carbs and the better for BG levels. I try to buy the 85% cocoa bars which have 5g carbs per bar but I have also bought the 70% which has 8g carbs. As a wee treat I once bought the mint chocolate at 12g per bar-delicious :D...

I see what you are saying Grazer. Never thought of it like that. Maybe I am just being lucky with levels as I am not eating much. Had chicken soup (again) an hour ago and a dose of cough medicine and my BG level is 5.8 (just tested it)

I am going into second week of sore throat and really bad cough. DSN advised that cough bottles are OK to take as, even though they have sugar content, they are taken in small doses. I personally find chocolate to be very soothing on the throat and, as I can't eat much else (end up in a...

Hi Sue and welcome to the forum. You have been given the standard advice given to all newbies on diagnosis. I was told the exact same things. After reading this forum I bought my own meter-bayer contour- and tested before and 2 hours after eating. I now know the foods that I can and cannot...

Hi tealeaves You are going through a horrible time at the moment and I agree with the others-you need the love and support of your family, I am sure, if you give them the chance, they will be there for you. The support and advice on this forum has been tremendous for me but nothing beats the...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 8.4 this morning Must be this throat infection causing it to increase (or maybe it's the packet of maltesers I had during the night when I couldn't sleep :oops: :lol: )

Thank you both so much. Your replies have been really helpful and will hopefully settle her mind a bit.

Well done rippers :clap: Great result

Hi all I am asking this on behalf of a friend. Her husband is type 2 and insulin dependant. He suffered a hypo the other night and his BG reading was 2.something and, after having lucozade, it reduced again to 1.8. She was worried about it going lower and him going into a diabetic coma and...

Oh Grazer I know how you feel. I had a caramel bar this morning for my breakfast. It's soft and smooth and soothing on my sore throat-that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. For the past few days I have been surviving on chicken soup

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Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 5.4 yesterday and 5.7 today. Finally managed to get it under 6 althought it's probably due to sore throat and not being able to eat much. I had expected it to rise due to infection. :o

Lost 6lbs this week. :D Have had a sore throat and been surviving on soup and ice cream. Eating anything else causes a fit of coughing! (the odd bit of chocolate is soothing too :oops: )

I had my flu jab this year for the first time as only recently diagnosed. No ill effects whatsoever. Didn't even have a sore arm. :) No one has mentioned pneumo jab to me so I don't know if I'm supposed to get that too. I only seen it mentioned in this forum.

Sorry Rippers, I didn't realise you have just joined :oops: Welcome to the forum. Everyone here is very helpful and always has loads of good advice. I'm sure you will get an answer from an experienced person very soon.

Would be interested in any replies to this too. I'm also low carbing and had high cholesterol on being diagnosed with diabetes. Haven't had a follow up blood test yet but self testing has showed my BG levels to have gone down quite a bit.

Thanks Viv Your comments are very re-assuring. I was that hung up on carbs I forgot about calories then panicked when I did count them up. Think I will just continue as I was doing-counting carbs :) Thanks to everyone for all your comments and opinions. (It's obviously a topic that has alot...

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