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Thanks to everyone for your replies, and to answer your question andi, I've definitely cut quite a few calories, at least 4 days a week I only eat twice a day, try and fast as long as possible, usually about 15 hours but that includes while I'm sleeping of course...lol. I do have a glucose...

Hi everyone, So had bloods done yesterday and got results from GP surgery tel call today, HBA1C 43, down from 66 at diagnosis on Nov 4 2020, glucose was 5.2 (not really sure what that means, wasn't given that the first time round) and cholesterol is 4.9 down from 5.6 at diagnosis. I'm...

Thanks everyone for the replies and advice, I'll contact my GP surgery tomorrow, they're usually very good at getting the diabetes nurse to call back and hopefully she can see me in person or I can send a photo. I'm certainly going to get it checked, seems like feet problems are nothing to mess...

Hi everyone, I'm a type 2 diabetic, diagnosed in November last year, a couple of days ago I noticed I have a red looking spot on my middle toe of right foot, it's not really painful but obviously with the diabetes I'm a bit concerned. Like mostly everyone I'm not going out so mostly have only...

Hi everyone, Just wanted to check in and say thanks again for the replies and encouragement. Had my lymph node biopsy on Tuesday and it was horrendous but just trying to put it out of my mind and hope the results are ok, was told at least a 2 week wait for them. I've been in a fair amount of...

Thanks so much for your replies and encouragement, and BTW those cheese crisps look amazing! Definitely trying those. I know I have to think positive with this, I've come a long way in a couple of months and just need to get out of this funk. Praying everything will be ok with this biopsy next...

Hi everyone, I'm a type 2 diabetic, diagnosed in Nov 2020, been trying to reduce carbs and lose weight since then and have managed to lose a stone and a half. Was doing quite well over last couple of weeks, even went back to testing blood glucose again which I hadn't been doing for a while due...

Thanks everyone for the advice, this is definitely a learning experience for me but I know testing is going to be crucial despite what my diabetes nurse or dietitian says. Had very low carb dinner tonight of chicken wrapped in prosciutto with huge salad with mozzarella and walnuts, reading at 1...

Hello again, Well my theory has been thrown off a bit now, had ready brek for my first meal today, was a very late breakfast, pre meal level was 5.9, tested again after 1 hour and it was 10.3! Was shocked at the rise so tested again at 2 hours and it was down to 6.9. Now thinking maybe the...

Thanks so much for your replies, that's made it a lot clearer. Did my second test for dinner this evening - spaghetti bolognese (again I know but my curious nature needs to know what's going on when I eat these foods). Pre-meal blood glucose reading was 5.3 and 2 hours after eating it was 6.3...

Hello everyone, I have a question about when I should be testing my blood glucose, all advice on here says 2 hours after eating but I've been watching a youtube video where the guy says you should be testing 1 hour after eating to get correct peak reading, now I'm confused!? Also when looking...

Hi everyone, I've been feeling unwell since yesterday evening, made a cheese omelette for dinner and have had diarrhoea and quite bad stomach pains since about 30 minutes after eating it. Thought it possibly wasn't cooked enough although I'm always careful with things like that. Today I'm not...

Thanks to everyone for your replies, it helps to know that there's support and help when and if I need it. Tested again today after lunch which was (wait for it) bacon sandwich on wholemeal bread, I know not the best but I need to know what carbs are going to spike my blood sugar, 2 hours later...

Thanks again for the replies everyone, didn't know that about satsuma so I'll be staying away from them now as well I guess? So berries are about it then fruit wise? I saw an article saying pears, grapefruit and cherries were good? Anyway back to my crazy meter, I think this thing is trying to...

Thanks so much for your replies, and the advice about testing, hopefully I'll get used to it, phobic about needless but that's life I guess!? Tested again tonight before going to bed, I had a little bit of chocolate and a satsuma, wasn't 2 hours after eating, more like an hour and tested 9.2...

I'm on Metformin 500mg 1 per day, taken after breakfast. Was prescribed 2 per day but I'm sticking with 1 for now as side effects are more manageable with that. Maggie x

Hi everyone, I just started testing my glucose levels with new meter today and I'm slightly confused with results. First one was 9.5 2 hours after eating 2 weetabix with skimmed milk (probably should have expected that). Had 2 scrambled eggs for lunch and reading 2 hours after that was 4 which...

Hi again everyone, Feeling absolutely lost here, had a call from diabetes nurse a couple of days ago to confirm that my cholesterol is high (5.6, should be 4 according to nurse). She was looking to prescribe me statins there and then which I have refused, did a bit of research prior to talking...

Thanks so much for all the advice, definitely sounds like lowering my carbs significantly would make a big difference so I'm really going to have to try, bought a low carb cookbook today so now just have to put it into practice! I called diabetic nurse today to ask about blood glucose meter as a...

Thanks so much for your replies, lots of good advice there. I will have to try and really cut back on the carbs, not sure I could give them up completely but I can certainly try! Lol. A friend whose husband is diabetic advised to look at sugars from carbohydrates on packaging for everything and...