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Hi Dave, Long term the odd night out isn't going to cause too many problems as long as your wife is generally well controlled then the odd spike isn't such a bad thing, even diabetics need to let off steam (as long as it isnt a regular thing :) ). As far as hypos go everyone can have a hypo...

I'm pleased you managed to convince him, i hope all goes well at his appointment :)

well done, and i have to say it's nice to HCP's prescribing strips to those who are pro active enough to regularly monitor thier levels. I was actually looking forward to my follow up appointment now i have been behaving myself for just over a month as my levels are the best they have ever been...

hmmm not had pancakes for years and now my mouth is watering........hmm 24 hour supermarket is tempting me :)

I found this on the bl;ackberry website, there isnt a huge amount of detail on it but might be worth a look HTH appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/5530

tbh his levels a high and whilst he may not feel any effects atm it really is not a good idea to ignore it, i made that mistake for over a year and and there are consequences if he continues to ignore it. I was diagnosed just over 3 years ago at age 36 and for the first six months i behaved...

if you have an iphone there's ahandy app called glucose buddy, I put al myy meds and bg readings in there and it sync with their site gives you logs, graphs etc will be very handy at my next appointment with my DN

Your not the only one this place has been a godsend, i've leant more about diabetes and control in 3 weeks than I did the previous three years, although I still need to behave myself more.

hi, your fasting levels are fine, as others have already said the only way to be sure of diagnosis is too see your doctor. However depending on the type of food (high carbs generally) and it's fat content you may find that your levels may well be higher at hour 3. The amount of fat present in a...

your not the only one :) had a bad few weeks at work and today i succumbed to not only a few cigarettes but also a lindor truffle egg.......and a raisen and biscuit yorkie. Bad new is i spiked at 6.9 so will have to avoid temptation when part of me says well it didn't spike my levels :) Kinda...

i certainly have downers from time to time i wouldnt go as far as depressed (my wife has suffered that most of her adult life), but yes i do get very moody and argumentative more often since diagnosis, and up until a couple of weeks ago I have larely ignored it as much as i could, my tablet...

generally it's a choice of either robinsons no added sugar fruit and barley or no added sugar ribena, and for a treat i get a case of diet root beer Yummy Tried most of the for barq's tastes by far the nicest and not very diety at all :) Dont mind diet red bull but it doesnt keep me awake which...

i would say thats fine my doctor is ok with food as long as it isnt past midnight so a couple of oatcakes should be fine :) they're really nice with a piece of cambazola (kinda like a mild stilton but soft abd creamy yumm) seems to keep my levels within 0.5 of the bedtime reading

the flax foccacia recipie can be found here http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breads/r/flaxbasicfoc.htm

Sadly bread will definately raise your level it does with me and tbh it's the hardest thing to go without for me, same goes for cereal, had a really small bowl and my levels spike to 14 :O. There is a recipie floating about for a flax meal foccacia, I did make one and it was perfectly edible...

stick with the low carbs clair i have only been doing it for just over a week and already it has made huge changes to my glucose levels, from and avage 0f 11+ and days where i have been able to keep it below 7 all day which is unheard of for me. I though just for intrerst i'd try some cerial...

Hi Yvette, at 11.3 your HbA1c like eiche says is very high, my last test results came last week at 9.1 and ended up with a telling off from my DN and i'm now on 100mg of sitagliptin as well as 2000mg of metformin, which initially made no difference to my levels as of friday I was still...

After doing some reading i've found that if I eat something with a few carbs and I mean 3-4 max about an hour before i go to bed i dont have the spike in levels I used to have on waking. A cheese flavor oatcake with a piece of cheddar and i dont seem to have the spike in levels I used to have...

Tiredness is quite common when starting to take metformin, some people compare it to a mild case of flu, not sure about the muscle ache as I never experienced that symptom mine related primarily with tiredness, nausea and dirrhea, the tiredness passed in a week the dirrhea never really went...

I was diagnosed 3 years ago with type 2 diabetes (looking back i'm guessing I went undiagnosed for a couple of years at least) I was initially put on 1500mg of metformin a day and told to cut out sugar and eat healthily which according to the list of food that they gave me i did (initially...