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Hi all I purchased a Freestyle Libre 2 monitor earlier this week (mainly because a month ago I decided to stop taking my Metformin) and one thing I’m noticing is when I wake up at 7:30-8:00am my blood sugar goes from say 5-6.5 to around 8 or so by 9am - and I’ve eaten nothing. I assume this is...

I was on this forum a year ago - just before an op where they suddenly took a test and decided I was borderline diabetic and needed it under control before they'd go ahead. So I cut back - I mean REALLY cut back on carbs, lost a stone and generally went super healthy. Then the callback after a...

I have a really sweet tooth and although my dieting is relatively recent so I'm quite happy to go without (ish) to keep to my diet, I would really like to know what everyone likes to eat for Dessert or a special treat which is fairly responsible and not likely to massively spike your BS and low...

Most of us at some point start a "hobby" - so whether you like DIY or painting or reading just list it here (ideally with a photo) as it's nice to share something about ourselves with each other :) - it will be fun! If you don't have a photo don't worry - just tell us about it. To kick it off...

One of the girls at work was curious about her BG levels and isn't currently feeling 100% - very tired and was off last week with some kind of cold virus (a lot of bugs going around at the moment). I tested her blood for her and it was so runny that it just bled across her fingers like her hands...

Can you tell when you've eaten something which has spiked your BG levels? If so...can you describe how you feel?

Water - when I drink water I don't find it thirst quenching really - as soon as I drink it it makes the back of my throat feel slightly dusty dry. Anyone else have this experience. I used to find cold milk slightly more thirst quenching or cold tea or coffee. I also find it easier to drink...

I just had the good news that I'm pre-diabetic yesterday - so tonight I agreed with hubby to have a small doner kebab. I didn't have the pitta and ate 3/4 of the meat with half of the veg twigging half way through it had mint sauce on it so didn't finish it :-S The highest reading I've had...

I'm so happy. My HbA1c blood test yesterday came through already and the doctor says it's 44. I thought my last reading was 51 but she tells me it was 50 - but that aside....apparently they take a combination of the 2 results which means I'm just short of being Diabetes Type 2 now. It also means...

Last night I had my lowest reading ever at 10pm of 6.3 a few hours after eating. I was so excited I couldn't wait to see what it was this morning. So after eating nothing else I woke up this morning and took my reading at 7am. It was 7.1 ?? Higher! Then I decided to have half a protein roll...

I've read that many people reuse their lancets and although it seems to me to be a bad idea my lancets didn't turn up last week so I cleaned off my needle today with tcp and used it twice as I only have 1 left. How many people here reuse their lancets out of interest?

I just wondered if some of you have been through this. I'm newly diagnosed with Type 2 and I've been trying to tackle my bad diet and have lost 13lbs these past 2 weeks. On Friday he started talking about 'I'll fetch us a kebab' or how about 'fish and chips'... I felt like slapping him...

Hi all I'm newly diagnosed T2 after a surprise reading of 51. My codefree arrived at lunchtime today so when I got home I got down to reading the instructions and did a test at 10pm just over 2 hours after eating and got 7.7. Ate something at 10:30pm and wondered what it would read and it...