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I’m more than joyful. In fact I’m jumping for joy around the sitting room as I’ve just read my latest Hba1c test results!

Good morning lovely members When I have my hba1c don’t at the GP practice they give me the result in whole numbers eg the last one was 53. I’ve just phoned the hospital as they did an hba1c on Tuesday (after I’ve been on holiday and celebrating my birthday with cake as well as other things not...

Although I’ve had to wait nearly 3 weeks for my result, my hba1c has come back as 53 mmols. (Down one point from last October). I’m ecstatic as this means my back operation an go ahead on 1st July. Of course when I phoned the GP practice to chase my result she said the doctor wants you to go on...

I'm a failure at resisting bad things when I shop. I usually shop online for groceries and I have no problem sticking to low carb food but occasionally have to nip to the shop and it always ends in disaster. Yesterday I had to go and get a couple of items and whilst there I bought a nice beef...

I’ve been invited to join this study by my GP practice. Has anyone else? This is what it says… “Discover Me is a nationwide research study that aims to analyse health and genetic information on thousands of people. The research aims to improve our understanding of many different diseases, and to...

Has anyone used an Accu-chek BG monitor? My friend who is a T1 said she highly recommends them. I use a Gluco Rx at the moment and wondering if I should change although I haven’t checked if there’s a price difference yet

Getting a sainsburys delivery today and they’ve emailed me to say they’ve substituted the Alpro almond milk for Sainsburys almond milk. A quick look on their website to check the ingredients before I accept the substitution and it has maltodextrin in it! So that’ll be rejected. :rolleyes:

Who will join me? I intend to do this for the rest of January- 10 days and hopefully I’ll have broken the habit by then and carry on. I‘m not hungry, I suspect I’m bored and it’s becoming a habit. So I thought if there were a few of us that struggle with this it would be good to record our...

I’ve just visited the ’Diabetes UK’ website and angry with the information they’re giving out under the heading ‘alternatives meals for type 2 diabetics. Here’s a screenshot…

Has anyone been refused the 14 day free trial for Freestyle Libre 2? I downloaded the app and filled out the form. I then got an email which said ‘We’re sorry that you are not eligible for a 14-day free trial of the FreeStyle Libre 2 system because you incorrectly answered the eligibility...

Can someone please explain why I get asked to provide a urine sample every time I go for a full blood count including hba1c, liver and kidney function test etc? What else would they discover that’s not covered by the blood tests. Plus there will be a trace of glucose in my urine as I’m taking...

Going to Cornwall next week with family and friends. My daughter in law has posted an itinerary which includes; Going to Padstow to get a Cornish pasty, fish and chips from Rock another evening, cream tea (scones, cream and jam!), cocktails watching the sunset, just to name a few activities! So...

I feel my life is so boring right now. Same old routine, can’t do much at the moment as very painful lower back stenosis. Don’t sleep well because of the pain and not very hungry when it comes to meal times. That’s probably because I’m not active enough, catch 22! Yesterday I had some cheese and...

Rant alert! I’ve just had a phone call from the GP to review my diabetes medication - Metformin 2000mg and Forxiga 10mg. We were discussing if I should take Sitagliptin as well. I said I was taking FBG readings and ideally want them in the 5s. Mine range between 7s (on a bad day) and 5s on a...

A heads up that on the GlucoRx website they’re selling the GlucoRx Vivid Blood Glucose Meter and 100 x GlucoRx Vivid Test Strips for £7.93. And if you declare you’re a diabetic you’ll get the VAT off as well. Yes the P&P is £4.99 delivered by DPD but still a bargain I think.

This was copied from Dr David Unwin‘s talk on low carb diets! I found this diagram staggering.

Good morning lovely diabetics :D can someone tell me how to work out my triglyceride/HDL ratio please. I found a calculator on Diabetes.co.uk pages but It doesn't seem to be working unless they think mine are so bad I should be dead! :eek:

If the nhs continue to give out advice like this then we’re going to remain a sick nation :arghh:

This morning my GP told me I shouldn’t be testing my BG at home and should wait for the hba1c test that I have every 3-4 months! I told him that’s ridiculous and how am I going to know what food is spikes my BC and in the meantime I could be damaging my kidneys, liver and eyes. I phoned him...

Forxiga did wonders for lowering my BG from usually in 13s to 5s and 6s within a matter of days, I was ecstatic and all was well for the first 2 weeks then I got a thrush infection. No matter, I thought, they warned me this was a common side effect and the GP said just ring for medication to...