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Sometimes I find the same foods can spike my sugars when they normally didn't. I had a fish meal tonight, and after 4 hours my sugar was still in the 8mmol region. Now I have just found out my sugar is still 7.1mmol, 6 and a half hours after eating - I couldn't sleep and checked on a whim. How...

Today I felt unusual shortly after a meal. It was admittedly pretty high carb, but I had been suffering from low sugar before so I needed it. At the half an hour after eating mark, my vision went and my brain became foggy. I checked my sugar and it was only 5 mmol despite a huge meal. It was 3.7...

One of the reasons my GP has diagnosed me recently with type 2 diabetes is because of my weird blood sugar. At the 1-1.5 hour mark after eating, my sugar is perfectly normal, between 6-7.5 mmol. Then suddenly at 2-3 hours, it rockets up again at least 10 mmol. There's no pattern in the foods...

4 hours after a meal today, I realised I hadn't had anything to drink, so I grabbed myself a glass of water. Before the water, I was at normal blood sugar levels. After I drank it, my sugar rocketed up to 9mmol. I thought water reduced blood sugar, how come it increased it for me, and for a good...

A relative of mine is worried that the Accu Chek Performa Nano I've been using nearly a year, may not be accurately reading my sugar levels. I'm not sure if there's a way to tell if it complies with modern standards or not?

Sometimes it's just not possible to wash our hands at all when out and about, or we need to catch our symptoms quickly. What should one do to get as good a reading of blood glucose as possible without hand washing? Also does it make a difference if you wash your hands with a bar of soap or just...

While walking around my town today, I noticed I was getting symptoms that ended up being related to high blood sugar. Unfortunately I didn't have any lancets left so I asked a paramedic for help who was patrolling. He asked what my last highest glucose reading was, and I said "The highest I've...

I experienced a spike in blood glucose 5 hours after eating today. The pattern went like this: 2 hours: 5.9 mmol 3 hours: 4.5 4 hours: 3.9 5 hours: 7.9 I had a mcdonalds which of course is quite fatty. Everything else looks normal, but that sudden giant spike has me concerned. Is it an example...

Today I was lying down playing a video game and waiting for a taxi. It had been 4 hours since my breakfast (Weetabix) and my glucose numbers seemed fine then. Suddenly all my vision dimmed and I began to sweat and feel irritable for no reason. I checked my blood sugar and it had jumped to...

A paramedic wiped down my finger with an alcoholic wet wipe before carrying out the skin test. However he was very impatient and didn't wait long for the area to dry. My reading was 4.8 but I'm skeptical - would the wipe dilute my sample much or make the reading falsely low?

Tests so far: - 5 random skin prick samples, all of which are in the normal range. - Fasting sample, also clear - "Borderline" urine results but docs refuse to tell me what this means. Symptoms come and go especially after sugary foods and include: - Frequent clear urinating even without...

Hello, we're not sure if I have diabetes yet. I'm looking for a new doctor as I keep getting written off with "just being anxious." I was in my local supermarket which had a Lloyd's Pharmacy. I noticed by chance they do a diabetes screening test so I requested one be done. They first gave me a...