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    Blood sugar after eating

    Hi all, I am trying to get my blood sugar back on track after getting an hba1c result of 8.6%. My question is, if your sugar is high before eating then as long as the result two hours after eating is no more than 2 points higher is that food ok? For example, before breakfast I was at 10.6...
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    False postive latarel flow tests

    Has anyone else has false positive covid laterel flow tests? Mine are always positive but PCRs are negative. I can't keep isolating every time I take one as I have to get PCRs through the post and the whole process takes nearly a week. Has this happened to anyone else?
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    Morning glucose

    I have been going for walks in the morning before breakfast. This morning I thought I would test when I got home and I had shot up from 6.1 (when I first got out of bed) to 9.8! Would it be better for me to eat before I walk?
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    Testing Foods

    How many times do you all test after eating a new food? If it doesn't spike you too high do you take that as something you can eat regularly and not test it again? For example, I have discovered that one slice of toasted seeded bread for breakfast doesn't affect my sugar so can I assume...
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    Reusing test strips

    Hi all, I ran out of test strips a couple weeks ago and waiting for a prescription to be issued. I found a test strip on the floor which must have missed the bin, curiosity got the better of me and I decided to try it. Result was 17.5mmol I haven't seen a number that high for over a year and...
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