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Today is my birthday. I will admit I have eaten absolute rubbish today, lots of sugar and lots of treats. I make no apologies as it is only once a year. The first spike at around 9am, I had a Starbucks coffee and a croissant (around 35-40g sugar). The second spike I had a family sized bar of...

Hi, applied my Libre 2 sensor for the first time last night before bed, I’ve read about dawn phenomenon and have done some finger prick readings while waking/ mid morning but never with this level of constant monitoring. Is this typical dawn phenomenon. It’s 08:55 and I seem to be sitting at...

Latest HBA1C came back as 62, what a nasty shock. Not surprised considering I’ve been eating bad and at irregular times but still a shock. From Monday I’m going to start eating better and at regular times, also going to cut carbs down to under 40g carbs a day. My biggest decision currently is...

I’m setting up my new free trail of the Libre 2 CGM. This is purely to get a better understand of what foods are spiking my blood sugars as currently using a glucose monitor nothing (carbs) is spiking my blood sugars. I did an econsult from my surgery and they just replied with a paragraph...

This evening after my shower I noticed this dark blister type mark on my heel. Blood perfusion is good around the blister but what the hell is it?? Of course straight on Google and I’ve convinced I’ve got gangrene. Any ideas (going to have a very sleepless night tonight worrying. Can’t say...

Been feeling ill for weeks so went the doctors yesterday and was diagnosed with a chest infection, due to having asthma also I was given a course of oral steroids for 5 days. Took my first 8 tablets of steroids this morning and checked my blood sugar and it’s 9.0!! My blood sugar is never that...

I’ve been given a blood sugar monitor to check what foods are spiking my blood sugar but so far no carbs are… unless I’m grossly underestimating what a spike is….? Potatoes - 130g (39.5 carbs per meal) Before meal - 5.6 After meal - 6.1 Rice - 66g (86.8 carbs per meal) Before meal - 5.4...

Recently been giving a blood sugar monitor to check how certain foods spike my blood sugars. First evening I had 28g carbs and ending the meal 2 hours later at 8.3MMOL(149MG/DL ). Yesterday I had 50g carbs and ending the meal with a reading of 8.4MMOL(151MG/DL) . Before both these meals my blood...

Hi, recently diagnosed diabetic here, type 2 diabetes. Diet control. I have been giving a blood glucose monitor by my GP to check my blood sugars, however no instructions were given as to when to test. It was all very vague. I understand I should be testing 2 hours after a meal to see which...