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Thanks. :) I managed to order my 5 packs. As I have to pay £4 shipping cost, it's nice get a £8.96 discount.

It's good to know that it still works. Thank you. :)

I am not forced to do it, it's my choice. Beeing prescribed statins was much more harmful to me than having high blood sugar for a few days will be.

When I put in the number and hit the button to the right of it (forgot what it said), the code disappeared. I expected the discount to show up somewhere on the same page, but it didn't, so I left. Maybe I should just have gone further. I find the site to be very confusing. I'll try again...

I tried to order 5 packs of strips today, but the discount code was not accepted. Yes, I did order 5, and yes, I did put in the correct code. ;) It worked perfectly well when I last ordered, but I noticed that the sticker showing the codes for 5 and 10 was not on any of the boxes. Don't they...

He clearly knew what he was talking about so I see no point in faking it. I will do as he said and go for the test monday or tuesday next week. I don't really want to eat a normal diet for longer than 4 days, hopefully that will be enough.

Sooo, after my high number last night I woke up with a fbg of 7.1, so decided to go for it, and went to the lab as soon as it opened. The nice young man checked my details on the computer and asked why I was having another test after so many years. I told him my story in short, LCHF, normal...

I think you are right, but am not sure I will test at home with glucose. I had potatoes with my chicken this evening to see if it will have any impact on my fbg tomorrow. Things happened so forgot to test before the meal, but after 90 minutes I was 17.3. Strange how my sense of taste has...

It feels weird too, believe me. :) Your wish list rang a few bells with me. I would most likely react to bread and potatoes in som form .... and white or milk chocolate. Excess protein? Never thought of that, but worth a try. I wonder if I would have room for a biscuit. Great ideas, thanks. :)

Sorry you had to go through this. I think it is worth trying, having a high carb meal, as I am supposed to the evening before my test, and see what my fbg will be. If it is still lowish, I could try a high carb day. Funny, I can't think of anything to eat. :banghead:

Yes, and my fbg now is much lower than when I was diagnosed. I found my notes from when I started testing six months later, and they were 7.5-8.5 at that time after cutting out a lot of sugary stuff. That is a whole different starting point for an OGTT test.

According to the lab, anything above 11 is positive. 80g carbs of which 75g sugar. I can't find anything sweet but refined sugar on the ingredients list.

This morning I tested myself at home. I did everything as if I was going to have the test at the lab, but did not have a high carb meal yesterday. Total for the day was 10g carbs. Fasted for 10 hours, did the routine as if I was going to get out, even pretended to drive a car for half an...

At my last meeting with the nurse, as she was ticking off her list of questions, one of them was: "You test as home, don't you?" Me: "Yes, but not as much as I once did, now that I have good control". (It is self-funded) Nurse: "Good, good". Check mark on computer. Me: "Do many of your T2...

Hello @Totto I believe that our two countries are very similar in how things are handled, somewhat different than in Britain. I have not seen anyone specialized in diabetes, just a practice nurse who weighs, measure height and blood pressure, takes blood sample and ECG, and ticks off a list...

I don't know why I didn't think of drinking some glucose instead of eating carbs. It sounds like a more reliable test. Lucozade isn't sold here, but I am sure I can find something similar. Thanks for the idea. I will try it out. My GP told me that I can't have the tests anymore if I'm not...

It is not the test in itself that I am afraid of. It is the carbs I have to eat prior to it. Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

If I was younger, or wealthy, had a family, and didn't have rheumatoid arthritis, I wouldn't do it. But next year I will become "an old aged pensioner" as one Claude Jeremiah Greengrass called it, and at some point I may need the help of strangers to get the right food. That will be easier if I...

Your "tough as nails" made me chuckle. I take it as a compliment. Thank you. When I first started reading this forum, I didn't understand what people meant by "craving carbs". I never craved a certain kind of food. Lucky for me I guess, as I don't need as much discipline as many others. There is...

I am not sure that I will fail the test if I don't carb up, because my FBG is in non-diabetic range, 3.8-4.3, and bs has to be at least 11 after 90 minutes for the test to be positive. I don't know if I will have that high a rise.