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I think i eat pretty well. Im now on four 500 metformins a day. Yesdtsrday i ate a boiled egg, a mini quiche, a ham and babybell salad and some fish and peas with 2 new potatoes. Drank water all day, had one diet pepsi. My blood was at 20 this morning up to 22 after breakfast of weetabix ( no...

so I've been diagnosed as type 2 diabetic a little over a year ago. Bloods are usually between 4 and 9 ( if I'm naughty and have something sweet ) The last few months I had recuring thrush ( sorry if tmi ) my eye sight was bleury and I was really thirsty. I was so busy with life I didn't even...

OK, apologies if this has been asked before . . but I Just tested my blood on my ring finger and it was 8. I tested again minutes later from my thumb and it was 6.8. Is there a reason for this? Which finger should I use?It's a big drop to say it was 2 minutes max time difference isnt it ? Any...

Where do I get a sharps box?

What do you do with your lancets when done with them? Do I just use them once? Do you bin them or? My nurse gave me the box and told me to read the instructions . . . I did but it doesnt say.

Im only one one metformin ( starting 2 this week ) erm I'm not really on any diet. The dietitions are being assey at the moment as I cant make the appointments 20 miles away ( im a carer for my son) All the nurse said was cut my fat and sugar out. If Im honest Ive not cut it out much. I've been...

I think 'advice' is just that. They dont order you to do anything, just advise it . .

Well I ate two pieces of toast and had a latte with 2 sugars in and its now 8.2 :s Im due to see my nurse in 2 weeks, but do you think I should see her sooner now? Ive been trying to tell them that I feel like **** at times,fall asleep everywhere etc but they say its all in my mind. Will this...

This is what I thought ( and read) little gray cat. I feel absolutely fine. I cant get to the nurse now until monday. As long as Im feeling ok ( and eating properly) i'll be ok until then right? I have type 2 diabetes, which is usually high sugar isnt it? Should I try a different place to draw...

No, theres no check strip on it. You just put the strip in and it asks for blood. I prick myself and stick it on . . Does stress affect it, I am SO scared of pricking my finger ( which is probably such a lame thing to say here as you all are probs so used to it you think Im pathetic )

Hello, I'm Dawn. 31 from North Wales. Im a single mummy to a 7 year old very active little boy and am usually exhausted :') I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a few months ago and if Im honest have been ignoring it for a few months. Im slowly getting used to it now, although I dont have...

Hi guys, I'm new here I hope it's ok to post this here. I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for a few months now and am being treated with metformin. I have been feeling really dizzy lately ,and so tired. So my diabetic nurse gave me a monitor to test myself when im feeling bad. Yesterday...