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I am waiting for my first appointment with the diabetes nurse, but that is going to be September now , because the appointment she did make turns out to be a bank holiday. I will ask about it then.

I tried the fasting test again with better results. My results only changed from 7.3 mmol/l to 7.8 mmol / l. That was after 2 hours from eating a low carb fry up. Can't keep that up of course or I'll end up with a UC flare up. Spoke to my pharmacist, who recommended low GI as a middle ground...

Trouble is, as I mentioned earlier the low carb sets my ulcerative colitis off. It's only a low residue diet that seems to keep it under control :-( I guess it's deciding which is the worst of two evils.

The meal was 2 slices of bread (white) with Flora Buttery and a cup of tea with skimmed milk and a sweetener

Finally managed a fasting test and one 2 hours after eating. The fasting was 7.8 mmol/l Then 2 hours after eating it was 13.3 mmol/l

I guess it doesn't matter if it's in the morning or not? I generally don't eat until mid afternoon on a weekend, but as long as it's 2 hours then I guess it's okay?

I guess I'll just have to go for random tests in the evening. I can't test once and then two hours later because I'll be at work by then. At least it'll show a trend if I do it before eating each evening.

600 calories a day! Not a chance I'd be able to stick to that. Thanks but I think I'll pass ☺

I am a smoking cessation practitioner, I have not read anything substantial regarding ecigs and diabetes. As far as I'm aware no major studies have been done. Ecigs are better than smoking as far as we know, but there are more tried and tested methods of giving up. Good luck with whatever you...

Well its been a week since I was diagnosed and I've been going low carb . I lost 5 lbs (yay), but I've just done a test on a glucose test meter I bought and it's gone up to 8.2 from 7.3. The change in diet has also set off my ulcerative colitis with a vengeance. Where am I going wrong?

Thanks for the replies. Bluetit, I am restarting my low carb diet. Did it last year and lost a stone and a half, but it all crept back on again. I did try again a couple of months ago but found it much harder that time and only lost a few pound before giving up.

Ah thank you. Seems the doctor was doing a bit of scaremongering.

I saw the GP last week, I'd had blood tests for something else. And she said my blood glucose one had come back at 7.3 (I think she said % but not sure), the one before that was 7.1 and before that was 6.8. So she said I was classed as diabetic. I spoke to the surgery's diabetic nurse today ...