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I can appreciate the massive importance placed on BG levels, but has there been any thought given to the other side of the coin. As a retr engineer and ex-comm pilot, my interest lies in the ability of my muscles to deliver work. Recently put on Glargine injections. Find some days I can stride...

Just started injecting insulin, ten days ago. 77yo on metformin for many years. Seemed to take 7/8 hours for my last injection to affect BG levels. Then I remembered pressing down quite hard when doing the injection. Is this likely to affect the time it takes for the insulin to feed into the...

Never had a "HbA1c test", and not about to start now. One needs to be very careful about any measurements the medical professions consider to be "Normal". Often they are representative of "averages" for modern society. A society where obesity is the "norm" not the exception, where easy access to...

Sorry, but every human being is unique by virtue of their DNA, environment, chronology, etc., etc., etc.. There is no such things as a "Normal" set of readings. There may be an expectation that readings of blood sugar fit within a statistical bell shaped curve, but that is not to say that any...

Well, it's goodbye folks. Type 2 totally cured now, by discontinuing the NatrilixSR (Indapamide). This mornings fasting reading was just 4.9, and that was only after 6 hours of fast. Peak readings 1 - 1½ hours after a significant meal of all normal foods is typically 9.4, and 2½ - 3 hours...

Never quite understood the last reference. Is that from the first bite or the last? I have been eating a lot slower these days as it seems to influence my readings. Sometimes taking half to three quarters of an hour to eat breakfast or lunch. I am retired so I do have the time. I have often...

Might seem a silly suggestion but invest in some bedsocks. My understanding is that gout is casued by an excess of uric acid in the blood. The UA crystallises when an extremity, like feet, get cold. And the UA crystals build up in joints where the blood flow is constricted. Think of it being...

Now close to two weeks since stopping the Indapamide and getting many readings of BG between 4.7 and 5.4 mmol/l. Did a bit of a test this afternoon (Aussie Time). I make my own bread from equal amounts of Spelt Plain, Spelt Wholemeal and Rye Wholemeal flours. Just adding baking powder, pinch...

Previously wrote: I week later after stopping the Indapamide - NatrilixSR, getting consistent readings similar to this mornings first. Nothing consumed between 8:30pm and 9:00am - 5.2 mmol/l. Which is magic. Three hours after breakfast of rolled barley porridge with tsp of sugar and skim milk...

Thanks for your kind words Debs. Must admit I found the Glucose Tolerance Test quite abhorrent. It was like eating a dozen Mars bars at a single sitting. So not surprised by the result. I wouldn't have consumed 10% of that amount in a single year. Felt nauseous for days after. My GP copy's me...

Hi, only diagnosed a couple of months back with Type 2. Took me a while to get to grips with the implications and to acquire and learn how to use a glucose monitor. I was quite shocked to receive the diagnosis as I believe I have a close to perfect diet and lifestyle. I prepare all my own food...

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