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Thank you so much to everyone who has replied and also to those who have shared their own similar experiences. I've dealt with the snoring husband - we separated last year. However, sleep has not improved. I'm lucky if I get four hours of sleep per night. I can't drop off until around 2am...

Plain water, either from a bottle or a tap, makes me retch. I used to always drink squash, but have now got onto the flavoured water which is much better. The one I'm drinking say cals: 10 (I thought it was 6...my mistake), Sugars: Nil, Fat: Nil, Saturates: Nil, Salt: Trace. If it's got no...

For the past few weeks, I find I keep nodding off. Only momentarily, and the moment my head flops, I startle awake again, but am still incredibly tired. I know I ought to check my blood sugar at these times, but when it happens, I'm not really 'with it' enough to remember, despite the test kit...

I have a fasting blood test in the morning, prior to my 6 monthly review next week. I can not stand drinking plain water, is it ok to drink flavoured water? In this heat, I can't not drink anything, as I keep feeling woozy if I get dehydrated. A whole 500ml bottle, contains 6 calories...

Well I'm still taking them and they don't seem to be having any adverse affects on my BG levels, which always seem to be in the bracket advised to me by the Diabetic nurse (ie between 4 - 8). I used to be a big calorie/sugar eater but have literally thrown that way of eating out. I let myself...

Sorry if this makes me sound dim, but it doesn't say anything on there about carbs, so how do I tell ?

This is what it says on the packaging: Energy 850kJ 205kcal, 10%of your GDA Fat 3.0g, 4%of your GDA Saturates 0.7g, 4%of your GDA Sugars 25.2g, 28%of your GDA Salt 0.7g, 12%

About five years ago, I was under the hospital to have a gastric bypass to help with my weight issues. However, I never had the operation, as I have many issues with depression which could not be resolved and the hospital felt it best to wait until I was in a better position in relation to this...

Thank you all for your helpful replies (which for some reason are only just all showing up on my screen!). I'm wondering if I ought to stop the diet shake that I have for breakfast. When I read on the carton under Carbohydrates, the 'of which sugars' part was not much less than the...

Well I had my first appointment with the diabetic nurse today. She was running late and I felt it was all a bit hurried. She said before I left, she would give me some information on what is good or bad to eat and I was looking forward to reading that, as I don't have a clue. She forgot to...

Thank you, I will have a look at those. OH just set up my monitor as I couldn't concentrate enough to do it. Just tested on the new monitor and it was 7.6. Compared it with the old monitor and that was 6.1. The test strips I was using were years out of date so it just shows you need in date...

So my first test, before eating is 7.6 which I assume is average ?

I need to set the meter up, so will begin that in a moment. Am having headache, sleepiness and concentration problems.

Excuse my ignorance but what is LC ?

Thanks you @Rosie1953 I shall do that shortly :-)

Yes, I was thinking that too. I haven't used it yet, but since it definitely says mmol/l on the box, and that is what my invoice says, then that's what I should be expecting in the box. I think I will give it a go and see what happens, as I have one hell of a headache and would like to know...

I haven't used it yet, as I didn't want to ruin my chances of being able to return it if it's not the correct one.

I have recently purchased the SD CodeFree Blood Glucose monitor. During purchase, it asked if I wanted mmol/l or something else. I checked my old monitor and that had mmol/l on it, so that was what I ordered. However, now it has arrived and the picture on the box showsa reading of 107 but on...

This one says on the box mmol/l which is what my old one was. I wasn't sure what it was all about, so looked on my old monitor and it said mmol/l so went for that, assuming it would be the same. The new one has mmol/l on the label on the side of the box but the pic shows 107 on the meter...

Hi, Yes, I have one that is over 20 years old, but no 'in date' test strips to go with it, and I recently purchased one which was recommended on this site, but it doesn't measure in the way I am used to. I used to get numbers on my old one like 4.7 or 7.6 etc. This new one does it in figures...