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I also pee frequently at night. It is not metformin in my case but rather benign prostate enlargement which also can get infected and simulate bladder pain. Tea coffee (caffeine) definitely aggravates, drinking just before going bed aggravates so try drink at least two hours before going to bed...

Hi friends, My FBS was 4.9 this morning. Mostly ranges from 4.8 lowest to 6 although an average would be lower fives.

Sorry, still not sorted. I click on the 'modify avatar" which I think is the facility to enable you to add a picture to avatar so that from there you can select it for adding to profile. It refuses (non-verbally of course) which if I could argue with it would help!!

I click on profile, then click on avatar and the system neither uploads one of the included selection pictures nor will it upload a picture of my choice, which is a jpg file. An ideas on what I am doing wrong?

My BFG in morning fasting is between 5.1 and 5.7, usually. This morning was 5.7. Not always sure what makes it higher than some mornings.!

Thanks for this info. I imagine it could be the meter! Quite a new one but given free by the company, through our medical aid.

I have been monitoring blood glucose regularly. Recently I had a glitch with meter. So I took a second and then a third reading. They ranged from 17 to 14. For me this is extremely high. Highest ever before has been about 13 immediately after a big meal which included too many carbs! Someone has...

I really enjoy fried bread. How soon after eating such stuff do you test? do you wait the 2 hours or do you test after 10 minutes oir half an hour etc?

Thanks for the varied responses. All interesting and sets me on a course which at some stage I shall report back on.

Hi everyone I am relatively new to the forum so forgive me if this has been debated discussed to death!! I am type 2 diabetic and am needing to be increasingly careful with diet. I am pro the low carb diet. My question to you bio-chemists/nutritionists out there is this: If one goes on the low...

I have been taking metformin for the past 8 or so years. My fasting sugar levels are 5.2-6.5 with an average about 5,7. All good. But my 2 hours after eating levels are too high. I am gradually persuaded that the low carb diet will be a very helpful factor for me and I hope to reportr here in a...