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I've been using the Dario since it was released here in AU and I know it's been out in the UK for a while, I love it, actually I have two now. They are just sensors that plug into a device's headphone socket so I have one downstairs and one upstairs (sounds lazy!) and I just take a reading with...

Hi everyone, recently diagnosed and have found my feet are freezing quite often when I have the air con on. (It's summer where I am, 39°C as we speak) I feel cool except my feet are painfully cold. I usually get cold feet in winter but never in cooled air con. My levels are around high 7's to...

Hi Maxwell, that is very surprising information. Firstly I was not aware the life expectancy was reduced by 8 years, but this must be what my doctor was referring to when he said it helps not only lower blood sugars but general mortality. Very interesting article.

Thanks guys very reassuring comments, I now understand how Metformin works a lot better now, my doctor and chemist gave me the impression it lowered spikes after eating so that's what got me worried. It doesn't seem to be very useful really as my levels have been slowly dropping over time and...

Hi Sancho, doctor asked what my biggest meal was, I said dinner. he said to take two after I eat. But sometimes my lunch has more carbs than dinner (I have a barley wrap for example 9g carb) but dinner might just be steak and some vegies, or just pan fried chicken breasts. I was wondering if I...

Hi Kat, looks like I'm already on the extended release Metformin. The doctor prides himself on his DB knowledge in fact he spent 45 minutes with me which was a first. He's been my family doctor for over 20 years, not that he's a great doctor, just close and cheap, and just been the doctor I've...

Hi all, first diagnosed 6 weeks ago now, doctor delayed my first treatment until the new year but I didn't want to wait that long so I started treating myself with the information I had here. I went LCHF got my official first fasting at 13.0 mmol/L (spiking up to 21.8) and over the course of...

Thanks everyone for your supportive comments I feel a lot more confident now in continuing down the path I started :)

Thanks for the info about exercise, appreciate all opinions, I'm no stranger to low carbing and losing weight (or gaining it sadly) - when I was healthier I was doing spin classes every day (sometimes twice, three times on occasion!) - still I found eating the wrong foods I would put weight on...

Thanks guys for the info, Bluetit1802 can I ask how long it took you to drop to acceptable levels after diagnosis? It seems to take weeks, im recording everything in a spreadsheet and graphing it and I can see a slow downward trend. Does eating a high carb meal take weeks to recover from? I...

Hi all, a couple of weeks ago I decided to test my blood glucose levels (I got a free meter a year ago but no strips) Anyway I was 15.1 mmol/L and pretty freaked out. I then googled what to do to get it down (first advice I found was to eat toast and fruit - ugh) - my levels shot up to 21.8 two...