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I do have my own meter. I done the fasting test at home and it has come high between 8 and 9. During day the blood glucose levels are within range ie before and after meals. I know that hba1c tells a lot. Just want to see if fasting is in range or not. I think it is possible that my irregular...

Thanks chalup and bulkbiker. I do one week early and one week late. I was on early shift until Saturday getting up at 4am. Just went to late shift yesterday. So I think not suitable today as body is not in a routine. I think I would go on Thursday. Bulkbiker it is routine hba1c test. I asked...

Hi I am type 2 diabetic and I am taking 1000mg metformin in the morning and 1000mg in the evening. Can someone advise that what is the best time for fasting test and should I take metformin before the test or not. I am going to take my dinner by 21.00 and I would take a cup of tea at 23.00...

Nobleheads link provided all the info and you understood. I just want to point out one main difference between hba1c and bg levels. Hba1c is measured as mmol/ mol and Bg as mmol/l

Have been away, so missed these replies. Thanks LinsT and others. I would stick to gluco rx nexus for the time until I run out of test strips then I am going to go for a different monitor, either normal contour next or verio one touch iq. I find the buttons on contour next usb little difficult...

Thanks Daibell. I just did another reading. I had my breakfast at 10am today. At 13.50 which is close to 4hours, Glucorx shows 4.9 and Contour next usb was 6.3. That is 1.4mmol difference which is more than +/- 15%. Should I compare these meters with the diabetic nurse to see which one is the...

Hi.. I am type 2 diabetic taking metformin 1gm in the morning and 1gm in the evening. I was given Glucorx nexus by the surgery last year and recently I got Bayer Contour Next USB meter. Contour next is showing the readings from 0.5 to 1.0 higher than Glucorx nexus. Reading from yesterday after...

4.5 at 8am with only 6 hour fasting. I have a habit of eating in the middle of night. last night ate three oaty biscuits and a glass of milk about 200ml at 2am. despite that it is only 4.5. I was expecting much higher.

I am type 2. In Nov 2014 my HbA1C was 68 so I was put on Forxiga(Dapagliflozin) 10mg along with metformin 2000mg a day. Prior to that I was on metformin 1000mg a day. In Aug 2015 my HbA1C dropped to 48 and Forxiga was stopped. I did not have any noticeable side effects from forxiga. I had no...

Seems to be very interesting programme. Particularly interested in where a diabetic person went down from three drugs to one. Although his methods doesn't seem to be any different than what is being advised on this forum but it will certainly be more helpful to see them in practice.

Thanks daisy1. I am aware about carbohydrates and their effect on BG. Most of the helpful information I gained is from this forum, either reading here or through regular emails. I feel lucky that diabetes.co.uk exist to help us and I am grateful to all the contributors to these forums. It is...

Thanks nosher8355. You are right that yesterday I ate a lot of carbs, normally I only eat 4 chappatis in a day, 2 at each main meal. What is baffling me is that, day before yesterday I ate my regular lunch of 2 chappatis and nothing else, no drinks either and my bg was way too high in comparison...

Thanks guys for your quick response. I am a 45 year old vegetarian Indian and eats chappatis(wholemeal flour) and curries at lunch and dinner time, porridge or slice of bread at breakfast.. We cook curies in coconut oil now, used to be rapeseed oil. The oil is used very very moderately, 15ml for...

Hi Everyone Its my first post although I have been a member for a year. I have two questions. First let me describe about my treatment. I was diagnosed as type 2 in June 2014 with a HbA1C 79mmol(9.4%) and fasting plasma sugar 10.8. Started on Metformin 500mg twice a day, which was increased to...