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Following on from my conversation about getting a different make of meter I found that my readings were higher. When I checked them against readings taken at the same time on my old meter they were consistently higher by 1 or 2 mmol/L, not 0.1 or 0.2 which would be understandable. When I took...

Thanks for that I will explore that as a possiblity

I will question what is going on. I am sorry that lots of T2s do not get their test strips on prescription. A fight that needs to be fought - I don't know the national situation. A major concern for me is not being told the truth about what is going on. I was late getting to being diagnosed...

I hate it when they disguise cost cutting (which can be a good thing) as an 'upgrading'. It is an insult and disingenuous making me even more suspicious of the medical profession.

A couple of weeks ago all those with T2 diabetes in our area were moved from appointments with the hospital diabetic centre (I had chosen the centre instead of my GP as I felt they had more expertise). They have now just contacted all T2 patients to say they were 'upgrading' all our testing...

My diabetic consultant told me that diabetes is better than a heart attack. I have heart issues in the family. I agree about trying things, so I have tried lots of supplements. My last tested cholesterol levels were higher than desirable so I was advised to cut as many high fat items as...

Hi Prem51 I haven't had a weight problem. I tried the 5:2 diet for a while but lost too much weight! I have been following a low carbohydrate diet but the high fat is an issue as I had highish cholesterol levels. Unfortunately I have failed to find triggers to high bs levels as they seem to...

Thanks Prem51. However it has been suggested that statins are one of the causes, I wonder as I was not in any risk group so it all came out of the blue for me. Sadly my control of my levels with tablets and diet has gone haywire in recent months so they want me to move onto injections which I...

I started taking statins and within a year was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Since then there have been suggestions that statins can cause diabetes. Has anyone heard of a reversal of diabetes if one gives up statins?

Hi Thanks I have tried chromium but I will check the others out.

Hi I have porridge with cinammon and stevia for breakfast, lunch is a weetabix with mixed fruit and skimmed milk, dinner is different each day but home cooked. Such as a meat casserole with carrots, mushrooms, beans and a small portion of potato. Rice is always Basmati wholegrain. A daytime...

Hi Thanks for that I will have a word with my diabetic clinic, I gave up on my GP for support. My last HB1C (December) was 6.7% which they were OK with but my home monitoring has showed a downhill turn since then.

Hi, I have been been diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes for about 4 years. I am one of the slim ones with no family history of diabetes. I am on gliclazide but this over the last few months has proved increasingly ineffective. Over the years I have tried natural alternatives like cinnamon...