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I can't directly comment on this, but a small amount of background. I was diagnosed about 11 years ago. I managed to keep my HBa1c to around 7. I moved to a different part of the country and was basically in charge of my own diet etc. This probably meant that I wasn't quite as good at looking...

I'm listening to it now. Been doing so for 10 minutes & he hasn't got to the punch line yet - I'll probably have to go & prepare my low carb dinner soon & take my metformin. So like many US based things like this & people are so gullible. The only question is will I lose the will to live before...

Just thought I'd post my experience after just under a week of testing. Thank you to those who offered advice when trying to get blood. I've almost got this right now but all this hand washing is playing havoc with my skin! I have found that if I've been to the shops it's easier to draw blood -...

That improved things a lot. A qualified success mainly 'cos I try to take my first reading before I've eaten or drunk anything including my meds & was a tad tense which I expect to go once I'm really used to the fiddling around - this is only the start of my 3rd day testing & I'm still making...

Hi I just started in the DUK testing programme. I've done two tests but the main problem I'm having is getting enough blood to do the self test. Even though the finger pricker is at its longest/deepest it doesn't seem to penetrate my skin enough to get a reasonable amount of blood for the meter...

I was diagnosed nearly 7 years ago. I'm 5'6" & then weighed around 95Kg (nearly 15 stones). Not good. Set about reducing the amount I was eating with only marginal input from the practice which by & large I was happy with. However when I asked about testing I was given the usual line that the...

I was diagnosed over 6 years ago. Am on metformin (recently increased from 2 per day to 4! My own fault have not been taking a lot of notice about my diet which is now changing - again). Last HBa1c was 7. Problem I experience is the conflicting information about diet. Low GI, carbohydrate...