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Thank you jay hay-char, that's very reassuring. You're right, I was due for another hba1c at end Sept but didn't go with all that was going on. I will make an appointment!

I was diagnosed 16 months ago; first hba1c was 88, then consistenly 51 after that, last test end of June this year. My cholestrol is also down. Obviously I was pleased with this. In August I had to have emergency surgery for a retinal detachment (not diabetes related) and five weeks later a...

Was your 22.5 a fasting BG? I was picked up as having a non-fasting BG of 22 during a blood test for another ailment. I too had the panicky call from the surgery, but I then had to go for a fasting blood test on the following Monday morning (this was Friday). That BG was 14.4. I had no diabetic...

Dessicated coconut really appeals to me, I will give it a try, thanks!

I certainly didn't realise home meters had such a large ratio for error, so I will bear that in mind. As regards the bacon and eggs, Totto and Andrew, yes, is mostly just a question of time in the morning, although I have got it down to a fine art, getting all the pans and utensils ready the...

Thank you Rod, I will look on Amazon for it.

Yes, I do have a digital scale in the back of the cupboard Indy - I will dig it out! :)

Oh dear, no - I just put a big handful of each in!! I thought the berries were, kind of, 'free food' - every day is a learning day with this, isn't it? It was lush though :) I also find that the yoghurt breakfast does not keep me full until lunchtime, so I will need to keep reading the forum...

I was diagnosed Type 2 three weeks ago during blood tests for an unrelated problem. My fasting BG was 14.4 and my HBA1c 88! I have made good progress, mainly through reading the advice on here and, after having to argue my case with the nurse, have got testing equipment on prescription. I am on...