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In fairness Trinkwasser, I'm not sure that is the case. I don't live in the United Kingdom, and money is not an issue for the health service here – doctors can basically prescribe any drugs they want, whatever the cost. I think he was merely taking the view that if I keep my weight down I will...

Interesting that most people on here undertake regular blood testing - apart from tests conducted at the hospital, I've never, ever done one. I asked my doctor his opinion of home testing, and he said, "Painful, unnecessary and a complete and utter waste of time. Your raised blood sugar is...

Well, I have the results of the blood test now, and they're not quite what I was expecting. In the last year, I've put on about half a stone and have continued with my idiosyncratic way of eating (many days I eat only once in 24 hours, with a gourmet lunch at a restaurant, and I almost never eat...

Thanks for the reply, Ken. I'd already read fairly widely around the site as background, but was curious from having read other postings in the forum. Many posters here seemed very worried if their fasting blood glucose didn't begin with a 4, but my doctor was unconcerned about mine being 6.7...

Three years ago, at the age of 39, I was rushed to hospital with a cardiac arrhythmia whilst on holiday in the UK. The arrhythmia turned out to be benign, although it has recurred intermittently, but during treatment the hospital informed me that I was type two diabetic. On returning home, I had...