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Hi everyone just got my latest results cholesterol 4.4 and hba1c 37 can anyone convert this for me as im posting on phone at the moment and the calculater is hard to use on android. I think its about 5.5 if im right if so celebration time

I've been looking for new snack ideas so I thought I'd try weetabix breakfast snack bars. I tried the apple and cinnamon flavour. The box states that per 50g serving which is 4 biscuits has 31.6g of carb and 7.8 sugar. So I only had 1 as a in between snack which is 8g of carb and 2g of sugar...

I'm a happy bunny again 4yrs in and still no tablets from diagnosis which was 16mmol. latest results are again 5.6 mmol and cholesterol 4.8 which I have to work on. all in all happy for now :D

Hi everyone just got my latest test results over the phone . Hba1c was 5.5% :D but my colesterel has risen to 4.8 :shock: so i guess the cream in my coffee which i have suddenly started using is going to have to get knocked on the head. i will post the full breakdown of hdl etc next week...

Hi all been diabetic now for over four yes and doing well. I think I'm addicted to aspartame. I'm going through endless coke zeros and canderel in coffee. I've noticed that if I drink Pepsi max that I can't stop drinking it and peeing all the time. I'm just worried that although my diabetes is...

Hi I'm on antibiotics at the moment and my morning Bgs have risen from a religious 4.6 to 5.8 this morning. Do I now skip a meal to keep levels to my normal self or put it down to a off week and.wait for this infection to dissapear

i thought id do a random test to one of the foods i eat on a regular basis and was horrified but not sure if i should be. i had 1 slice of burgen bread tosted with 4 slices of bernard mathews turkey and ham. i can normally handle this easy did a check and i was 8.2 ? i did accidentally test...

ive just come back with my latest results- colesteral 4.2 hdl 2.09 ldl 1.87 trig 0.53 now his the starnge one 5.0% on fasting and no hba1c. they didnt test me for that so i asked what am i doing here then for my 6 month review lol. i got to go back later this afternoon ofr some...

i consider being experienced now im in my fourth year but i stll get confused after readings. After a certain foods are test very well within a hour and then dropp to almost hypo land about 2 hrs after. does tis mean my insulin is over compensating the sugars. it only happen with certain foods...

ive been knocked for six this morning. although my last hba1c was 5.5 and my colesteral was ok i received a letter this morning saying that my eye photos have some signs of diabetic retinopathy. begining to wonder if this low carb is all worth it now :(

i havent benn on here for a while but could somebody put me out of my mysery and tell what my hba1c is in old money . i just phoned up and they told me 37 which on the converter here says 2.2 which i no isnt right

Hi everone just got my latest reults back . my hba1c has gone up a little to 5.6 and i have got my colesteral back down to 4.2 (cutting down on eggs corned beef etc). happy with the colesteral bit dissapoints with hba1c but 2 days before had bad days with missing meals and using the kids chips...

If any ones intrested i was in sainsburys today and noticed that they have a new ice cream range. i found there own branded ice cream lollies 2 boxes for £2. Although most of them the sugars were ridiculous i found one which look like a little slice of chocolate swiss role and a picture of a...

Im not showing off but has anyone had this before. Ive got my weight right down fom 19 stone give or take a pound down to 13 and a half stone. this is my third year as a diabetic on diet and exercise. Heres the funny thing i seem to be getting away with a lot of foods i wasnt when i was...

just thought id let any one whoose intrested i have found a low carb low sugar biscuit at my local supermarket. they are foxs moos malted biscuit and they have 5.9g of carb and 1.7g of sugar per biscuit. i have been using these to get out of trouble if im running very low between meals and i...

last night i had 2 90% beef burgers with salad and some chips. i also had 2 cans of coors low carb lager. this gave me a 1 hr reading of 9.2 which i was discusted with as this lager normally lets me get away with a bit more with eating carbs eating but i think it was because i drank while i ate...

Hi everyone just got my latest results. hba1c was 5.4 but the cholesteral has risen from 4.0 to 4.6 i have been overdoing it on the pork scratchings cheese and peparamis so i guess its back to basics to get this down. but horray for the hba1c i think 4th time in a row :D

anybody want a good laugh? i have moved recently and have had to change my doctors. well my fears were confirmed as i met my new doctor. i told him my life story of my weight loss and hba1c results to be told wait for it............... that it is debatable weather i am still diabetic. i didnt...

earlier this week ive had a man cold and because i felt lowsey i started to take nurofen cold and flu. i also developed a lowsey migrane for the rest of the night but i couldnt test because i was on the rd working so i assumed that the cold was getting worse so i carried on with the nurofen...

my daughter has just brought chicken pox home from school and i wanted to know is this dangerous to diabetics as it is to people with asthma. one of our friends down the road said they read something about it be harmful to diabetics but i havent found any litrature. Does this mean i can go on...