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Thanks everyone for the words of wisdom much appreciated.

As the title says I’m an all or nothing type of person. At the start of my life with type2 I was fanatical and got my HBA1C down from 95 to 38 in 12 months, but as with everything else I couldn’t keep it up so everything started to yo-yo . As a result this morning I have taken my first metformin...

Probably a good idea do everyone a favour if you can’t be constructive, it’s very easy to disagree with everything especially as you seem to feel everyone else’s views are irrelevant, you have a huge weight on your shoulders being such an expert in everything.

It’s good to test test test to start with then you will soon learn which foods give a spike to your bloods, I’ve found I can’t eat any root vegetables like carrots parsnips or swede. There are some very good people on here so keep asking the questions. And of course I can’t have my favourite...

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Hi All I’ve had my code free meter a few years now and have los confidence in it, recently I tested as I woke and the reading was 7.3, I was surprised so tried again and got a reading of 5.1 then tried once more which was 6.6. Is it time I got a new meter as the test strips are quite new?

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7.3 @ 8:00 up from 6.3 probably due to dinner yesterday chicken pie with puff pastry and two cans of IPA ,serves me right.

I pay £104 per year this then covers all prescriptions

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7.5 @ 07:00 coming down

Its due to social distancing and avoiding contact, my daughter is a dental nurse who is only treating people in need of emergency treatment. So obviously it’s not a good idea for any of us to have contact. This virus is going to kill an awful lot more people if we don’t take it seriously and...

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I know how your feeling, my daughter has told me she has made other arrangements for my two year old grandson. I have been looking after him two days a week but that has stopped until who knows when, I’m going to miss the little guy so much.

Might be worth asking your employer if they can supply suitable PPE for someone with your condition.