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    Morning Testing

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    Morning Testing

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    Morning Testing

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    Morning Testing

    Thank you so much for your reply. Very helpful.
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    Morning Testing

    Good Morning Everyone I have been away from the forum for a long time but now I back. I was wondering does anyone have any thoughts on when is the 'best' time to test in the morning time. I have been told to do so immediately you get up. I always waited one hour. Any advice would be...
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    Numerous Blood Tests

    Hi Everyone Happy New Year from Ireland. I have had T2 for about 10 years. It's part of my life, it does not define me. I just get on with it. Went to the nurse just before Christmas for annual bloods (new nurse). Got letter today that I have to have more bloods next week as a result of...
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    Not really 'new'.

    Hello everyone. I'm back. After six years of walking the roads and hills of Ireland. Just could not keep my BS levels below 8 - usually 9 or more. I have been put on Metformin (2 X 500 per day) from last week. My levels at different times during the week have been between 5.8 and 6.8. I'm...
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    cinnamon ??

    I've used it for years on my breakfast cereal. Not sure if it really does any good in the scientific sense, but I like the taste. Ceara
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    Merry Xmas

    Happy Christmas everyone. I sort of 'fell off the trolly' today with regard to my diet. Got a replacement bike from Santa so tomorrow I'll be on my bike on the tow path. Ceara
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    Problems at school - Urgent advice needed please

    Hello This is appalling. Firstly, the 'statement' is designed to make the curriculum accessible to your daughter. The TA is but one aspect of the total provision. Look at the section 'educational provision'. That is the important section. Schools must adapt to children not the other way...
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    Problems at school - Urgent advice needed please

    You are not over reacting. Lets be clear on that point. Speak with the school principal in the first instance. The TAs are employees of the LEA so speak with them also. It appears to me that your daughter's school is negligent with regard to their 'duty of care'. The never ending issue is...
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    help and advice needed!

    Hi Dave I am also a type two. Like your wife I was fanatical at the start (three years ago) - right food, exercise etc. But it is important to note that you control the disease it should not control you. So in my case I am not so rigid any more; my blood scores are fine and the HbA1c is 6.4...
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    1st Christmas as a Diabetic

    Everyone falls of the wagon some time. Christmas is as good a time as any. Every year I allow myself a few days around Christmas and my reading also stay pretty ok. But as soon as Christmas is over, back to the diet (I'm diet control only). I also do the same at by birthday and Easter. I...
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    iphone apps

    Hi All I use the 'BGluMon' (Blood Glucose Monitor) app. Its great. I also use 'ALowGIDiet' . It allows you to view the GI and GL of over 2000s foods. Excellent.
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    Mozzie repellant

    Hi This REALLY works. Trust me, I was once like you. Take garlic tables for a week before you go and during your holiday. The garlic 'smell' seeps from your skin (you cannot smell it) but it keeps the mozzies away for MILES. Simple but effective. Ceara
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    partner of type 2 diabetic

    Hello telboy Sometimes its good to have someone ask the questions one doesn't want (or know) to ask. Everyone is welcome here.
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    Should I be doing something??!! Help!

    Hello I would go to your doctor and tell him/her just as you have described it. I personally would test my BS and see how they measure against the standard guidelines. Remember it is your body - you have a vested interest in insuring that it is OK! Look after yourself. There are loads of...
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    Channel4. Monday 16th Aug at 21.00 hrs.

    Channel 4 Programme - The Hospital A lot to think about in that programme!!!!!!!!!!
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    Higher BG after exercise

    Hi Its not unusual for your BS levels to go up after exercise (your body needs energy so its produced). Speak with your doctor or DN. Keep with the exercise - don't give up. We are all members of a club no one wants to belong to! Ceara
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    Blood Glucose levels

    You are doing fine. How many times a week do you test. Do you test at the same time?