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    Foot Cream

    I have a regular pedicure, nails cut properly any hard skin attended to (especially in the summer when I only wear sandals/flip flops no socks as i live in spain) then moisturised. work the expense every month.
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    Type 2 and fresh fruit

    just tested after grapes cherries and water melon 5.6 so may be ok
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    Type 2 and fresh fruit

    I was diagmosed type 2 roughly 2 years ago. I recently moved to spain where fresh fruit and vegetables are plentiful. However, are peaches. plums, grapes cherries etc good for type 2's. I have really cut down on carbs ie no bread, very little potato and pasta and stick to chicken fish etc and...
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    Low alcohol or alcohol free beer

    I am type 2 looking to keep to a pretty low card diet (bread seems to be the killer for me). I am also trying to drink less alcohol mainly because when I drink I get hungry. I have been trying low alcohol beer (only a couple a time) but someone mentioned they are high in sugar! Can anyone advise...
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    Trembling and faintness

    Hi, I finally persuaded my D Nurse to give me a testing kit as I was sure that my readings were all over the place. I went from 5.5 to 13 regularly and coudnt shift any weight so I did the usual trial and error after certain foods and found it was mainly bread that was affecting my readings. Now...
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    Is a BG of 4 a hypo for type 2 Diabetics

    Hi I was diagnosed 2 years ago but think I have sufferd with type 2 for a lot longer. I have recently started testing to assess the impact of different foods as I dont seem to be able to lose weight. About a week ago I started feeling weak, had a headache etc. I did a bg test and my bg was...
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    No benefit of self-testing for type 2

    Cheers for that. The diabetes nurse at my GPs has offered a meter so I will take her up on the offer. You are also right about feeling extra bad when feeling unwell. I used to have colds that lasted 48hours. I have had 2 this year and they have lasted 10 days with ongoing low feelings for...
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    No benefit of self-testing for type 2

    Hi Fairly new to T2 (last august) on 2 x 500mg per day dont have a clue what my readings/figures are but do know I am suffering what I think are extreme hypos now when I drink (not heavily nor sweet stuff) . For example last night I had two large vodkas wih diet, no caffiene cokes. Wham! what I...
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    Type 2 symptoms

    Has anyone suffered from daytime tiredness/sleepiness with un diagnosed type 2? What are the common symptoms?