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Current meter uses AAA, previous one used CR2032 button battery An issue I found with the current one is that the readings became wildly unreliable due to a low battery but before the meter "low battery" warning triggered (5.0 then 16.1 then after battery changed 6.4 and 6.6). If the first one...

6.1 this morning, though usually in the high 5.x's This does sometimes concern me TBH since the DVLA warning limit for driving is 5.0 and the "must not drive" limit 4.0. Don't have glucose monitoring, only finger prick test, so don't know exactly how low I go overnight. T2D treated with...

Mini experiment complete. I ate baked potato (100g) with butter, salmon and a salad (lettuce + 2 cherry tomatoes). So around 15g of carbs in total, if the figures on Google are correct. BG levels over the next few hours were: Before eating: 5.5 +1hr: 12.7 +2hrs: 15.1 +3hrs: 12.7 +4hrs: 8.9...

Thanks to all for the great welcome, and the advice. Trying an experiment today: had a blood glucose of 5.5 before eating (my lowest yet), then had a baked potato (small), salmon and salad. And I'll see how long it takes my BG to return to about the same level, testing hourly. Or at least until...

Hi fellow diabetics, it was good to find this place as I was quickly disappearing under a sea of online information, some of it contradictory but that's the web for you. I'm a type 2, just diagnosed 3 weeks ago - which made a fun Christmas! No symptoms that I'd noticed, it was picked up while I...