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    Help with the flu!!!

    Thank you, i have had the flu jab lol
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    Help with the flu!!!

    What do people do when they are ill with flu? My sugars were in the 9's yesterday and today up to 10's i feel like death :( I had blood test this morning (fasting) and they were 10 when i checked after getting home, thats not going to look to good for my hospital update and i was doing so well...
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    sugar content?

    Hi there I have been diagnosed for a month and it is very scary, my nurse told me to aim for this between 40g - 60g of carbs per meal and no more than 15g of carbs as a snack, watch out for some fruits as snacks as they are mega high in carbs and sugar :D
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    What else can I have...

    Heniz chicken and mushroom soup i find is ok as its not mega high in carbs :D
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    Downton Abbey

    I love this programme also, i enjoy period films aswel :D
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    Ketones?

    He says hes ok and wont go, any advise on what it could mean?
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    Ketones?

    Iv just tested a friend and he had a reading of plus 4 ketones and hes not diabetic, what does this mean??? His sugars were 10.1 after eating a pizza????
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    My first hypo

    My pre hypo figures are between 6 and 7 so nothing out of the norm, with regards to change, i have been taking gliclazide for about 1 and a half weeks and was told to be careful to keep my carbs up, she advised between 40 and 60g of carbs per meal or this would happen, tonight is a bit of an odd...
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    My first hypo

    Thank you i have told everyone lol Iv just had another one, im dropping a gliclazide tomorrow as the nurse told me 2 if i have another one which i just have, but the worrying thing is i didnt even feel it coming :? Its all fun and games lol
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    New member

    Hey welcome to the forum, iv been diagnosed fo 3 weeks now with type 2 and found this forum a life saver, no question is to stupid or crazy so if you need to know anything just ask :) I found it very hard when i found out and cried for a couple of days but am getting there with the meds :D...
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    My first hypo

    Yeah ill be ok i feel a bit drunk still but iv come back into the normal range however im just about to take my tablets so i hope that this doesnt set it off again :(
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    My first hypo

    Well iv just had my first hypo at 2.9bs, i feel like rubbish and got a bit scared just a good job my partner is calm, i knew i wasnt right, my head is throbbing, not in a painful way but as though the room is beating and iv been dropping off to sleep and feeling drunk :( Well at least it...
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    Low carbs snacks?

    God yeah, they taste good hahah
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    Low carbs snacks?

    I meant stop with the gherkins because after a while they make make feel sick lol I do love cheese so i could get some babybells and cheese strings to munch on, i love pork scratchings but they are really bad for you arent they lol I think i might try the sandwich filler pots thank you, i know...
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    Low carbs snacks?

    Does anyone know of any as i cant keep eating gherkins lol :lol:
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    Worn out and feeling a bit bleughhhh

    To be honest i dont find any food affects my BS levels at the min, we had a treat on friday of a chinese and my levels were fine after and in the morning, but as i have only known for 3 weeks im sure i will find things that do cause me problems as i go along. Its when i walk for 5 minutes or...
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    Worn out and feeling a bit bleughhhh

    Im on metformin one in the morning one at night and also 40mg of gliclazide in the morning 40mg in the evening. Will the slow release stop my weight loss though?
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    Worn out and feeling a bit bleughhhh

    Hey guys and gals I have been feeling really tired latley, i woke up this morning and was 9.2 and at lunch was 5.2 then i felt like pants about 2 hours ago and i was 4.6 so i had 3 small sips of lucazade and im now 9.2 and still feel cr**py, my nurse says when my sugars are within normal limits...
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    Dragon fruit

    Yeah its got such a wow factor when you cut it open but it tastrs like a blank kiwi lol I would have it again because its not unpleasent its just a nothing taste :lol:
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    Dragon fruit

    Well iv tried it and it tastes of nothing lol