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Hi I've been diagnosed now for 6 months and i still don't feel as well as i did before diagnosis!!! I was diagnosed purely because i had raised blood pressure levels and an extremely fast pulse rate. The doctor asked me if i had ever had a diabetes test and i replied no. I told her that i...

:D Thankyou to those who have replied. I'll continue to monitor his blood levels and seek further tests if i'm concerned about them. We've been living in the UAE for 18 months now and the care from the medical profession is far from what it is in the UK!! Thumbs up for the NHS again. Oh, i...

Sorry i keep forgetting its the other way of reading on here!!! 100 = 5.6 102-105 = 5.7 5.8 95 = 5.3 Sorrryyyyyyy!!!!

Hello again. I was diagnosed 6 months ago with type 2 and have since been taking my childs (age 10) blood sugar levels in the morning. He has been extremely tired recently so i thought i would test him to see. He has had 2 readings of over 100(5.5mmol/L) (102-105)(5.6 - 5.8mmol/L) but mostly...

Erm, chilli soup, sounds lovely...whats the recipe? Well done with losing the weight....i've lost a stone and a half since being diagnosed 5 months ago. :D Still as fed up as ever with the diagnosis. I only ever seem to read depressing news about it, how long we've all got until complications...

Apologies for giving the readings for BG the way i did....will have to learn the other! Thankyou for the feedback.....guess i need to weigh everything i eat! Never thought it would come to me having to weigh the food i eat! Oh well, many years ahead of me, better get used to it! :(

Hi everyone I'm new to diabetes and i'm getting very confused with some of the topics on here, but i'm learning while i'm reading! Can someone please explain to me why i get high readings 2 hrs after food when i've eaten carbs but i'm not so bad after i've eaten sweet foods. I'm at the point...

Thanks Daisy1...will have a look

Hi everybody I'm new to diabetes too and i'm going to read everything i can! I'm hoping to learn lots on this forum and hope to learn how best to control it and what i can eat etc etc! I'm not living in the UK and where i do live its very hard for me to get up to date info from...