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Hi all .I was diagnosed type 2 in Oct 16 and then correctly diagnosed type 1 in the following April as I have a gene defect that killed off my pancreas . My question is that I will been fairly stable sugar wise with tablets and insulin but a after a recent change in meds I've started having a...

thanks guys much helpfulness - guess i have to wait for my blood test to come back and see whats been happening - apologies as i was babbling this morning and reading back realise what i wrote in that i use the traffic light for sugar and fat (im on simvastatin for an elevated cholesterol)...

16.4 this morning

Morning all - i was diagnosed in september with a BG of 27.6 and a hba1c of 21.3 - ive been on metformin for three months now and my fasting BS is between 14-17 and I have an average throughout the day of 18-21 still - ive been recalled by the doctor and had more blood tests done as they were...

no just on mitformin - veggies were cauliflower brocolli and carrots - i only had the potatoe chips as the other option was sweet potatoe

i felt funny when eating last night so only ate half but was having grilled chicken breast with veg and roasted potatoe chips - waiting for a call back from the doctors as ive also been getting the ketone alert on my tester today

19.6 this morning after having got it down to 14.8 a few days ago it seems to be going up again

Hi All, im still learning about everything i have and i may be reading more than i should. I still have high BS (between 18 to 26mmol) and the diabetes nurse is having me test 6 times a day at the minute. My question is about ketones - on probably half my test it comes up with a ketone alert and...

@Jaylee mines a pretty flashy one too - its the freestyle optimum neo and all the reads can be downloaded to a pc and can track trends and keep notes on what is what

morning all fbg 17.6 this morning - had a bad night of 28+ - still at least i know pasta bake is a bad thing now!!

thank you @Contralto - i will try the extra tests today like you said and work out when im peaking after food - will be good to work out what foods are affecting it more

thank you @add19

morning all fbg 16.3 at 0800 this morning

I was diagnosed last week and had my first clinic on monday - the nurse did keep using the phrase "because your levels are so high" but she did give me a free test kit and repeat prescriptions for the strips and lancets - i have been told to test 6 x a day though and keep a diary and im being...

Hi All - i had my first diabetic clinic monday and they have given me a self test kit and prescription for the strips and lancets - my question is what should i do with the lancets once i have done with them?? ive been keeping then in a seperate pot while i find out - TIA

afternoon all - mine was 15.8 this morning - 15.6 yesterday - hopefully the drugs will kickin soon and start pulling this down - peaked at 24.2 after lunch

thanks for the messages - they have helped alot - an update is that i have now been to the diabetes clinic for my first appt my hba1c was 17.6 bad cholesterol at 6.2 and good cholesterol at 0.97 - they have put me on mitformin 4 x a day and a statin for the cholesterol and self testing before...

not as yet - im going to see the diabetes nurse on monday so guess they will go through everything then - they have said my diets ok and exercise and weight sre good and that i just need to make a few little tweeks and yes the threads are helping me feel more t ease with it thank you

one thing im not understanging at the minute is when the doctor did a finger prick test my reading was 27.2 and my blood test came back at 17.6 - what do these figures mean in terms a non-doctor would understand??

thank you all - just starting to get my head around this all and the info and support will definitely help