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Went to the surgery for another blood test ( not diabetes related) but asked for a BG test too - diabetes nurse was called in ! She stood in front of me and said "I told you not to test". This time I told her that I would be continuing to test as its my way of controlling MY disease and quite...

You are quite right about testing and thats exactly what I did to lower my BS. I tested before and after every meal and worked out what made my BS rise and then stopped eating it. My biggest find was that oven chips were OK for me but every other form of potato or carb was a big no no. Just...

I must say that logically if I achieved 5.9 with a combination of meds, diet and exercise take any one of them away and its bound to have an effect. Don't get me wrong I would be delighted to not have to take and meds but they must have been doing something and 5.9 is borderline anyway.

Thats what I was thinking I would do - even though that would mean confessing to her that I still test. I am normally quite a confident person but I didn't want to argue with her about testing as she seemed to have all the answers - testing is pointless because you aren't on insulin so you...

I was diagnosed with Type 2 18 months ago with HB1AC of 10.9 and have worked hard to bring my blood glucose under control with low carbing and exercise plus Metformin to the extent that I have had HB1AC reading of 5.9 since March 16. I moved back to the UK in December and had a check up with...