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@bettyboo66 As you are only just in the diabetes range it is rather odd that you have been given no advice on diet but prescribed medication - and told not to test - that is rather like being told that you don't need a speedometer in your car, just wait to see if you get fined for speeding. I...

@Hoodiegirl3 - did you not get any advice on revision or methods of working before the holiday? Are there no websites offering advice and help? It seems strange for you to be just left to your own devices, particularly these days. I did sciences at school then started BSc Biology at...

@Kamadeva The low carb diet is more likely to have reduced your blood glucose levels than the Metformin. I could not tolerate the medication and stopped taking the tablets. After that I found that relying on diet alone really helped me to stick to low carb, and I went from HbA1c of 91 to 41 in...

There are still some little boxes around the house with Windows 7 on them - they were part of dedicated systems for things my husband's firm designed and sold - I always feel guilty throwing away things which still work. I suspect that my children probably taught more of the computer studies...

Hello @Kester I am in Dorset, down on the coast and I can see the Purbecks and Poole harbour from the back bedroom. I programmed my first computer in Octal when doing a degree with the Open University. I think you should have words about your low blood pressure - if you were to go on a low...

I had to go around to the clinic today about my thyroid tablets and saw one of the nurses who has been there a long time - I got talking to her and mentioned that I was taking Dapagliflozin. She asked what my blood glucose levels were and I explained that I have no way to check now - back when I...

@Pipp I was told that the prescription would be sent to the pharmacy in a telephone call, which seems to be the way I am 'managed' these days - so when I read up on the medication I was doubtful as my previous diet only control could not be continued according to the information about...

The prescription was sent before the annual blood test results arrived, as far as can work out as the surgery doesn't like to give out information since it became part of a group a couple of years ago now, so it is difficult to get access. The policy does seem to be to put all type 2 diabetics...

You really need to check on how you deal with carbs of all sorts and not accept statements about there being different qualities of carbs. My gut just rips out the carbs from anything I consume - simple or complex is irrelevant, and it makes it seem effortless. I need to regard all carbs in the...

I was eating under 40gm a day and realised I would have to alter my ways, I have increased my carb intake to almost double that, but now eat more regularly, from one meal a day I am now having two plus a small amount at lunch time, though not large amounts by comparison with what I see other...

I wish I could say 'oh yes' but the HbA1c test shows how things have been for the last three months, possibly a little more, indicating how much glucose there has been in the blood attaching itself to the red blood corpuscles. You have been alerted to your situation early - I was left untested...

The pistachios are quite high in carbs as they are not a true nut - a drupe, if I remember my botanical classification. Maybe 20%, so something I avoid. I am a full on type 2 so I avoid all grain, all high carb fruit and veges, I do eat things called berries but tend to limit blueberries as they...

I started Dapagliflozin on 25th September 'to protect heart and kidneys' and have had to increase my intake of carbs as I was going wobbly mid afternoons but once I compensated for that I was feeling much better, but I noticed that I have not been eating as much and also that I have been losing...

@SepticTank you might find that a pressure cooker deals with the cooking far faster. Just put a large bowl into water in the cooker, or stand it on a trivet if it tries to float. You can obviously cope with the oats - my BG would be far higher. I swapped to US cups some time ago, but from...

Have you checked your blood glucose levels after eating oats? Although it is claimed that they are slow release I think my gut just sees them as a challenge and my after meal levels are way too high.

@SepticTank I felt so much better after cutting out grain and high starch foods - I was not eating sugary stuff anyway. I find the small tomatoes far too sweet - they are actually high sugar - every new strain of them is higher in sugar than the last ones, they think it is a selling point but I...

@MGConna I used cream in my coffee for many years, never used milk as my carb tolerance was so low. I kept to under 40 gm of carbs a day to control my HbA1c. Now I am on Dapagliflozin and I need to have more carbs so I am drinking my coffee with milk - full cream, as I was not doing at all well...

@KK951 How dismal to have such a negative response to your progress. I had a HbA1c of 91 at diagnosis, 41 at the 6 month mark. That was ten years ago now and I have been feeling a lot better than for the previous two decades when I as being badgered to eat a high carb healthy diet. I was put...

Having been part of the development team for Allied Lyons at their plant in Market Harborough I had access to many herbs and spices and worked on various products, but also showed off something terrible to my fellow technicians making all sorts of baked goods from the basic powders on hand. I...

Beetroot is within my limit of 10% carbs - I think it is usually around 7 or 8% carb - I put one in my daily salad. That really is not something 'full of sugar'. Perhaps you are thinking of sugar beet?