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Thanks guys for all your help.....I'm still so new to all of this I haven't got a clue!! My doctor just gave me a monitor and told me to test only my fasting blood and if it goes over 11 to give her a call. I was just told to cut out sugar and change to brown carbs, to eat as much fruit as I'd...

This is my first week checking my fasting bg, for the first few days I checked at 10am because I was working 12-9 and my results we 5.8 and 5.3. Today though I am working 8-5 so I checked my blood at 6am and they were 6.5. I'm now realising that I had my dinner at 10.30 last night so could they...

I fully agree...... I was diagnosed with type 2 as a result of routine bloodwork that was looking for something else. I'm in my mid 30s so this could've gone on for years undiagnosed causing damage. I'm waiting to be referred to a dietitian but I do find that the nurse in my practise is not...

I'm having the ultrasound because of my age just to be sure there's nothing going on, while I do have a family history of t2 I'm a lot younger than other members of my family when they were diagnosed. I'm not taking any other medication, I was having stomach issues relating to mild ibs so the...

Thanks guys for clearing that up for me, I was just so confused and the nurse was so dismissive of the type 2 diagnosis. either way I will have to make serious changes to my diet and sort myself out with exercise (my bmi is 27.5 so need to get that into a healthy range) I've been treating my...

Hiya I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes yesterday after my fasting blood was 7.1 and went up to 12.4 after glucose. I have had no symptoms and this was only picked up after annual bloodwork suggested my hba1c was 45. I went to the doctor yesterday and she does not want to put me on any...