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Mods: I hope this is allowed? Does anyone get strips that are suitable for an Accu-Chek Aviva Nano from an online retailer? If so, which one is good? If this is not an allowed conversation to have for some reason (advertising?), please could anyone who would like to help me with this send me a...

Hi Guys, I'd like to make my husband a low-carb celebratory meal this evening, but trying to keep carbs low is still very new to us. Does anyone have any ideas? I don't have an exact carb-amount in mind, but I do know that his BG levels spike badly with all the main starchy-carbs, and...

Hello all - I have a question about what to make of the results gleaned from food experimentation. My husband, who has recently been diagnosed as having T2, has been trying to find out what different foods do to his BG. He ate something yesterday that made his BG spike to 10.2 after an hour...

As a finger-pricking virgin, this is what my husband brought himself to track his BG levels. He was concerned that the readings might not be correct, so he tried a couple of tests on different fingers within the space of a minute. One came back as 6.9 mmol and the other 7.4 mmol. He does wash...

Why is it such bad news to find ketones in your urine? Silly question perhaps, but this is all new information to me!

Hello everyone! I've just found this forum - it looks like a treasure trove of information. I don't have DB myself, but my husband was diagnosed with T2 earlier this month, and we have both started a wholescale change of our diet and lifestyle to help us both to become healthier. Tricky to...