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Thankyou so much for all who have replied I went to the Dr's today, and he put me on Metformin 500mg twice a day...also had high cholestoral so am now taking Simvastatin 40mg too! Okay...so I am supposed to go on a diet. I was thinking I would follow a slimming world diet as I know what this...

Osidge, your reply makes me even more concerned... mum and grandma had diabetes mum had cardiac arrest and died at 44 (I am 40) dad had stroke and died at 58 I am 2 stone overweight eeekkk. My doctor knows all this, and still no sense of urgency

Thanks Borofergie for your rely Although I know what your saying is true about watching the amount of carbs, I am still not convinced. The lowest bs reading I have had is 12.9 and that was when I hadn't eaten for 18 hours...night flight and a long journey back from the airport! If carbs play...

Thanks for your quick reply I have been lucky enough for my doctor to prescribe me a testing kit and strips etc....he said he wanted me to test myself everyday. What was worrying me was the high results! And to be honest, I could not see the point of doing a glucose intolerance test when my bs...

Hi 3 weeks ago I did a fasting glucose test that came back at 14.3. My doctor rang me, asked me to come see him as a matter of urgency. So off I went, really worried. Doctor told me that he was sure I had type two, but wanted to do a glucose intolerance first. He gave me a glucose monitering...