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After several years of making half the effort needed, I'm trying to knuckle down. I'm 4kg below what the doctor said I should ideally be. Just adopted 2 greyhounds so I've gone from a very sedentary lifestyle to walking 2 or 3km a day, more at weekends. My HbA1c has gone from 108 to 67 but I...

Best thing would be to get a new meter when you visit the nurse. They always come with a load and the companies give them away so it doesn't cost the NHS anything. Even if you can't do that every time, it should save you a few quid.

Morning all I was diagnosed about 10 years ago and never really took things seriously until this year. I've been on Lantus (21 units a day) for 3 months, with 1000mg Metformin and got my HbA1c down from 102 to 67. I've got to wait until the 1st August to see the nurse so I thought I'd see if...

Hi All I was diagnosed about 5 years ago with Type II. Since then I have been up and down, good and bad. For the last few months, very bad. Last time I had an HBA1C it was 11.1. My BG can be anything up to 27 ish. I'm 44, I weigh 12st 11 and I'm about 5' 11 so I'm probably a few pounds...