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This sounds like confession! Forgive me Father, but I have sinned (I'm not a Catholic!) :) Last night after a heavy day at work I had not 1, not 2 but 4 homemade cheese biscuits (not by me, but purchased at a farmers market). They were lovely and I knew when I was eating them that I was being...

I may be wrong in this, but there is a seller on ebay selling Accu-chek Aviva test strips that do NOT have the green symbol on the box. I have an information slip from my box of test strips (boots not ebay ) IMPORTANT USER INFORMATION: These test strips are labeled with a green symbol to...

We (husband and myself) went out with friends for a meal at a hotel last night. I'm recently diagnosed T2 and pal has high cholesterol. So we both had problems deciding what to eat. We both plumped for sweet potato and lentil soup, followed by baked salmon with a herb crust - maybe we...

'It's not recommended by the doctors to test blood for type 2 diabetes' I was told this morning. I said that it was recommended by this site and she said that it was nonsense. 'Diet will be ample and we will test you every 3 months and put you on metaformin if need be'. I DON'T WANT TO GO ON...

Help! I'm a newby type 2 diabetic. I've had cystitis for 3 days now, today being the worse :cry: and have been drinking loads of water and taking Canesten Oasis for it last night and today, having had 5 doses. I have just read on the packet (looked but didn't see it before) ' DO NOT TAKE IF...

I've looked on ebay for sellers of blood testing strips. Has anyone else purchased this way? Or should I just stick to buying them in Boots? I have access to Boots and an independant chemist only. Some ebay sellers have the strips I use a good bit cheaper than Boots, the packaging looks like...

Hi everyone. My name is Beryl and I've recently been diagnosed with T2 diabetes. I had a blood test taken on the 23rd Jan and saw the practice nurse on the 31st Jan. My glucose levels were 13.00mmol and my HbA1c 73.7% (that means nothing to me!). I had tonsillitis during January (twice) so...