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Thanks! Actually, it dropped to 5.2 after 2 hours so doesn't seem to be too bad for me. Will check a couple of times to make sure but doing a 2 day juice fast before dress shopping on Friday - I don't want to but it is the ONLY thing that I know will make me drop water weight really quickly - I...

Thanks, that's really helpful to know. Will keep at it (don't feel like I have a choice really!)

Hi all, I'm trying really hard to exercise and diet, not just to get my blood sugar down but to get into a wedding dress in three months... I'm really annoyed/angry/confused that spinning seems to up my BG. So I just want to check, is this actually a problem? My BG is between 6.3 and 6.7...

Thanks @Bluetit1802 :)

Thanks @Alison Campbell, will do. I've been slack as hadn't really wanted to test at work but I've told everyone now so no worries anymore, and dinner I haven't been testing as much because I usually pick while I cook (terrible habit...) but will just have to try not too. What do you do when you...

Thanks @Bluetit1802, that is good to have clarified. I am not sure about high night times - I haven't tested over 2 hours but will give it a go - I have read about eating an apple and then testing every 15 mins after to see where I normally spike so will try that too. My testing has mostly...

Thanks for your thoughts, appreciate it. Don't want to ask if there is going to be no point (I was thinking that anyway, even if I am diagnosed as prediabetic, I don't suspect I'd get much help but thought it might be worth a go!). I do remember what it was - I have a thing for supernoodles! I...

Right, I've been measuring my blood glucose for a couple of weeks now. Acknowledging that we are not medical professionals, what are your thoughts on the below readings? My HBA1C was 40mmol (risen from 36 the year before) and I have family history of type 2 (grandfather and uncle). My BMI is...

Hey David, I'm very new to this game but my understanding is doctor one was correct - 6.0 isn't prediabetic, 6.3 and above is, doctor two was incorrect, and practice nurse was correct - 6.8 for a diabetic is good, not good for someone who is prediabetic though. I also understand that a reading...

Hi MickieB. I've used MyFitnessPal for ages so didn't seem sensible to move from that for food tracking and then I've linked it with the my health iPhone app where you can record your blood glucose. If you then favourite carbs and blood glucose these will be the first two things you see when you...

Thanks, I think I will do just that!

Thanks both! Yes, I definitely should have gone for a meter that had cheaper test strips but this was the only option at the pharmacy and honestly, I had been stressing myself out so much I just wanted to get one quickly! My readings are pretty much consistently between 6.3 and 6.9 in the...

Has anyone got experience of buying test strips off Amazon? I've gone for the accu-chek bgm and 50 strips are £20 in the pharmacy! There are sellers on Amazon selling for £13 - £16 but I am a bit nervous. Assuming they have to be genuine products or Roche would have made sure the sellers were...

Hi Alison! Good to know I'm not alone :) I really hope not to reach 42 HBA1C so am going to do everything I can now to try stop it. I had my bloods done 2 years prior and it was 36 so it's going to get worse unless I do something now I think. I've got a follow on appointment on the 5th so...

I ordered online and they emailed back with some questions, including asking who my doctor was, so I popped into the pharmacy and bought after my reading this morning instead :)

Thanks Alexanda. I looked into that but wasn't really comfortable passing over doctors details before speaking with him. I popped into Lloyds pharmacy this morning to do a fasting glucose test (at about 9.20, have been up for a couple of hours, not eaten) and my reading was 6.3 which I take it...

Thanks guys, that is really helpful. Off to buy a meter then!

Thanks Squire, yeah, that was my thinking, knowledge being power and all!

Hi all, I am being tested for PCOS as a scan, and then follow up scan, show cystic ovaries. My bloods came back with HbA1c level as 40 mmol/mol which is within normal range (although, for me, worryingly close to pre-diabetic). My doctor is being great and has referred me on to a gynea but as...