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been low carbing for almost 2 years since diagnosis. Lost five and a half stone (plus an extra two that I lost before diagnosis) so down to 10.5 from almost 18 stone. I'm 44 (as of yesterday!) my 4 hba1cs since losing weight have been 36, 31, 36 and 35 (last week). Total cholesterol has been...

... was worried as I felt I'd slipped a little off the wagon ... but turns out my hba1c is actually down (just 1 point to 35) yay! So it's my cholesterol they're calling me back about ... last time it was 4.9 and they keep telling me it should be under 4 if you're diabetic. I know they'll now...

am I right in assuming that meters can read differently? I bought a new one a few weeks ago as I was worrying about the readings on my old one (I was getting lots of 1.0-2.0s quite randomly - at one stage 1.7 in one finger and 5.4 in another!!) but now I'm getting consistently higher than I'd...

It's Nigella's cake recipe but made with stevia rather than sugar http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/CHO ... -CAKE-5551 with a packet of white chocolate sugar free jello pudding on the top. You poke holes in the cake with a wooden spoon handle and the pudding mix soaks in. It was a bit of an...

I'm type 2 diagnosed a year. Taken off metformin due to good control in March. Felt really shaky and odd when I got in from work ... tested 0.9?! tested different finger with strip from new pack, 0.9 again. Can that really be true? Ate a banana and a bag of crisps, a minature green and...

I don't drink much at all (I'm talking about three or four times a year). Yesterday I had a gin and tonic with my tea ... I measured the gin ... 1 standard measure. Had penang chicken from M&S (8.5g of carbs) and two spoons of brown basmati rice (i don't usually do well with rice) and half a...

Is that normal? Over indulged a bit tonight, reading bit high so checked another finger, 1.2 higher. Odd?

Diagnosed last May with fasting blood sugar of 17 and an hba1c of over 100. I was 16 stone. Low carbed since then, last hba1c was 36 (5.4 in old money) back in October. At that point I'd lost 4 stone. Went to drs yesterday with stomach probs (IBS exacerbated by 1500 mg metformin). He told...

I've really been trying with the low carb thing ... and its 5 and a half weeks since I was diagnosed with a fasting level of 17. I' managed to bring in under 10 in a week and now I'm hitting 7s pre evening meal ... 3 times under 7 ... tonight the lowest ever at 6.7 ... but its always about 8 -...

I'm struggling with it day in day out ... one day just the thought made me feel sick. I can't eat cheese so I'm eating lettuce, cucumber and the odd spring onion with either chicken or fish and a dollop of mayo .. It's been difficult for 4 weeks, the thought of it being lunch forever is so...

... I'm heading to Disneyland Paris in a couple of weeks, booked before I was diagnosed. We're in effect trapped at Disneyland, don't have a car. Looking at the food menus I'm wondering what I can eat!! Am I right to assume that as I'll be walking around a great deal that the extra exercise...

my fasting score which caused my diagnosis was 17, found that out a week ago today. On Monday at 5pm (obviously not fasting!) my dad tested me on his monitor - 14.8 Today I bought my own, tested same time of day (5pm) 11.3 Haven't eaten any sweets/chocolate/cake etc since last week. Only...

I only started taking it on Friday night but I'd convinced myself I felt much better. Today I've eaten exactly the same things as I did yesterday up till now (i.e. same breakfast and lunch) but all the symptoms that sent me to the doctor have come back this afternoon ... dizziness, blurry...

Just saying hello. Diagnosed on Thursday and packed off with a pack of metformin and no advice! Thought I might find some more help out there!