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Hello. I have tried to read everything I can about trying a FreeStyle Libre - but still feel uninformed. In the past I became so obsessed with making sense of my readings ( meter readings) as my diabetes is really hard to fathom and what seemed ok to eat one day would result in a spike on...

Hello folks. I wonder if anyone can understand what my pancreas is playing at? Fasting BG - 6.9 This is a touch higher than normal, so I went out immediately for a 45 minute brisk walk. On return I test immediately - BG 6.8. I have my usual breakfast - I tolerate oats and have 25g oats made...

Hello folks. It’s a while since I have been on the forum. I’m diagnosed 11 years Type 2 and was diet controlled for many of those - Metformin for the last 4 or so. I‘m 59 yrs old. I’m 8st 11, 5’1 - active and mostly veggie. Diabetes in my family and triggered by a pregnancy. I have been through...

Hello! It's been a very long time since I was a regular on here! Since being diagnosed Type 2, eight years ago, I've gone through most of the ups and downs that we all experience. I've been fanatical about my diabetes control and I've also had tough times in life when I've just given in and let...

Hello. I used the forum a great deal when I was first diagnosed a couple of years ago. Got off to a wonderful start with my HbA1c etc and became a bit obsessed - which I felt was necessary - although some of my nearest and dearest thought I was too focused. Then gradually I eased off - first on...

Hello all I am officially diagnosed type 2. My father, sister and cousin all have type 2, and it was suspected that I had Gestational Diabetes when I was pregnant 16 years ago - it ended in miscarriage before I found out. Then off and on, it was found that I had impaired fasting glycaemia...

Hello Wondering if anyone out there has the same Blood Sugar patterns as myself? Before I was diagnosed Type 2, I was told I had Impaired Fasting Glycaemia. It was the Fasting Blood Glucose result that came back too high. When given a GTT, the fasting level was diabetic, but the result after...

hi Can anyone recommend a really good pastry for a low carb diet please. There are so many out there, but personal recommendations would be helpful. I would be using it to make little quiches. many thanks Cath

Hi all I wonder if anyone else has had the same thing going on. I have been trying SO HARD to get it right, but I am beginning to realise there are no absolutes by which I can measure my progress. By that, I mean, I cannot rely upon eating a certain food and doing a certain amount of activity...

Hello I was diagnosed back in March 2011. Started taking action in June. I have just had an unprecedented run of ten+ days of early morning fasting results in the 5s. I do not know why except that the action I am taking might be gathering some sort of momentum - certainly haven't done anything...

Hi all Just been to my family for a few days pre-christmas. Tried my best to keep on track but when you are a guest and it's a special occasion it is difficult to keep on the control wagon!! What is great though, is that after seeing my BGs slowly starting to rise - I'm home in control again...

I was diagnosed officially in March this year, although I'd been made aware that I had impaired fasting glycaemia for a while before that. I began to take control in June. Occasionally, I would get a reading in the 5s - maybe twice a week in a week when I would be testing at least 3 times a day...

Hi Just coming up to 6 months of active control, I decided to cut down on my drinking which though not excessive, was regular ( 1 to 2 glasses of wine most evenings ). Like all of these things, it's very hard to make certain that something you're doing is responsible for reduced readings, but...

I may be unusual but I had never heard this saying before yesterday. Eat like a King at breakfast, a Prince at lunch, a pauper at supper. I think it might be a very useful mantra for me personally, and perhaps others with diabetes. Pretty straightforward and logical really. I've been starting...

Hi Just considering whether or not to try the Patrick Holford LOW GL method but have a few concerns. Some of the menu options on the diet look as if they will spike me quite badly. ( like eating 4 oatcakes at breakfast for example ). I realise that it is the combination of foods on the plate...

Hello all I wonder if anyone else has found this happening to them? I got off to a flying start with dealing with my type 2, but just under 6 months now of truly dealing with it, I am finding things harder going. In spite of having lowered my HbA1c result, and in spite of losing nearly a stone...

Hello all I have just signed up with a gym for the first time EVER, so I can swim, exercise with an exercise bike etc all in one go. I do love steam rooms but am wondering about whether they are a no go for diabetics. I'm suspecting they might be. Does anyone know for sure? :wave: Bye for now...

It seems to me that the NHS would never advise a smoker to continue smoking ( i.e doing something that is a direct threat to their health ) until the effects are beginning to manifest.... a smokers cough, hardening of the arteries, bronchitis, emphysema, thrombosis, stroke, lung and throat...

Attended my third and final education session. 1. I know what diabetes is :) 2. I have been informed of how the NHS will be monitoring me, now that I am diagnosed. :) 3. I have been told that my future and the progression of my diabetes is very much in my own hands. :thumbup: 4. I...

Hi Just had a set of very good results, 3 months in. However, my LDL needs to come down. (HDL is really healthy). I don't want to take statins but am advised that I may have to if I can't get the figure down within 3 months. I did some research and realise that I need to up further my aerobic...