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  1. lucas12

    Type 2 Diabetic management and risk of severe complications from covid19

    Hi is well managed diabetes puts you in "general population" group in terms of possibility of seviere complications. This is what American diabetes association puts on their website. Although diabetes UK puts all diabetic at same level of severity. Does management makes difference
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    Type 2 High blood sugar after surgery

    Hi I've had hernia repair surgery done today. My sugars for the last 2 years were 6/7 but they up to 13 now for few hours. I'm off metformin at the moment but I've got some left. Does anyone experienced high sugars after surgery? If so how long they have lasted and did you used metformin? Thanks
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    Is there something like too low HbA1C?

    Read something about hba1c U shape and increased mortality for those with a1c lower than 5%. Is that actual thing? or some internet rubbish.
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    Protein powder. Lower bs overnight. Type 2

    Recently started taking 30g of casein powder(slow relise milk protein) before bed for muscle building porpoises. Have noticed that overnight bs are lower as well as fasting. Usually my fasting bs were around 6.3 it dropped down to 5.6 after adding the powder to diet. Not sure if slow relise...
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    High protein ice cream

    Hi.Have found these at Tesco 5£ per 4 bars 7.6 carb per bar Verry tasty and 2 bars have raised my sugars only by 1,5 Piciures attached
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    Fine dessert, few carbs

    Tesco spray cream still sweet but very little carbs[emoji6]
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    Low carb bread

    Hi just discovered low carb bread in one of the Polish shops in UK 6.1g carbs per 100g!! 3 slices Tastes good [emoji4]
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    Type 2 New "contour next one" appears to be very accurate meter

    Hi I have compared contour next one meter reading with a lab test twice now First reading glucometer 6.1 - lab test 6.2 Second one, month later 6.8 - lab test 6.8 There were 2 different laboratories also My 2 nexus gluco rx meters appears to have lower readings by 0.6 to 1.0 which is a...
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    Strange blood sugar pattern within 1 hour.Please help

    Hi I'm newly diagnosed with t2 my first A1C was 8% and second one 4.8 after going for low carb and exercise .I was surprised with last A1C result as I was checking blood sugars usually after food.fasting or before food and my average readings were 6.0 Only recently i have checked blood sugar...