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Me too. I had a very supportive GP who was happy to take me off and see what happened. I had an HbA1C of 40 on metformin and 41 off after 3 months so he let me stay off. My last check was 36

I found that some whole wheat pasta has a much higher carb content that egg pasta so it's worth checking the label. Jon

Your BG is going to go up after eating regardless of whether you exercise or not. If you are excising then it will go up less. If you watch your meter reading you'll see them rise after 20 minutes or so when the easily digested sugars start to take effect, then the simple carbs after and hour...

I think I need to give a big shout out to my GPs, practice nurses and admin support. I started out with a suspicious pain (later diagnosed as an inflamed liver) for which they sent me for blood tests and an ultrasound scan to make sure nothing serious was going on. The blood tests came back...

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I was diagnosed at 58mmol/L and after 3 months on metformin I was 40mmol/L but developed balance problems and tinnitus so my GP said I could come off the medication as I'd lost some weight and was doing the diet and exercise. 3 months after that I was at 41mmol/L and then in 6 monthly periods I...

I was diagnosed 2 years ago so I'm still new to this. What I've learnt so far is that a meter really helps to work out what affects you and what doesn't. My choice was the Accucheck mobile as it was easy to use and the testing cartridge isn't too expensive. It works out at about 50p per...