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Can you buy strips in the chemist to test for keytones :?: :?:

Any idea how many carbs are in a wholemeal pitta bread please. I have some for my lunch with prawns and feta cheese however I forgot to check ???

I have been advised to drink peppermint tea :( Tried it this morning and its yuck :sick: Does anyone else drink it and do you see any benefits :?:

Hi I am usually very well controlled type 2. On 4 x metformin a day. I have been off colour for a few days and have sever bloating in my tum :sick: :sick: Decided just do a couple of random checks today and bg was 19.4 pre lunch and 23.4 just now. :( :( Should I get an emergency app with...

I am type two on metformin x 4 per day. I just wondered does anyone suffer from sever bloating to the point where they look pregnant when they are not :( :( This is me at moment and I wondered if it was diabetic related :?: :?:

Quick question. I had my diabetic yesterday and the nurse said I had a weak pulse in feet. Then nothing else!!! When I queried she just said oh its common!!!! Is this a cause for concern? Is there anything I can do to increase it?

Last night, I went out from work and shared a couple of bottles of wine with a colleague. Unfortunately I did not take my metformin. I left her at the tram stop at 11-30 quite coherent but then I have no memory until I was at a tram stop 13 miles away from where I should have been. I did not...

Hi I have been low carbing for 11 weeks with lots of success, however with no change to my eating plan my sugars have suddenly risen from the 6's to the 8's. Does you body and diabetes get used to low carbing so you have to do it more or could there be another reason

Just at the end of week 4 low carbing :?: :?: sugar averaging 6.0 to 6.3 daily and I have lost half a stone. :lol: :lol: :lol: I was very sceptical at first and also did not think I liked low carb foods, how wrong I was. My diet has been more varied satisfying and colourful since I...

Can anyone tell me the carb content in a drizzle of ceasar dressing for my salad there is nothing at all indicated on the bottle ?? Want to pop it on my ham and cheese salad for lunch to zing it up a bit :D :D :D

I had an omlette last night for the first time in about ten years and it was Scrummy :D :D :D Can see me eating a lot more of them :thumbup:

Just made a gorgeous cream of broccoli soup, very low carb let me know if anyone wants the recipe :D :D :D ?

I am almost a week into low carbing and its so far worked wonders on my sugars, however I am extremely tired. I do work full time in a stressful job, I am also having headcahes which I never did before, is this quite normal ? Will it pass ? Should I be taking any supplements? I have not cut out...

pre lunch 5.9 :D luch of rye crackers, cream cheese and smoked salmon now 9.6. Ermmmm why would this be :?: :?: :?:

Ok help I am doing quite well with the low carbing but cannot cut potatoes out completely. So which way is best I don't like chips so here goes steamed mashed jacket or roast :?: :?: :?:

Are leeks low carb finding conflicting information on the internet :?

Hi there, I have been low carbing for 4 days now and I take 2 metformin with my breakfast and 2 with my evening meal. My sugar this morning before breakfast was 11.5 :( . Can anyone shed any light on this. I had nothing to eat at all last night after my evening meal of chicken salad at 6-30pm.

As you know I am new to this any way after reading round on here and advice on my other posts I decided to start regular testing. Here are my results from today so far. 8.30 PRE BREAKFAST 14.2 Natural Yoghurt and blueberrys 10.30 AFTER BREAKFAST 11.2 1.15 PRE LUNCH 8.3 Ham, cheese, egg...

Hi, After nothing to eat since 6-30pm last night my levels this morning are 9.3 is this a cause for concern.

I am new here, I am trying to control my diabetes with diet. About two and a half hours ago my reading was on 9.0 I had two boiled eggs one slice of white bread and probably three cups of tea, no sugar but semi skimmed milk, My reading is now 12.3. is it the eggs or the bread ?? I feel like...