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I just received the summons to go get my yearly blood and urine test. The paperwork this time says "this blood test no longer needs to be a fasting one" - to which I shout hallelujah, because I hate not having anything to eat or drink except water until usually well past 11am, since the Clinic...

No replies? Surely somebody has some experience of this?? :(

I'd be interested in comments on the links between fasting - that is, waiting a long time between meals and/or having very small meals - which according to some reports was "a good way to reduce BG levels" - and raised blood glucose. I was once convinced of the benefits. However, I've now gone...

Hi Mileana, I suppose, yes, I'm feeling I failed (a bit) and also that I don't want to be taking any more medication (already on blood pressure tabs) - and dreading feeling sick etc. But I do agree about the high readings. On Friday I'll talk this all over with the Diabetic Nurse, and no doubt...

OOH, I just found something - as you may know from a couple of other posts I've been taking blood glucose readings on an Aviva Nano that I bought back in 2010 (to replace an ancient meter I'd had since 2000). Well, the Nano stores its readings and despite two years of non-use sitting a drawer...

Hi, I was interested in your feedback and symptoms on metformin, because I think I'm going to be put on them soon. I'm dreading it, because everyone seems to get sick and that's the one thing I really really hate - feeling nauseous and being sick. It's almost a phobia with me. I don't think my...

Thanks - I've made an appointment to go back to the diabetic clinic on Friday morning, rather than waiting the full three months to see if I can turn this around as I have done before. It's a shock, and I'm dreading the tablets, and there are also many questions left to ask... nothing appears...

Hi, I'm feeling a little better, so reading through your replies - thanks! First off the bat, a sort of off-topic remark, you said: "If you don't mind artificial sweeteners things like Diet Coke are fine to drink. " I used to drink Zero, and other non-sugar drinks, but I read last year that...

Hi, I've started a new thread but it's connected to my previous one about bizarre readings - because to my mind they are still bizarre and I admit I am ignorant about this. (I've been in the "good control" zone without medication since the year 2000 so this sudden unexpected rise in my levels is...

Hi, thanks for your comments. I was 10.5 first thing this morning. As for low-carb eating you are definitely preaching to the choir here as I'm totally committed to that, and have been for many years (ever since I was first diagnosed) BUT I fell off the wagon a few years ago when I married a man...

Hello, I'm new to this forum but I've had borderline diabetes type 2 for many years and never taken medication. To cut a long story short, my latest clinic results caused the nurse to say I'd have to start on medication but I persuaded her to let me have three months to get my levels back to...