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I get confused over my fasting levels, in one week they range from 5.2mmol to this mornings of 6.9mmol!!!! My hba1c on Friday was 41 .

I agree!!! Doctors here in the Uk , in general, also only go by what the book says! Eat more bread pasta rice and potatoes!!!! My mum who is a high risk type two.. went into hospital, I had the same argument as you, one dr told me... Diabetes is a sugar disease it has nothing to do with any...

Hi Maybe then I won’t concentrate too much on my fgl then as I don’t sleep very well ...so thank you for your info!

Thank you Alison, I’m in the Uk too and there doesn’t seem to be much help in my area concerning diabetes... according to my “diabetic nurse” just go out there , take the tablets and eat those cakes!!! All she seems to know is that your diabetic, you will get worse , hopefully at my next A1c I...

Thank you ! Will do

Thanks for all your welcome replies , my last A1c taken nearly a year ago was 6 , when I asked the diabetic nurse what this meant she said I was just on the boarder between pre diabetic and diabetic, so I’m still classed as a diabetic , and I left her office with a lot of uncertainty . My next...

hi ..: I’m a type 2 and am confused about my fasting levels. I range anywhere between 4.5mmol up till 6.7mmol... I used to be on medication but two years ago took myself off them and since been diet , very strict, alone. What I don’t understand is one week according to medical research, I’m a...

Hi, not to sure how to reply on these threads, see my name has just been posted and not my reply, so trying again :-). I read with interest your letters about being thin, I have the same problem! Before I was told I was type 2 in 2012 I was happy with my size of 12-14 , I looked healthy felt...

Hi everyone... about your fasting levels, are you all taking medication? I'm type 2, diet alone and I get the same fasting levels as most of you, between 5 and 5,7mmol , so this is a normal glucose reading for fasting, I wasn't too sure as I heard at 5.7 I should be on medication. I am not...

Hey, not to sure if I'm on the correct thread? But have two questions... I am diabetic type 2, diet alone, but I'm confused with my fasting readings, they range from 4.5mmol to 5.8mmol so one day I'm not diabetic, the next pre diabetic? How does that work? Also my dr has now refused me testing...

hi guys , a few months ago my hba1c was 5.7 , to get it lower I went on a no carb no sugar diet, lost a vast amount of weight , I was only a size 12 went to a size 6-8, look terrible, feel more un healthy then I ever did but when I had my hba1c tested at the beginning of this month I was shocked...

Hi there, thank you for taking the time to write. I eat none of the foods you mentioned, haven't for almost a year. Don't eat any fruit of any kind, no vegetables that grow under ground apart from onions, sometimes. Nothing sweet or low fat, I eat mostly protein, and a few green leaf...

hi I'm type 2.. What confuses me is my fasting levels... One morning I can be in the 4's (mmol) the next morning I may be Late 5's and the next over 6.6 I don't understand how you can be "normal" pre-diabetic, or diabetic in the course of three days? Please help me understand . Can I also ask...