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There were some thin chips and peas too, but I must stress again that this exact same meal doesn't always cause problems with my sugars.

Sometimes I find the same foods can spike my sugars when they normally didn't. I had a fish meal tonight, and after 4 hours my sugar was still in the 8mmol region. Now I have just found out my sugar is still 7.1mmol, 6 and a half hours after eating - I couldn't sleep and checked on a whim. How...

Today I felt unusual shortly after a meal. It was admittedly pretty high carb, but I had been suffering from low sugar before so I needed it. At the half an hour after eating mark, my vision went and my brain became foggy. I checked my sugar and it was only 5 mmol despite a huge meal. It was 3.7...

One of the reasons my GP has diagnosed me recently with type 2 diabetes is because of my weird blood sugar. At the 1-1.5 hour mark after eating, my sugar is perfectly normal, between 6-7.5 mmol. Then suddenly at 2-3 hours, it rockets up again at least 10 mmol. There's no pattern in the foods...

It was a plain chicken breast, the veg was mixed frozen - carrot, peas and a dash of broccoli. The gravy has thickener, but I deliberately made it thin, and chose the 20% less salt variety with less fat too.

It was about 4 hours after my chicken and veg meal, and I'd just been sitting down watching a film. I paused, grabbed some tap water and, call it a hunch, checked my sugar levels 10 minutes later.

Not anxious at the time, until of course I saw the reading. I gave it a few checks for the next 30 minutes and it persisted, but I ran out of strips. I did have a pretty plain chicken and veg dish, I'm not sure if chicken has a delayed response, even with gravy. My fingers were definitely...

4 hours after a meal today, I realised I hadn't had anything to drink, so I grabbed myself a glass of water. Before the water, I was at normal blood sugar levels. After I drank it, my sugar rocketed up to 9mmol. I thought water reduced blood sugar, how come it increased it for me, and for a good...

Ah that's a bit annoying. So I might actually be prediabetic? And can I assume that a vein blood sample is always accurate?

They queried it because I was tested on a Kinetik Wellbeing monitor, which claims my fasting blood glucose is considerably higher than the Performa Nano says. The Nano says between 5.0 and 5.4 mmol, the Kinetik claims between 5.7 - 6.5 mmol. An important difference, because one monitor claims...

Because I accidentally damaged my original Accu Chek Performa Nano device, I had to get it replaced online. While I waited, I purchased a Kinetik Wellbeing blood glucose monitor sold at my local Asda as it was the only available local option. While fasting, the kinetik claims my blood sugar is...

A relative of mine is worried that the Accu Chek Performa Nano I've been using nearly a year, may not be accurately reading my sugar levels. I'm not sure if there's a way to tell if it complies with modern standards or not?

Sometimes it's just not possible to wash our hands at all when out and about, or we need to catch our symptoms quickly. What should one do to get as good a reading of blood glucose as possible without hand washing? Also does it make a difference if you wash your hands with a bar of soap or just...

From what I've heard, Hba1c is an average, rather than a diagnostic tool. Also I've heard people without diabetes don't exceed a much smaller glucose value 30-45 minutes after eating. It will take a long time to see my GP again due to waiting times, but I may ask if they've heard of the glucose...

To tell the truth it was the chemist who figured out the diabetes angle in the first place, but since they can't officially diagnose no matter how many blood sugar readings they do, it means little. I would change GP in a heartbeat if any were in range of me, but I already suffer from other...

While walking around my town today, I noticed I was getting symptoms that ended up being related to high blood sugar. Unfortunately I didn't have any lancets left so I asked a paramedic for help who was patrolling. He asked what my last highest glucose reading was, and I said "The highest I've...

Unfortunately I'm not sure what it was after that time frame as I ran out of test strips. But to sum up all my weeks of readings, my fasting glucose is ideal, as is my HB% but my post meal readings and especially my peak glucose can be ludicrously high. Sometimes however I ate the same meal...

A plain cheeseburger and medium fries with water. I never go for the full meal deals or any deserts.

I experienced a spike in blood glucose 5 hours after eating today. The pattern went like this: 2 hours: 5.9 mmol 3 hours: 4.5 4 hours: 3.9 5 hours: 7.9 I had a mcdonalds which of course is quite fatty. Everything else looks normal, but that sudden giant spike has me concerned. Is it an example...

Today I was lying down playing a video game and waiting for a taxi. It had been 4 hours since my breakfast (Weetabix) and my glucose numbers seemed fine then. Suddenly all my vision dimmed and I began to sweat and feel irritable for no reason. I checked my blood sugar and it had jumped to...