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Well done you, I’m jealous all the hard work has paid off .

I bought it at Aldi’s a couple of years ago it’s a sanitas a German make SBM67

I have managed to get my sugar levels down but I decided to have a McDonald’s wrap and fries and black coffee .I was quite surprised to get a reading of 10.1 mmol when I had started off at 6.1 mmol about two hours earlier,I know before I got diagnosed I would have drunk a large coke large fries...

I have been using my blood pressure monitor but the other day I noticed that my readings on the pressure monitor were a lot lower after I changed the batteries for a brand new set . The old ones were seeming to be working and the battery low icon seemed ok . I was just wondering would this make...

Hi iv sent my [email deleted to protect member privacy] can you send us more information please Dave

I’m not a medical person so maybe somebody with a bit more knowledge can verify this .Average blood pressure varies a bit depending on your age so what a good blood pressure for a 25 year old male will be different to a 60 year old man . Same applies for females so this also has to be taken into...

This diabetes there’s a lot more to it then meets the eye I find it very interesting. What I like about this site is your talking to people who have knowledge from personal experience and you can’t beat that.

I will be honest I never eat a lot of vegetables and fruits before my diabetes so once diagnosed it wasn’t hard to cut them out. I think my trouble was the wrong carbs and the amounts. Iv been eating more broccoli lettuce and spinach since I was diagnosed and dropping the veg I do like ie the...

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I have to admit I lost my weight going the low carb route ,but I just wondered if anybody else had any success on a alternative diet .

Hi there if you are already in remission the chances are you have lost a reasonable amount of weight to get there, if you carry on further and lose more weight and are then able to maintain that weight loss and not gain any back ,is it safe to say that you can pretty much eat what you want

Cheers I had hba1c about two weeks ago while I was on holiday but the doctors won’t accept that . I need to take another hba1c test and I will be gutted if this comes out worse then my previous test . I don’t want to do anything daft which could cause this . I’m hoping your correct, fingers...

Hi I am going for a blood test for my hba1c I have fasted overnight and on waking up my blood sugar levels were 5.3 mmol I have then shortly after gone and done hours exercise my blood sugar level shot up to 6.5 mmol .I know my hba1c is over 3 months but will this higher reading if I take it...

I just cut out the carbs /sugar no fast food for first two months .I was losing about 1 pound a week first two months also did the 5:2 for a few weeks .In Vietnam it was a little harder because I enjoy the beer and food but I regulated myself and most importantly I checked my blood levels with a...

The information I have managed to extract from this site has contributed immensely.I wish to thank you all

Hi I was diagnosed with diabetes type 2 end of February my hba1c was 8.6 at the time I mentioned to the Dr I didn’t want to go on meds. I felt with my lifestyle at the time I had a lot of things I could do to improve it.I was fairly strict for two months and then went on holiday to Vietnam...

Cheers for that Helen iv just got a lot more inquisitive since being diagnosed type 2 ,which is helping me a lot with my problem !

How high would a non diabetic blood sugar level spike after high sugar or carb intake comparing it to a diabetic .I know there body will bring it back to normal levels quicker but just curious what the differences would be ?

Thanking everybody for taking the time to answer my question