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Sorry making a mess of this. Just wanted to say think you for your reply. I am trying to manage with diet and exercise at the moment. Dr thinks I should just take the tablets but I want to try. He's not happy so has left me to get on with it.

As a T2 I have read that my BG levels should be between 4-7 before meals and under 8.5 two hours afterwards. So is my goal to get as close to 4 before meals as I can or is it OK just to be in that range or should it be 5.5 or what? Someone that I met said that you have to aim for an average...

Thank you totto. I will have a look. I just feel so tired all the time even after a long time in bed, also my hair is falling out ?levothyroxine and after a year of blood tests the levels have hardly moved and I still feel exhausted.

What is NDT? I have an underactive thyroid and although I take medication the numbers don't improve

Thank you for the information. I am trying to up the amount of exercise that I do (though the current weather does not help as it is mostly walking). I also try to limit carbohydrates and don't deliberately eat anything that has sugar in it. So far I am not on medication. My friend who was...

I have been away for a while but am now past the date for my annual review, so thinking about that now. I am just plodding on and getting an average over a day of 6.00 - 6.01. My BG is usually high first thing in the morning ?dawn phenomenon. My question is will I ever be able to get BG below...

Thank you for your response. It is really kind of you.I totally agree with you and not the DN, so I'll just keep going. :)

This is going to sound stupid, but here goes. I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes a year ago tomorrow. My BG was over 18. I have been trying to control it with diet and exercise. My readings before meals are now in the fives or low sixes and usually under eight after meals. I do have the odd...

I wonder what made them look further into her diagnosis? Presumably her blood glucose levels did not get lower? Is that what happens if you are type 1 and not type 2? I have a personal interest as I was diagnosed as type 2 last September. We don't have any diabetes in our family and I was...

My employer has been very sympathetic about my type 2 diabetes. I now have an HbA1c of 46. When she asked me how I am getting on I told her this and she said does this mean that you have reversed your diabetes? I did not know the answer so I said I think it means I am gaining control. (It...

Thank you both for your suggestions. I have been told that the next HbA1c will not be until January next year as they only do them once a year, so a while to wait. In the meantime I'll try your suggestions and keep testing. I can now have 50 strips per month which is better than none. I was...

Thank you for your encouragement Faith. It was really hard when I did not know what to do and got such conflicting advice. This forum has been wonderful and I am grateful to all who have helped and encouraged me. Just wish I could get the early day (fasting) reading down a bit. :)

Thank you Scardoc for replying to me. I will just keep trying. I hoped that there would be further improvement but maybe that is not possible. The Doctor is keen for me to take Metformin but I would like to stay off drugs for as long as I can. I realise that I will have to take them at some...

Diagnosed in September last year I have been working on controlling my diabetes with diet and exercise. Last HbA1c in Dec down from 85 to 46. Average before meals is now 6.3 and after 7.9 giving an overall average of 6.8. Oddly exercise seems to send my BG up rather than down and it stays...

I was diagnosed in September last year. I have had two HbA1c tests and have been told that in future this is all I will get once a year. Like you I have hypothyroidism and I also have low platelets. I too was just left to get on with it but luckily found this forum and have managed quite...

Thank you for your reply Elaine 77. We have a lot of autoimmune problems in our family. I also have hypothyroidism and low platelets which I think is why the other doctor suggested LADA. I did not have any symptoms of diabetes and was diagnosed completely by chance when I went to my walk in...

I was diagnosed last September. Dr said probably type 2. I am not overweight and we have no history of diabetes in our family so one of the other Drs that I saw said this could be LADA. I have gone on a low carb diet and my HbA1c reading has changed from 85 to 46. Does this mean that it is...

Thank you for your replies. I really appreciate you taking the trouble to reply. I feel more encouraged to keep going and do my best to keep things under control. It is very good to hear of people's experiences. LADA 1.5 has been mentioned but I have been told that the treatment is the same...