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    Hba1C test booked this week - should I cancel?

    I have a 3 monthly a1C test booked in 5 days. My inclination is to cancel this as its not essential, involves going to medical practice, and it looks like there is going to be a big increase in Covid-19 infections in London, where I live. Some background - I was diagnosed 9 months ago with a...
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    Variations in Accucheck Performa Nano readings

    Some months ago I purchased an Accucheck Performa Nano for testing my BG. Although its not the cheapest device I purchased it as it is made by the medical device division of Roche, the enormous pharma company - and I thought if anyone should be able to produce reliable monitors it would be them...
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    Doubts about newly started LCHF diet

    I was diagnosed with T2 in mid July 2019 (HbA1C=117) and immediately went onto low Glycaemic Index diet with greatly lowered calorie intake) and lots of exercise. I lost about 10 kilos in 3 months (9% body weight) and started monitoring my BG regularly about a month into this regime - it was...
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    MySugr app and its Hb1AC estimates

    I thought I would put my own experience of estimating HbA1C via the glucose monitoring app MySugr. There has been a number of threads on this recently. But here are my own experiences to throw into the mix. I would be also interested to have feedback from those more experienced than me to...