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The fingerprick readings are measured in mmol/litre. The HbA1c readings are measured in mmol/mol. Even more confusingly, there are other measurements in use (mainly in the USA) which give readings in mg/dl and percentages. Interpret what you read on the internet with some care particularly...

I'd have a look on the Scottish Government's website. Health service generally is a devolved matter so it is a decision that will have been taken locally. It might even be your local health board's decision, and you might try their website too.

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Hi - I'm very reluctant to give any sort of advice as i have zero experience with insulin. There are several members who are much better placed to advise, tagging a couple: @Lakeslover @Mark Rawlinson

In the beginning, I never intended to fast - it happened quite naturally because I wasn't hungry and didn't want to eat. Left to myself I can easily go a couple of days with fluids only. I don't have any medication to be considered. The issue for me is that eating a meal (generally) is a social...

I was diagnosed some years after I'd retired, so I've no direct personal experience of any workplace stigma. However, my workplace was "healthy eating" central in more than one way, and we were pushed (and pushing) carbs constantly. Sugar via fruit was called healthy, sugar via doughnut was not...

Well, if you're right and you do have T2, you can do something about it that would avoid all those negative consequences. But you can't know whether you're right or not at this point.

As others have said, it could be many things and you do need to see your doctor. I was quite relieved to be told it was T2 diabetes rather than some of the other things that Google was suggesting I might have. My abnormal blood glucose, once diagnosed, was back at normal levels in four months...

When I went on my "newly diagnosed" T2 course the refreshments provided were a big plate of biscuits. Not sure if fruit would be much better in terms of the sugars, though. The issue is that almost everyone (and certainly the media) has been thoroughly indoctrinated into believing that fruit...

As has been said, BG levels change al the time. Carbohydrate/glucose in food is the biggest single influence but our livers are constantly adjusting levels in response to stimuli. I'm attaching a graph of a non-diabetic person's CGM to illustrate this: the "X"s are the points where the person...

I did. It was probably my worst symptom, to be honest, in terms of immediate pain. It started around early 2018 when my BG would have been in the mid-40s. I had about six or seven episodes of skin adhesions and tearing - lots of bleeding and of course clotting was slow because of the high BG...

Can't help you on the moisturiser as no personal experience but my first glucometer (Gluco RXQ) lasted about five years. The button spring broke rather than anything going wrong with the technical bit, so it's possible they could last much longer. @Rachox has a list of current makes but I...

I wouldn't be at all happy with those readings if they're consistent. The problem with the NHS targets for blood glucose management is that they accept quite abnormal levels of blood glucose as being "good" and something to aim for. So assuming your doctor is using those, you will be told you're...

Thanks for that. A problem I have with discussing "scientific" approaches is that the crunch isn't anything theoretical: the crunch is what "X" does to my blood glucose. So - to give a current example - I find that bread in Italy has a completely different BG impact on me compared to bread in...

Are you diabetic? What sort of results do you get in real life when you follow this advice? Personally I've managed over six years of normal BG levels simply by greatly reducing carb intake, full stop.

Alcoholic: Low carb beer, red wine esp Italian, whisky, rum, grappa, gin. Occasionally a traditional normal carb beer. Non-alcoholic: Coffee (via Moka pot) often with double cream: iced tea: soda water: filtered chilled tap water: coke zero: other zero sugar caffeine drinks. Plus...

The decision is com[plex in the UK. The NHS uses a number of standards to judge whether any surgical procedure is justified or justtifiable. One is the "Quality Adjusted Life Year" (QALY). Basically this is a way of trying to assess whether a procedure might be worth carrying out, based on the...

Depends really on what you do now. Back on the wagon, or pizza every day? Treat it as an opportunity to learn. You have just confirmed that your system, at present, cannot handle that level of carb. Move on.

The main character in A Spy Among Friends was T1. His condition played absolutely no part in the story, so no idea why it was included. Anyway, he has tea and buns with colleagues - camera zooms in on his eating the buns as being "significant".....and sure enough he has to leave the room and...

Assume you're not looking at CGMs as a direct alternative to fingerprick tests? Otherwise there are lots of gadgets advertised on the internet as "non-invasive" BG meters. People are usually advised not to waste their money. I've always asked people determined to buy one of these things to...