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The first result posted shows the blood plasma glucose to be 4.2 mmol/litre. The second result posted shows the HbA1c to be 62 mmol/mol. These tests have measured different things in different ways. The first gives a snapshot result of what your blood glucose was at the point of testing. The...

Hi. There are a number of ways to test for glucose levels in blood. Fingerprick uses capillary blood, most HbA1cs are done using whole blood drawn from a vein, and the glucose in blood plasma can also be tested, which is what I think you've had done here. According to Bilous and Donnelly, the...

Hi - just to give you a sense of where your HbA1c is, it's worth knowing that normal range for people without diabetes is generally around 36-42, with most people clustered around 38. The graph shows this very clearly. The problem with what is "good" is that the NICE guidelines that inform and...

Hiya I have had severe night sweats off and on since around 2014. Last night was fine, night before totally soaked. The pattern is severe nightmares, very heavy sweating, and waking, typically around 4am. I am not overheating and don't have any other conditions that might be relevant as far as...

You really need to establish what the blood glucose impact of any food is on you rather than on someone else. If you don't like the taste, that's a different issue. As I've said, sweeteners have zero impact on my BG. I know that because repeat blood testing over more than five years confirms...

I had and have the same experience with canderel - no impact on BG. Ultimately the best thing is to test for yourself.

It doesn't. The medical science (I'm taking this from Bilous and Donnelly's Handbook of Diabetes) currently says that insulin responses (which would lead to blood glucose falls, rather than rises) are chemically triggered by the presence of glucose, rather than by the taste of sweetness. This...

Hi John and welcome to the forums. I think if you read around on here, you'll find that experiences are mixed. However, it's really not at all unusual to get very little help from the formal NHS structures - which is one reason why forums like this exist. My experience in December 2019 when...

Hi - really well done. My very limited experience with the libre led me to conclude that it was great for trends and and finding out what was going on when you couldn't do a blood test via glucometer, but that it was a bit over-optimistic (on the low side, that is) with readings and more so with...

A lot of people do fast for varying lengths of time. There are several accounts on the forum. I've done a 48 hr period almost by accident, as was on my own, busy, and wasn't hungry at all during it and simply didn't feel the need to eat. That was from 2-3pm on day one, through to 2-3 pm on day...

Different things for different people. My BG became normal before I'd lost any significant weight just as when it went out of normal range around 2009, weight gain followed.

It depends what you mean by "remission". I use it to mean absence of symptoms, including normal blood glucose levels achieved without medication. I've had normal blood glucose levels since April 2020, and am therefore approaching six years of normal BGs and five years in remission - it's five...

This time of year is just flat-out depressing anyway, and once upon a time my mood would shift in October and stay down until March or April. My personal plan is to get outside as much as possible, even in the rain and cold, and tire myself out if I can. That means better sleep, and better...

Hello and welcome It's not a straightforward answer, I'm afraid. I did my own low carb thing from 2019 onwards which was roughly the equivalent of the Atkins approach: I restricted carbs to around 20g/day, and still do. In addition to having normal blood glucose within four months, I have also...

I did have a look at one or two of the "protein bars" - CarbKilla, maybe? Problem is that there were about 20g carb in the bar I looked at, which is pretty much my full day allocation. So for me anyway it's not an option.

NICE have a specific point in the T2 guidelines intended to prevent exactly this happening, see 1.7.11 to 1.7.13: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28/chapter/Recommendations#first-line-drug-treatment You might want to raise this next time you talk to them, as they appear to be unaware.

In terms of what impact there is on your blood glucose, you look at carbohydrate content, wholemeal (etc) is still carb. All these crackers are much the same - they're all high carb - and if you're going to have one or the other it shouldn't really matter which. Three crackers would weigh maybe...

I think that sort of attitude helps a lot. In the modern world so many people seem to want things to happen instantly and without effort - anyone trying to lower blood glucose levels knows that time and troubles are unavoidable parts of the process. Well done so far and best of luck for the...

First question is - are you on any glucose-lowering medication? Your profile does not say.

Short answer is no. It's not the fact of having a condition that qualifies you for PIP - you have to be able to demonstrate what you can and can't do in real life, and provide enough evidence about that. The standard is high and initial applications are frequently rejected, so the applicant...