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Also, I’ve started measuring my BG around meals but am finding the meter to be very inaccurate. It’s a true metric manage air. For example today before dinner I measured 101 (5.5) then 2 hours after eating I measured 192 (10.6), it wasn’t a crazy carb heavy meal so I thought this was way too...

Hi, Thanks for all the replies and well wishes! My doctor has said he thinks its easier to get blood sugar under control using Metformin first then come off it rather than using solely diet, so I don't think he's averse to controlling with diet only in the future. @Rose22 , you mentioned...

Not yet but I do have a meter that I bought in the USA and have about 60 strips left. I have been mostly using it to track fasting levels in the morning. So to check my food tollerances should I measure immediately before eating and then 2 hours after finishing? Or sooner than that?

Hi, Thanks for reply. My worry with alcohol was more about its interaction or incompatibility with Metformin? I generally have a glass of red or rum and diet coke anyway so it's mostly low carb (the types of rum I drink are low/no sugar) On a typical day right now I am eating either soup or...

Yeh that's what I thought (and have read on here) and was reasonably encouraged with my progress so far but now been told by 3 different doctors (one of them twice) to start Metformin :(

Hi and apologies if this post rambles a little. I was abroad with work when diagnosed and couldn't contact my GP or talk to anyone about it really, it was very stressful. I had been having (what I now understand are the usual) symptoms for 3 or 4 months of frequent urination and extreme thirst...