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Thanks so much for this advice, it will def help when at the Dr’s next week. I’ll be sure to let you know what the results are when (hopefully) we get the tests done.

Goodness, thanks so much for that advice - I really am not clued up on this at all. I will go back and look at the carbs on the packets of things Mum eats, including the bread. I just looked at my own loaf of bread in my house and I see it’s 18.5g of carbs but 1.4g of sugar.

Thanks again for the responses. One positive change to happen is that I’ve actually managed to get Mum to take her sugar intake more seriously and from today she is keeping a food diary. First time ever. I’ve gone through all the sweet stuff in the cupboards and listed out the sugar content...

Thanks so much for the replies! It’s really appreciated. I will definitely be asking the GP about how we can get Mum the Oral Glucose test as that sounds a great starting point. My sis mentioned on the phone to the GP about getting a device to monitor blood sugar but was told “we wouldn’t...

Hi there, I’m totally new to this and wondered if someone with more experience could advise. My Mum experiences episodes of blacking out/losing consciousness and the pattern seems to be that this always happens at home, in the kitchen usually after eating food, sometimes 20 mins later, sometimes...