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Those are absolutely normal post-pandrial blood sugar levels. Well done.

Thanks all. Does anyone know WHY my blood sugar rises fasted in the morning? Liver pushing glucose out and no insulin response? Today for example 5.2 upon waking, went for a walk, drank water, 2 hours later im 6.7. After lunch I’ll barely go above 5.8 for the rest of the day. Dinner never...

Been skipping breakfast for about 3 months or so. I was on insulin when first diagnosed in March, then reduced medication to just metformin and then halved my dose after my a1c fell from 117 to 39 in the first 6 months. Before my metformin dose was halved, I would wake up with 5.5 and it would...

Hi guys, Type 2, 500mg metformin twice a day, last a1c=39. So I have noticed when I test first thing in the morning my blood glucose is consistently 5.5 - 5.9 but in the hours after that, up until my first meal (lunch about 1pm) it will rise above 6 to around 6.5 and stay there until I've...

5.2 this morning which is a drop from the 5.8/6s I've been getting since halving my metformin dose. I have noticed that even if my first reading is 5 then I always increase to 6 by midday even if I haven't eaten anything.. is this normal? If so or if not, what's the cause?

I have 80g - 120g of carbs per day. Trying to keep it towards the 80g end of the scale and see how I get on.

Hi All, Type 2 here on 4x 500mg metformin a day. Diagnosed in March with a1c of 107, a1c result last week was 39 so obviously really pleased with that. Had an appointment with my consultant and he said we should try reducing metformin in half to 1x 500g twice a day. Typical readings are 5.5-6...

Thank you. Really great to have a pay off from the effort.

Hey guys, I hope you're all doing well. I just had my first blood test results since diagnosis in March and I thought I would share to show the effect of lowering my carbohydrate intake to 100g or less per day. I'm 31 and was diagnosed with Diabetes in March and initially put on Novorapid and...

My eyes have been blurry since diagnosis. Had checks for any diabetes related damage and none to be found. I’m just near sighted. Completely unrelated to the diabetes.

Cycling is superb exercise, keep it up.

I was diagnosed type 2 (satisfactory c-pep, neg antibodies) with a1c of 107 in March. Initially put on insulin but now just take metformin. I’m 31 and weigh 15 and a half stone. Changed my diet completely so I eat a lot of meat and more fat now. Have about 80g carbs a day maybe less and I’ve...

Hi Guys, Following a meal, should your blood glucose be at its highest after 2 hours or should it be back to its normal level after 2 hours? My blood glucose is 4.5-5.5 before meals, around 6-7 at the two hour mark then usually goes back to 4.5-5 after about 2.5hrs. Is this normal? Just...

Hi Dave, Thanks for your reply and congratulations on your a1c result. I bet you were delighted and deservedly so. My fasted readings were the last to come down so I’m glad that they’re now constantly in the 5s. I’ve only been diagnosed for 3 months but it feels like I’ve made very good...

My blood glucose was around 17mmol/l when I was initially seen by an out of hours GP and he admitted me into hospital for two nights. When I was let out they didn’t then know if i was type 1 or 2 so put me on insulin. When the c-pep and antibody tests came back they suggested I remain on...

Yeah so I had the gad antibody and c-pep and I’m type 2. Since I’ve lost some weight my blood pressure is around 120/75 now. Hopefully my lipids will have improved too.

Thanks Ziggy. It’s not meant to be a “please praise me” post but I felt really down after diagnosis and would like people to know if they are in the same boat that you can make a difference really quickly if you commit to it. The next HbA1c will be in August and my diabetes dr said he will...

I just wanted to update this thread in case there are other newly diagnosed out there who need a bit of hope/guidance. Since I originally posted, I have lost a further 20lbs so I’m down to 227 now and after being diagnosed as type 2 I took myself of insulin. I eat relatively low carb now, less...

I was kept in hospital for two nights on IV insulin and was around 14 mmol when I left.

They said I was a bit young for type 2 but a bit old for type 1 so they wanted to play it safe and treat me as type 1 until the blood results come back. Still waiting but family history of type 2. There was insulin in my urine sample so more than likely type 2. My dad was diagnosed with the...