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Thank you so much. It really helps to know that it is worth screening out foods. I have to lay off the testing for a few days - I'm out of strips and it's not viable with the machine I got for Christmas to swab as much as I want. I'll stick to protein and the lowest carbs I can for a few days...

Thanks for the reply. It's 4.50am now - and I just took a reading of 6.2. So I am relieved I may not be hypoglycaemic, at least. In reply to the other comments...I've checked and the monitor was new at Christmas, and the strips were in date. I'm prepared to accept it's faulty or my hands...

I wonder if I can get some advice. I'm 49, female and overweight. I had gestational diabetes when I was 35 - and vaguely remember something about it not being caught by the midwife due to the timing of the tests. A year ago I felt I was in the realms of pre-diabetes due to some symptoms and...