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Hi I’ve recently had a hba1c of 70 which was very unexpected because a year previous it was 45. So I’ve been put on metformin 500x2 a day. I’m very low carbing and my glucose readings are starting to come down. I’ve been on metformin for 3 weeks now. I was invited out for a few drinks...

Hi all, Still getting to grips with my readings, they’ve been on the rise despite me maintaining my very low carb high fat diet changes. However the past few days they seem to have been a little lower again. initially I got the Gluco Navi monitor. Then I applied for and received the Contour...

Hi all, I’ve been teTing morning, before and after meals and before bed for a couple of weeks now and there seems to be no pattern whatsoever. Only that my readings seem to be getting a little higher on average. Today after I got up, but before breakfast ( it was a couple of hours before I...

Hi All, I’ve been looking at monitors and think I’d like one that connects to an app on my phone. What with caring for my 21 month old son, partner with severe ADHD (I am his memory) and renovating our house, I’m struggling to keep on top of recording each reading etc. and think an app would...

I posted a couple of days ago, newly diagnosed. I got a monitor yesterday so did my glucose before eating my evening meal. Then 2hrs after. I then did it this morning before breakfast and 2 hrs after. This is what I ate and what my readings were: Glucose Readings 1st Feb - Before food 6.4...

Hi all, I was diagnosed last week, after having tests for high blood pressure. A year ago my GP told me I was prediabetic but not to worry (I’d had a baby a few months prior and put on a lot of weight) because when the weight ‘falls off’ it’ll sort itself out. I told her the weight wouldn’t...