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Try using boiled radishes as a potato substitute. I use the little red radishes, cut them in halves or quarters and boil for about 10-15 minutes. Rinse, chill, and use in your favorite potato salad recipe. They're pretty convincing. They lose all their "spice" in the cooking.

Hi... do you still get 14 days of readings this way or does the reader detect that it's already been on your arm for two days?

So... I'm not a doctor, but then again most folks on here are also not doctors. It sounds TO ME that possibly your diabetes has progressed to the point where diet alone just isn't going to work. Your pancreas may be out of gas, or your insulin resistance is just stuck in place... We're not all...

5.3 this morning.

When I was first diagnosed my doctor recommended not paying attention to fruits and vegetables, and I honestly don't think it was out of ignorance. I think it was more like "baby steps" because at least they do have nutritional value and it was a way to get me to focus away from starchy carbs...

I will still eat berries in small-to-moderate amounts, but other fruits are mostly off my list. Apples are a hard no, and oranges only when I can get the really tiny satsumas. Grapes, bananas, pineapples: all big nopes. They're just pure sugar. During the vanishingly short cherry season I'll...

Very interesting and slightly discouraging as it seems we're a long way from a test that is reliable and simple enough to be on a standard test battery from a typical doctor's office.

6.2 this morning

I was diagnosed in 2008 but spent years and years in denial about it. I FELT just fine. My doctor would scold me and I'd promise to do better, but I didn't. Totally delusional, but I honestly went on for years like that. I did stick with the metformin and glipizide, but that was it. I didn't...

I've never seen anything that shows turmeric spikes blood glucose - in fact quite the opposite. There's some alleged evidence that it can help with blood sugar regulation. Try having something other than carbs for breakfast and see if you still get that spike? I know it's got fibre, but it's...

An HbA1c test is an indicator of your average blood glucose over the last three months. For most people, a value over 48 indicates you are diabetic. So your value of 72 is definitely in the diabetic range. The medications you have been prescribed are intended to help your body make and use...

Looks like you're heading in the right direction. I'm T2, diagnosed in 2008 and have never taken insulin. I'm currently taking three other medications, and I just today got my first sub-diabetic A1C after really plunging into low-carb eating. I'm hoping to be able to come off at least one of...

5.2 on waking, but after a rather longish walk on a hot day, it jumped up to 8.4 with no calories consumed. It was back down in an hour or so, but annoying. Exercise is supposed to be GOOD for diabetes, right?! But today's good news is my A1C test from early this morning came back as 41.0...

So... I'm not a doctor, I don't play one on TV, and I have zero idea if this is what your problem is. BUT. I do know that as we age, our livers slowly become less efficient at cleaning up our blood, and over time, some medications can build up in the body to levels where they now cause side...

Agree - insulin will be the last resort unless you are super super high, in which case they probably would have sent you to an emergency department. If they want you to try medication, the one(s) they usually start with also have the effect of helping with weight loss, so that's not necessarily...

If your numbers were bad enough to require panicking, they would have told you to go to the emergency department. Diabetes is a long game, so just start reading some basic material like in the Newly Diagnosed section on this website, and start thinking about easy sources of excess sugar you can...

If you dive into low carb/keto, you may find you need to pay attention to getting enough electrolytes. I've watched videos explaining why but honestly it doesn't stick in my brain - here's a post from the Carb Manager app with a brief explanation...

The leaflet information says "Swallow metformin hydrochloride extended-release tablets whole and never crush, cut or chew."

My most recent sensor still had wipes (I'm in the US though, so our supply chains may vary). They're pretty cheap and I had bought a big box of them anyway for fingerstick checks and my Trulicity injections. Good idea to have a supply for first aid anyway.

5.4 this morning