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This is my daily struggle, I lost my fiancé to liver cancer in May 2020, she was 35. Every day since has been a struggle, I was diagnosed Type 2 in June 2021 and my HbA1c was 89, by this point I was ready to give up on life, I already had high blood pressure which I'd just gotten under control...

Fit Like, and welcome @Donsman, fellow Aberdonian here also!

Thanks, I feel I'm starting to get the hang of things now, I just came out of a bad patch where I was eating junk, but the last few days have been much better, I've been looking at foods, checking carbs, going for short walks after meals, and I'm getting good readings lately, my average BG from...

I use the Contour Diabetes App, it connects to my Contour Next One meter via bluetooth and sends all readings automatically straight to the app in my phone. The app can also generate reports and readings for sending to your dr's and specialists. If you go to Ascensia Diabetes Care UK website...

Basically Atkins is a low carb diet, to make the body to burn fat instead of sugar for fuel. I was probably diagnosed because of takeaways and ready meals, after my fiancé died last year and my step daughter moved away to live with her grandmother, I found myself on my own again, so kind of...

So basically, the Atkins diet?

Ok people, here's a question for you. So in trying to learn about the contents of foods, I took a wander round my local Sainsburys looking at the content of some products, must have looked like a shoplifter constantly picking up things, looking at them, and putting down :D So a lot of people...

About 4 episodes in 3 weeks, and only on the Glimiperide, and occured just before lunchtime each time. Have not had any episodes since starting the Metformin 10 days ago. My high readings from last week (or what I thought were high, never above 12) were a lapse in diet, takeaways, coca cola, and...

Not really, I didn't make that meal because I thought is was low GI, it's a recipe I've made every so often for many years, it had lots of vegetables, passata, cheese and beef meatballs, I've just swapped the white pasta for brown. 2 hours after the brown pasta my BG was 6.4, and 2 hrs after...

No, quite the opposite, the NHS haven't offered me any advice.. Got blood test, diagnosed by phone, put on meds, told to eat more healthy and exercise (But not really given any info on what foods) Will review in 3 months, bye. I've not seen any specialists or diabetic clinic appts. Got an eye...

That's fantastic! Well done! I was on Glimipride for 3 weeks, ate strictly healthy, and I put on 2 lbs! Then I went down 2lbs, then the few days wobble I had, I went back up 2 lbs. So I have lost.....nothing in like 5 weeks! haha These horrible things happen, and the reality is, life goes on...

My HbA1c was 89 so they said they needed to attack this aggressively, and the hope was for medication not to be a long term solution, and my BS immediately returned to normal levels after a few days, but over a 3 week period, it had a negative effect where on at least 4 occasions BS fell to...

Cheers for the suggestion, so this morning I had 2 slices brown toast with butter (Nothing else in house to eat, ran out of eggs and bacon!) took a 15 min walk before starting work at home, tested 2 hrs after eating, got 8.9 on the meter. And that's without any metformin in the morning...

That must have been awful for you. I just had to keep getting up every day and get on with things, even if I didn't want to, but although I did that, I still didn't look after myself properly mentally or physically. I don't think you ever stop grieving the loss of someone, it just gets a wee...

Thanks! Yeah, think I just need to learn to be patient, I think I had this idea I'd attack this thing with healthiness, reverse it and then go back to how I was. Its been a **** year and I've only myself to blame. So, if anything this diagnosis is the kick up the #### I needed. My fiance...

I've just been recently diagnosed, and I just started on Metformin last week, Dr's told me to take 1 x 500mg after main meal each day, then step up to 1 x 500mg twice daily after breakfast and evening meal. Still on the 1 x tablet a day, but first few days tummy was really upset, lots of trips...

Hey, welcome I am new as well, and pretty much had the same experience, GP told me over the phone, told me to google Glycemic Index, and change your diet and exersize, oh and here are some tablets. That was all I got. My mum is also Type 2 so she helped with some info, the rest I just had to...

Yup, learning every day! I'm also having to lose some weight, as the Dr's seem to think it may be reversible with diet and exercise. Although, doesn't seem to matter what I eat, short time later and I'm starving! Had a huge salad for lunch, romaine lettuce, red onion, tomatoes, cucumber...

Sorry maybe using the wrong words, I didn't mean cereals are low carb, still learning about things. But they were suggested alternatives to breads, rolls, bacon etc. Although with those cereals, my level doesn't seem to go high. This is also where I get confused, some GI info says 1 thing is...

Replacing things with Bacon, I like this kind of thinking! I had actually been avoiding bacon, as I thought it was a bad option. Although I do have maybe a couple of slices grilled once a week and doesn't seem to affect me.