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I've been using a Sinocare meter for the last year or so, I get a 'Lo' reading on it when I don't get enough blood onto the sensor and/or don't get it in the right place. You need to dip the end of the strip into the blood droplet not put the drop onto the strip. The sensor strips are like a...

72.6kg this morning - though my fancy dancy, all singing 'would you like a coffee as well ma'am' body composition scales claim 71.9. The two sets generally match, except when the fancy ones are nearly 1kg lower. I'll stick with the higher number because that's what I've been using since last...

4.7 today, though I did wander around the house a bit more than usual before stabbing myself. Only by a couple of minutes so I'm going to take than number and be happy with it.

I've been using a Sinocare meter since about a week after the pre-diabetes phone call last June. I picked it more or less at random from Amazon, but any meters sold in the UK have to conform to the same standard, and their strips are generally less than 20p each. (The Sinocare strips are...

5.1 today. Given the sleep I didn't have last night it could have been a lot worse.

It sounds like you are back on the right track! I hate the fact that it's a notable event when a medic actually listens to their patient, but I'm glad you found one that did. *waves pom-poms and cheerleads you from the sidelines*

4.5 this morning. I've had a few iffy (for me) numbers recently. I have also got myself some over the counter sleepy drugs (Nytol - the active ingredient is an antihistamine). They do seem to help in that when I take them I'm not awake at 3am wondering if that's it for the night. I'm not...

4.8 today. I think I forgot to post yesterday, I was running a bit high yesterday morning (5.8) - by my usual standards anyway, so nice to see a normal-for-me number again.

5.0 today. I still seem to be in England not Oz, so off for a walk in a while.

5.2 today, sluggish start to the day.

It seems to be a first line drug for type-2 diabetes, if the person can't deal with Metformin, but a common side effect is reduced appetite. https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/semaglutide.html

4.5 this morning. It's been a bit of a week the last couple of days so I missed checking in here. I hope the keel is a bit more even now, for a while at least.

I've only just seen this answer. I hope you've managed to either get things done, or get some sense out of someone, at this point. Having it as a day procedure sounds at least like they're aware there might be issues (3 year old in a strange setting, of course there will be 'issues'!)...

I am so glad Dr Berry talks sense (aka I agree with him) because with his accent I think I'd listen to anything he had to say. Interesting stuff about cataracts though, from an unscientific collection of anecdata I was working on the theory that getting them was almost inevitable, it's nice to...

5.3 this morning. When I say 'morning' it was still dark outside and I'd been awake quite a while. Onwards and upwards, waiting for the caffeine to kick in ...

Pretty much exactly the same numbers as me. I still have *no* idea what I look like and my image of me really hasn't changed. I hope my brain will catch up at some point. CONGRATULATIONS! It's a good feeling isn't it?

72.8kg this morning. I'm going to accept that I've properly slid under the 73kg mark now. Ultimate goal is about 70kg but I'm in no rush for this last bit. Stabilising and learning how to maintain is a lot more important to me at this point. (Just over 40kg total weight loss in the last 9...

4.5 here this morning, went to bed very early last night and more or less slept all the way to normal person waking up time. I'll take more of that thank you Universe!

I've lost a lump of weight and a substantial fat layer since last summer. I now wear gloves (sometimes) when I go out of the house and - horror or horrors! - often wear fluffy slipper socks around the house. I've even been seen wearing more than a t-shirt around the house. This is not the way it...

5.1 for me. Though I didn't check at 3am when I first got up, or 5am when I went back to bed. I really thought my new night time routine was helping with the sleep thing. Seems it was just messing with me for a couple of nights.