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Try this web page: https://www.hba1cnet.com/hba1c-calculator/ Put your 6.2 mmol/L in the bottom right hand box and your HbA1c in mmol/mol will appear in top left box. 42-47 pre-diabetic >47 diabetic 6.2 will indicate 37 normal However, once diabetic it is easy for it to creep up again...

Hi Barry - sorry but I am quite relieved to read this. I am Type 2 controlled by diet and exercise. However, I have self funded Libre 2 for the last 18 months. Abbott have replaced at least half a dozen sensors for me that have been reading too high compared with finger pricks. In recent months...

Hi Retrogamer, Let me pass on some useful advice I found on here about a year ago. A typical slice of bread contains about 25g of carbs. So a sandwich pack from the supermarket has 50g of carbs in the bread before you consider the filling. However, there is a type of bread called Liv Life...

I can concur with most of the advice above but not the last paragraph. I have been diagnosed as Type 2 for a exactly a year. I initially had an HbA1c of 61 but it has come down to 41 and seems stuck there. Medical staff never mention testing to me and I got into finger pricking last July...

I was diagnosed as Type 2 a year ago. My current HbA1c is 41 (down from 61 a year ago). I control my diabetes with a low carb diet and exercise. Healthcare professionals never mentioned blood testing but I bought a finger pricking blood testing device after joining this forum. I have being...

I have been using Libre 2 for about 8 months and am becoming disillusioned with it. I am Type 2 diagnosed one year ago, have my HbA1c down to 41 and pay for these things myself. Unlike most folk on here, my readings with the sensor tend to go far higher than a finger prick reading. I have just...

Correction: I use the Libre2 continuous monitoring system and it cost £24 per week not £50. I was diagnosed with Type 2 in May last year and advised to control it with exercise and diet. The medics will not recommend finger pricking or continuous monitoring because then the nhs would have to...

I have been on Atorvastatin for 5 years without any problems. They have kept my cholesterol levels down. I was diagnosed with T2 last May.

Hi Robinstall - I was diagnosed with Type 2 back in May. Let me offer you one helpful suggestion which I read on here. A slice of bread will often have 20g of carb which makes sandwiches a problem. However, there is a type of granary bread called Liv Life. It is £2 for a small loaf and only...

Hello Diane I have nothing helpful to say but I share your problem. Diagnosed with T2 in May, I switched to a healthy relatively low carb diet and increased my exercise by walking my dog three miles twice a day. I started out at 14 st 5 lbs and had a target weight of about 11 st 12 lbs...

Thank you - have applied for one as a check for my accu-chek instant.

Bought two Libre 2 units for just under £100. Have just completed my first 24 hours with it on my arm and have no faith in it whatsoever. Despite reading in these forums that the Libre 2 seems to measure lower than a glucometer, I have found mine typically measures up to 2mmol/L above. That...

Thank you @In Response and @jjraak My breakfast was 300 calories worth of nuts - walnuts, almonds and brazils, followed by porridge made with milk. Many of the posts I have read on these forums would suggest that bacon and egg would be more suitable. I agree but would prefer to hang on to have...

07.37 5.9 mmol/L Three mile walk 09.09 5.9 mmol/L Breakfast 11.21 7.5 mmol/L 11.48 7.2 mmol/L 12.34 5.3 mmol/L My blood glucose level on waking tends to average about 6.0 mmol/L. My early morning dog walk tends to lower it slightly but today left it unchanged. After breakfast at 10.00 I had a...

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On the other hand I have taken Atorvastatin for 5 years without any problems. Only recently diagnosed as diabetic T2. My cholesterol has reduced from a total of 6.0 to 3.0 with a ratio of 2.4.

Hi Beryl I am new to Type 2 - diagnosed about 3 months ago. However, I am not new to Atorvastatin. I started taking 20mg per day back in April 2017 when my total cholesterol was 7.2 and have taken it ever since. My total cholesterol now is 3.01 with a ratio of 2.4. Three cheers for Atorvastatin...

Thank you for all your replies. Several of you mentioned a lack of trust in Fitbit. I have no great faith in its accuracy either. However, if I conclude it is exaggerating my burning of calories by several hundred a day then I can work on that. At the moment I have no great concerns about more...

HbA1c coming down: 61, 58, 46, 41 No medication. I need 3000 calories because of the exercise I take. 2500 recommended for average man so an extra 500 seems reasonable given I am walking 6 miles a day on a hilly golf course. Fitbit reckons I use about 3,300 per day but I don’t know how...

This is my first post. I was diagnosed Type 2 in May but saw it coming since April. Chasing remission through diet and exercise I have seen my weight drop from 14 st 5 lbs to 11 st 8 lbs. I have not followed any extreme diet but stopped eating between my 3 meals a day and now eat smaller...