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I was diagnosed in January 2013 with an HbA1c of 67. I read as much as I could, followed advice from this forum, went super cautious right away. Stopped eating cereal, most wheat products, pastries, and most sweets and gave up my beloved lager. In three months I had it down to 44 and three...

This is an exercise program that aims to get you toned and slim in six weeks. I decided to try it because I'd seen the teleshopping commercial and it looked an easy workout and the customer testimonials seemed genuine. I started yesterday and the workout is easy from the point of view that...

Grandma, mum, sister and many female cousins all suffer from thinning hair. Not balding but you can see scalp through the hair and under direct lighting it's very noticeable. Now I appear to be falling victim too. It's causing me some upset. My long dark shiny hair has always been a defining...

I have found a "weird food" that I expected to spike my sugars but doesn't. I love Reese Peanut Butter Cups. They come in packs of three and according to myfitnesspal they contain 33g of carbs of which 33g are sugars. I get my lowest readings of the day between the hours of 5-6pm, even lower...

I've read on the forum that this stuff can skew your reading. I wondered if it skews the reading upwards or down? If its not blood, would it not dilute the blood and result in a lower reading? Unless it contains glucose too, in which case would it have the same concentration as blood? Any...

Since I was diagnosed with Type 2 mid-January this year, I have been extremely emotional - sometimes sad and tearful, but mostly extremely irritable. I know when I'm being prickly toward my husband and cat, but realising that I'm being mean pisses me off even more so I become more prickly...

Type 2 n00b here. Got a monitor (onetouch) on 1st Feb and ten strips. I bought more strips and lancets from amazon. Every time I test it's rage inducing. I prick the finger, wait for the blood but only get a tiny drop not much bigger than the lancet head. I put the test strip to the drop and...