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It was feb so about a month I was also very stressed and upset and not sleeping I improved my lifestyle but not really my diet

I recently saw a diabetic pharmacist (that’s what my surgery called him) and don’t know what to make of the whole situation My hbA1c is 41, (tested in May) down from 98 in Jan. I was told to take metformin building up to 2000 a day The nurse told me that I could drop down if it caused me side...

I’m good now, started exercising and got some sleep I thought 5mmol was good and above 11.1 was a concern my app always has me in the green

My hbA1c 98 back in January This was a shock I was 41 eighteen months early and have been consistently 41 all my life. I had been very depressed and anxious and constantly crying or on the verge of tears since august because of lots of things happening and was given sleeping pills as I had...

I was wondering the same, I had a test of 98 a few months back, just got my 4 month test back 41, the doctor told me to take 2000 metformin a day, I was testing regularly and in never above 7, so said no and after a few nights of horrific night mares and crazy high morning readings and cold...

Its a sensor which constantly reads your blood sugar levels, google Libre 2 to find it :) I think its about £50 for one that lasts 2 weeks, it allows you to not have to constantly finger test your blood

I due my second Hba1C test at the end of the month so will ease off testing by then as I should have a decent understanding of how I react to things by then.

Hi and welcome, this board is amazing and very supportive, I havent been here long myself. How are you feeling? Here are a few links (Im sure others here will have much better links) https://www.diabetes.co.uk/newly-diagnosed-with-type2-diabetes.html...

Thank you for your response. I have been testing to see how things are affected, so test before exercise, after and 2 hours after food, and exercise only makes me increase by 0.4 max. I had a similar thing today, tested and was 5, needed to go out, when i got to the shops I started to feel...

Thank you that was a great read, and stress is a big issue for me, Im trying to find solutions

Thank you, and Im glad that things are better for you now,

Thank you that does help. I have always assumed im very influence by emotions but didnt know if that could be a thing. I will talk to the doctor next time about getting some support as I have very high anxiety levels

T The same thing from every Thursday, do 2 hours of aerobics then have a salad and quiche, been the same for 6 weeks always , some times i have some fruit if im still hungry. Food doesnt have a massive impact on me.

Thursday I was feeling really low, and did everything the same as I normally do, exercise and dinner etc, yet 2 hours after eating my levels were really high for me. This has happened a few times. When I had my high Hba1C result (have only had 1 high result need to wait a few more weeks for...

Thank you both :)

Hi Im new to this and having a scary Hba1c result it gave me the push to go back to doing exercise (Work/Covid and depression stopped me) Ive been doing a mix of as may different types as I can, from Yoga and flexibity classes, to body conditioning to Boxing. But I keel seeing comments saying...