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Hi, If you ask for a meter from here, they will send you one, free of charge. The sticks you get on prescription.https://freestylediabetes.co.uk/our-products/freestyle-optium-neo

Hi, Have you tried brown rice? It is lower on the glycemic index and so takes longer to digest and that means that you shouldn't have such a spike. White rice, is obviously full of starch. Before you boil it, wash it thoroughly and after it is cooked, pour boiling hot water over it, that...

How can a doctor who is obese himself, then go on to advise a patient to lose weight? If you can answer me that, I will pass it on to our 'Senior' GP in our practice.

You really should not stop taking prescribed drugs unless your doctor tells you to. This drug should not have any effect on your blood sugar levels anyway. You have answered your own question. Either give up the toast - or cut down on a slice and perhaps have an egg with it - or face the...

Why don't you wait until next week and discuss it with your diabetes nurse/doctor? Things change over a period of time and your meds might need changing too. It may be that you just need to up your medication slightly. If you are doing everything else right then, this would seem the obvious...

When I was in hospital during my last pregnancy (in the 70s!!!) they gave me milk for a hypo!. I count it in with my other carbs now as about 15g a cup. If I have muesli, I count the muesli and I count the milk. In the 'old' days, we were told that, if we had 6 cups of tea/coffee a day, then...

If you are diagnosed as type 1 - that means that your pancreas has stopped working, kaput, finished, ended. How can it then re-start? Also, how can your grandad who was type 1, then not need insulin? Did he starve himself? Once your pancreas packs up, unless you have some form of transplant...

Yes. I always check because sometimes it is high but I get symptoms of the onset of a hypo.

Hi Josephine, Why? Why do you remain silent? You are not doing anything wrong!! You do not to have to hide away. You only have to tell work colleagues once. If they don't like it, tell them not to look!!!!!! I am sure that if you explained then they would understand. Plus, it is best to...

Hi, Sounds yummy but not very good fat wise!!! Lots of butter, cream and sauce is not really going to make up for eating the veg included within. I too am a bit loathe to eating veg but the stir-fry idea is a good one. I can eat veg best, all chopped up together, in a little light olive oil...

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It will not make a difference if you are having your HbA1c done, if you eat something high in carbs on the day of the test. "By measuring glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), clinicians are able to get an overall picture of what our average blood sugar levels have been over a period of weeks/months."...

Of course you can have the symptoms of a hypo, even if you are not a diabetic. Low blood sugar is low blood sugar. When I was very young, I had - what I now know to be - hypos. Please see:- http://www.hormone.org/questions-and-answers/2013/nondiabetic-hypoglycaemia OR there was this online...

I have had three of these machines up to date. Each time I use this machine, after a few readings, I get a message to say that the cassette is faulty and to insert a new one. I have done all the procedures that the company have suggested and it still has all the problems. When I complained...

I have had diabetes type 1 for 40 years. I applied when pumps first came out and was refused because of the cost. However, over the years, I have applied and been refused for various reasons. My HbA1c is usually about 9 and my levels are erratic. I kept a log of exactly how much carbs I had...

Look at this too:- http://www.the-gi-diet.org/lowgifoods/

You see, you may be eating the 'wrong' carbs. There are good carbs and bad carbs. Carbs with a low GI are much better for you than those with a high GI. Simple carbs raise the bg quickly and spike. Complex (high GI) carbs take much longer to process through the body and don't cause such...

This might help. http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/managing-diabetes/blood-glucose-management/strike-the-spike-ii/