blood sugar levels

I was diagnosed as being pre diabetic in December and immediately altered my diet. I am attending a NHS diabetes course at present. I am losing weight steadily and generally feeling well if a bit tired at times. l have been doing as much exercise as possible but am limited to a certain extent...

Hi Guys, Trying to get my head around where I need my Blood Sugar needs to be. I have bought a GlucoNAvii and taken a reading of 8 mmol/L this evening 2 hrs after my tea. Are there any reference tables to help me get an understanding if this is good or bad. The only info I have, which was...

Hi. I have been on sitagliptin and forxiga and dapagliflozin and gliclazide and those drugs make my sugar go low and then I start to get cravings and start to shake. If I come of it I go back into the high blood sugar readings and I feel fatigue and sluggish. Has anyone on here found a way to...

Hello was wondering what should my BSL be before I go to bed it is nearly 1:00am and checked my sugar it is 4.3 mg I am not hungry but was wondering if this is ok or should I eat something?

so tonight I went round to a friends house and she did pizza for dinner (frozen deep pan)...I usually do my own Wholemeal one and my blood sugars are fine. So I tested my blood after an hour and 20 mins: 7.2 mmol Then 2 hrs it went up to 8.6mmol. Then 2hr 40 mins my blood sugar was down to...

hi, is this a normal thing to happen. So my blood before my meal was 5.3 One hour after my meal it was 5.4 Two hours after meal it was 6.3 Then after 2.5 hrs is was back down to 5.5, Is it normal and okay that blood sugars doesn’t rise within a hour? I know the numbers itself are okay but...

Hi everyone, My name is Dannia, I'm 25 and recently been diagnosed with Diabetes. May 2019 is exactly 1 year since I have been diagnosed. I have a family history of Diabetes as my father had type 1 and passed away aged 35 from the repercussions of uncontrolled diabetes. Before his death he...

sorry if you think this is a stupid question, I was only diagnosed with type 2 just over a month ago, I’m 23 years old. I’d say for the last 4 weeks my blood sugars in the morning are between a 4.2 and 5.1. It’s usually the same before meals. And after meals it’s usually never above a 7.2...

hi everyone so today before lunch my blood was 5.0 mmol..... One hour post meal it was 5.5 Two hour post meal it was 6.6 Three hours post meal back to 5 Was the rise and length of it good?

Here is an excellent article from Diabetes Daily to help you manage your Diabetes blood sugar levels and overall health and wellbeing due to your Diabetes: Diabetes Best Practice: Top 10 Do's and Don’ts https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/diabetes-best-practices-top-10-dos-and-donts-616902

i know some people havnt or can’t get there blood sugars down to normal levels....but those who did, how long did it take you? And what number did you come down from?

so I know the number it self is high but I mean the jumper it’s jumped from after a meal....my blood levels have been going down as on Wednesday my fasting no, was 15.6 mmol Thursday: Morning: 12.1 I then did a workout (half an hour) and then I was 15.1, which was just before I had...

Hello All, I finally have to put this out there.....I have a real concern about comments made about "high" blood sugars that are well within The Range for persons with diabetes....It really distresses me that there are those who feel a blood sugar of 6 is "high" and will lead to "damage if...

Hello, I've been looking at this forum for a while as a source of support after being told about a month ago that I'm prediabetic. To put this in context - and apologies ahead that this will be quite a long post - I thought I might be at risk (because I have the body type and do have some...

Hi, has anyone recently stopped taking the contraceptive pill and noticed any effect on their blood sugar levels? Mines have dropped considerably. I would have stopped taking it earlier if I knew this would happen! Thanks

Hi I have type 1 diabetes since i was 10 years old (i am now 33), i am on insulin pump, my blood sugars are all over the place, i have done a lot of research but i am just wondering if anyone can give their findings on using CBD Oil please, (i am totally aware that it isnt a quick fix) i.e...

hi I have recently had to up my metformin and been put on gliclazide because my diebeties was out of control .which is my own fault I suffer with depression and on bad days eat things I shouldn't it's been a wake up call and am now trying to lose weight and eat healthy but my sugar levels are a...

Yesterday me and all my friends tested our blood sugar levels using my friends ( a type 1 diabetics) machine and mine came back as 12 whereas my other two friends was 7 - 8 is. I was just wondering what is normal for a non-diabetic levels to be after drinking ciders and cocktails all day. I...

My son (6yrs) was seen by paramedics for a breathing issue possibly linked with asthma roughly 5 weeks ago, they noted that his blood sugar levels were high (this was at 1am) but did not divulge what they were. I have thought nothing more of this until today, my son was seen by a GP regarding...

Hello, my name is Simon and I have joined today. I was under the impression that I would be sent a link to download a blood sugar levels chart, but received no such link. It was a free download under the video entitled "Blood Sugar Levels" on the main page (sorry, I can't include URLs). Does...