blood test monitoring

Hi all, This week I found that I've shockingly stumbled into the world of Type 2 Diabetes (entirely my own fault). I've decided to pursue an intermittent fasting with low carbs/no sugar path to try and sort out my inner workings. This is in the hopes that the 'reversible' effects (from the...

I am Type 1 Insulin dependant. Finally returning to restaurants and pubs after Lockdown on the Eat out to Help Out scheme. Observing all Covid guidelines including using Hand Sanitiser on entry of the establishment. Once I have ordered my meal I do a test and work out the required amount of...

Hi. Firstly my immediate query. Since I have just taken off my first ever Freestyle Libre (I'm trailing it for a month) - which the doctor actually put on. Any tips for putting on a new one? As I haven't got a clue. Does it have to go on a certain part of your body (mine was on my upper arm...

I bit the bullet and did a test first thing this morning, before eating or drinking, following instruction video carefully. My numbers from my last GP blood test - which triggered my diagnosis as prediabetic/on the cusp of T2 were HBa1c 48, which the doc said was the equivalent of 6.5 on my...

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...

I’m curious to know which home test kit do you use to measure HBA1C and is it accurate?