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Hello: What a great forum...new here....1st thread. I am having difficulty getting my glucose count down to normal. Learning now to count carbs and feel that I can only eat eggs & bacon for bkfst, and salmon wrapped lettuce leaves. Confused. I stopped taking all vitamins yesterday....could...

Guys, Diagnosed T2 about 6 weeks ago now. Decided to get myself a blood tester, thanks to people on here for the code for the testing strips, 1 hour before my evening meal it read 6.7, 2 hours after food it read 7.1. I was expecting this to be a bigger swing to be honest, I thought 2 hours after...

Hi all, 14 days ago I was told that I was T2. my HBA was 56. Chatted it through with the nurse to see what my main issues were with regards to my diet and exercise (I class myself as fat fit 6'2" 21stone but can cycle 60-70 miles a day and have done the coast to coast in 2 days Whitby to...

I have just been put on fairly high dose of steroids & cconsultant has told me to test daily. I forgot to ask what time of day. Also, what do I do if is consistently high? An advice appreiated as I am uable to get hold of my diabetic nurse. Thanks

Hi folks, had my first meter reading today. I got my husband to do it for me, while I looked away and tried to pretend nothing was happening. Lol! Yes I know I've got to do it myself, but one step at a time. I need to segue into these things gently. Okay so 1st reading was: 8.7mmol/L, before...

why have i been told by my diabetes nurse at my doctors that you only test your bloods if you are type 1 yet the web page say we should test every day if your type 1 or type 2

Hello! My name is Alex Whiting from Sheffield Hallam University studying product design, I'm currently doing a project to re-design the glucose monitoring system the requires finger pricking and monitor technique for young children and I was wondering if you could help me? I was wondering if...

I work a stressful job (Chartered accountancy practice) at the beginning my diabetes didn’t affect my work life much at all I was able to keep on top of my work and charge my 7.5 hours a day 5 days a week. However as I progress the stress of work has meant my control of blood sugars is not as...