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<blockquote data-quote="Fraddycat" data-source="post: 322719" data-attributes="member: 46145"><p>Hello again Flashrabbit. The main tool to fight this pesky disease is a blood glucose monitor. I'm guessing your Doc didn't give you one of these. You can try to ask for one - different surgeries have different policies on giving these out, but if you cannot get one on the NHS you are recommended to buy the SD Codefree from Amazon. The meters are often cheap but the testing strips are ridiculously expensive, but the SD Codefree is very reasonable.</p><p></p><p>People on here suggest that you test before and 2 hours after your meals to see what effect the food you are eating is having on your blood glucose levels. You should aim to be no more than 7.8 2 hours after meals (can be called post prandial reading).</p><p></p><p>Below is the info usually given to new members which has a lot more info (I think you missed this because you posted in 'Diabetes Discussions' and Daisy - who wrote this great post is not the moderator. So here you go - ask lots of questions when you have had a read ... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fraddycat, post: 322719, member: 46145"] Hello again Flashrabbit. The main tool to fight this pesky disease is a blood glucose monitor. I'm guessing your Doc didn't give you one of these. You can try to ask for one - different surgeries have different policies on giving these out, but if you cannot get one on the NHS you are recommended to buy the SD Codefree from Amazon. The meters are often cheap but the testing strips are ridiculously expensive, but the SD Codefree is very reasonable. People on here suggest that you test before and 2 hours after your meals to see what effect the food you are eating is having on your blood glucose levels. You should aim to be no more than 7.8 2 hours after meals (can be called post prandial reading). Below is the info usually given to new members which has a lot more info (I think you missed this because you posted in 'Diabetes Discussions' and Daisy - who wrote this great post is not the moderator. So here you go - ask lots of questions when you have had a read ... :) [/QUOTE]
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