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<blockquote data-quote="TheJoshen" data-source="post: 2281238" data-attributes="member: 526840"><p>Hi. My first post. Just registered today.</p><p></p><p>I'm 48. I'm a postman (handy for getting regular exercise). I used to be around 14.6 stone in weight, now I'm 13.2. I'm 5ft 10in. There's no history of diabetes in my family.</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed with T2 in Oct 2018. I was put on 3 x 500mg Metformin per day and improved my diet. After 6 months my DR was really pleased with me and said my 3 month average reading (can't remember what this is called) was very good. I think that lulled me into a false sense of security. I gradually reverted to bad diet (carbs, chocolate, fruit juice, coke..) thinking that the Metformin would compensate. I carried on like that for over a year and then only recently started to test my bloods at home with the finger prick test kit. My first reading was 24! I was horrified and ashamed that I had been so reckless. That was about a month ago. Since then I have cut back massively on junk but I'm still not perfect. My readings have been all over the place; 18.9, 10.8, 13.5. My best reading recently was 8.3, which I was happy with, but it sounds like 8.3 is still pretty rubbish..</p><p></p><p>I am testing myself at quite random times. Can somebody give me a bit of advice about when to test so that the results can be meaningfully compared day to day? I've read that someone in my position shouldn't really bother with a morning fasting test.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheJoshen, post: 2281238, member: 526840"] Hi. My first post. Just registered today. I'm 48. I'm a postman (handy for getting regular exercise). I used to be around 14.6 stone in weight, now I'm 13.2. I'm 5ft 10in. There's no history of diabetes in my family. I was diagnosed with T2 in Oct 2018. I was put on 3 x 500mg Metformin per day and improved my diet. After 6 months my DR was really pleased with me and said my 3 month average reading (can't remember what this is called) was very good. I think that lulled me into a false sense of security. I gradually reverted to bad diet (carbs, chocolate, fruit juice, coke..) thinking that the Metformin would compensate. I carried on like that for over a year and then only recently started to test my bloods at home with the finger prick test kit. My first reading was 24! I was horrified and ashamed that I had been so reckless. That was about a month ago. Since then I have cut back massively on junk but I'm still not perfect. My readings have been all over the place; 18.9, 10.8, 13.5. My best reading recently was 8.3, which I was happy with, but it sounds like 8.3 is still pretty rubbish.. I am testing myself at quite random times. Can somebody give me a bit of advice about when to test so that the results can be meaningfully compared day to day? I've read that someone in my position shouldn't really bother with a morning fasting test. [/QUOTE]
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