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sugar levels

  1. R

    New member - be gentle - I have a question about slimfast and diabetes

    morning, I have been on the Newcastle Diet as much as possible for the last 5 1/2 weeks and have dropped 21lbs so far. I opted for the slimfast shake powdered purely as I am tight and it was the most cost effective to me. I am having no issues, no cravings, no side effects etc. which is great...
  2. T

    High levels in mornings

    Hi all. In a nutshell, I am type 2 diabetic and did not really care about it for too long. I am trying to get it under control, take medication (metformin and gliclazide), and invested in a blood sugar level monitor (Dexcom). I changed my diet drastically, and levels seem to be coming down...
  3. S

    Help needed

    I'm reasonably new to type 2 diabetes and my blood sugars have gone up. My test this morning is only 8.9 but should I be worried. They are bouncing up and down. Up ad high as 16.7 in the day and down to 8's in a morning. What am I doing wrong. I am under a while lot of stress at the minute and...
  4. DeathBySpaghetti

    What’s the difference between full fat coke and an energy drink?

    I drink a full fat coke for a hypo, sugars go up. But I drink an energy drink and my sugars don’t go up. I don’t understand it. Surely an energy drink would cause my sugars to rise? Can anyone explain it?
  5. S

    Hello!

    Hello, I am new to this forum so I wanted to say hi and let you know a bit about me. I have been a type 1 diabetic for over 25 years. I was diagnosed at the age of 7. I have never had an HBA1C under what is now 9.0. I really struggle to keep sugars down. I used to play sport as a career and...
  6. R

    Am I wasting the nurses time

    Hi I am new to this whole thing and struggling with this and depression. I am struggling to get my blood sugar below 6 even eating homemade food for all meals for a week (All low to zero carb meals) the best I got was 6.2 When I eat anything with a slightly high carb content (30 - 40 grams of...
  7. Karajane

    Started Meds - Sugars still high, is that normal?

    Hi guys, I know this is early days, but I've had three days of Alogliptin now, and my sugars are still as high as they were before. I know it might be a tablet that takes a while to kick in, I just wondered how long it should take to start working? So I can give it the right amount of time to...
    • Karajane
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  8. F

    Remission/Reversal

    my other half has been an insulin dependent type 2 for over 30 years, he has had every complication under the sun and is a non communicator I recently discovered that all his insulin is out of date and when I queried this he told me that as his last couple of hb1ac have been good and he’s...
  9. C

    PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION!

    https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/506/308/883/get-the-freestyle-libre-on-the-nhs/ Please copy and paste the link above into your search bar and Support my petition to get The 'Abbott Freestyle Libre' Sensors to be available on the NHS and to be prescribed by GP's all over the country...
  10. A

    3 Days In

    Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed on Wednesday with Type 1 diabetes (now taking novo rapid 4 units 3 times a day with meals and levemeir 10 units once a day) I also have cerebral palsy down my right side which doesn't help when checking my sugar level count.... I'm in shock and scared at the moment...
  11. A

    Variations in Blood Sugar with Monitor

    Hello, I'm using a Glucomen LXplus blood sugar monitor and have done so for the past year. I had normal blood sugar (~6.4) and was interested in the variation of values which the monitor gave me. On further testing, after feeling low 10 minutes later, the levels varied from 3.4 to 5.5, over...
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