sugar levels

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

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he has had every complication under the sun and is a non communicator I recently discovered that all his insulin is out of date and when I queried this he told me that as his last couple of hb1ac have been good and he’s...

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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...

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...