Hi everyone, I am a newly diagnosed diabetic man with a hbac1 reading of 51 prior to Christmas. I think this may be higher now! (Had a last hurrah...perhaps I shouldn't have done!). I am taking two metformin per day -1 morning and 1 evening. Haven't had much contact from the diabetes nurse since initial contact. However, I am slowly increasing my exercise and am slowly trying to adjust my diet. I lost a stone in 2020. Now just over 14 stone. I am going to try and lose a further stone and a half. If I am honest - I am still in a state of disbelief at my diagnosis.
I did a flash glucose test this morning with a newly purchased Sprint Tee2 and my reading was 9.2 mmol which is quite high on waking up. I had a risotto (medium portion) last night and after eating this 2 hours later I was 14 mmol. This seems extraordinarily high. So overnight my levels have only dropped 5 mmol. Is that normal? Any good diabetic diets out there? I would prefer to stop the metformin.
Any advice?
I did a flash glucose test this morning with a newly purchased Sprint Tee2 and my reading was 9.2 mmol which is quite high on waking up. I had a risotto (medium portion) last night and after eating this 2 hours later I was 14 mmol. This seems extraordinarily high. So overnight my levels have only dropped 5 mmol. Is that normal? Any good diabetic diets out there? I would prefer to stop the metformin.
Any advice?
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