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Hi Lesley and welcome to the forum. It will take time to get your levels down. I'm from Essex too, I live in Rayleigh. This forum is great for help, advice and support.
 
lesley from Chelmsford said:
Thank you,I'm just struggling at the moment to get my sugars down in my urine seems to be dark green on the strip everytime
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If you are testing with urine strips it is not the best way to test, glucose spills out into urine at about 10, which is higher then recommend for blood! It is not necessarily going to come down over night. It is a marathon not a sprint!
The recommendation is 4-7 mmol/l before meals and less than 8.5 mmol/l two hours after meals!
 
Martin Canty said:
Recommend you purchase a test meter rather than pee sticks.... The SD Codefree from Amazon is a popular choice at the test strips are quite affordable.

As for getting the BG down, I'd suggest cutting or reducing things like bread, pasta, rice, cereals & starchy vegetables, replacing them with green leafy vegetables.... Avoid 'low fat' products as they tend to have hidden carbs (besides, if you read more than a few posts you will find that most of us are of the opinion that fat is not the enemy, carbs are)
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Yes I've been looking at that machine I will invest in one I've cut down on sugar and fizzy drinks in fact I've cut them out all together so hopefully when I go back to drs on Tuesday I will see a change.
 
grovesy said:
If you are testing with urine strips it is not the best way to test, glucose spills out into urine at about 10, which is higher then recommend for blood! It is not necessarily going to come down over night. It is a marathon not a sprint!
The recommendation is 4-7 mmol/l before meals and less than 8.5 mmol/l two hours after meals!
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The Dr told me to do the urine tests until I see her again on Tuesday so hopefully get something sorted.
 
Thank you
 
Stitch147 said:
Hi Lesley and welcome to the forum. It will take time to get your levels down. I'm from Essex too, I live in Rayleigh. This forum is great for help, advice and support.
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Hi stitch nice to know there's someone from Essex on here my son has a shop in Rayleigh,scales and fangs. I am learning bit by bit and do find this forum very helpful and all so friendly too
 
lesley from Chelmsford said:
The Dr told me to do the urine tests until I see her again on Tuesday so hopefully get something sorted.
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Better keep on with them for now then! 🙂

Oh, and be aware that the Dr may well tell you not to test using a meter (but that is more to save money on the test strips than anything else, no matter what they say!).

But, when I was diagnosed in October 2009, the DSN (Diabetes Specialist Nurse) gave me a meter and told me how to use it. Combined with a bit of education (a course called Diabetes Xpert was available within a couple of weeks) the meter was extremely useful in helping me understand how my diet was affecting me. So much so that I have been diet and exercise only pretty much ever since and I don't test so much now.

Andy 🙂
 
Andy HB said:
Better keep on with them for now then! 🙂

Oh, and be aware that the Dr may well tell you not to test using a meter (but that is more to save money on the test strips than anything else, no matter what they say!).

But, when I was diagnosed in October 2009, the DSN (Diabetes Specialist Nurse) gave me a meter and told me how to use it. Combined with a bit of education (a course called Diabetes Xpert was available within a couple of weeks) the meter was extremely useful in helping me understand how my diet was affecting me. So much so that I have been diet and exercise only pretty much ever since and I don't test so much now.

Andy 🙂
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Well done keep it up..I will probably buy my own meter so I can keep up with it all and piece of mind
 
Despite what the medical profession say, a test meter is our best friend..... It keeps us honest, accountable & educated; all without judgement.... But from the sound of it looks like you have already been sold on the idea
 
Martin Canty said:
Despite what the medical profession say, a test meter is our best friend..... It keeps us honest, accountable & educated; all without judgement.... But from the sound of it looks like you have already been sold on the idea
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Yes definitely totally agree with you I am looking on Amazon as we speak thank you for your advice as really helped me
 
lesley from Chelmsford said:
Hi stitch nice to know there's someone from Essex
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It's a small world, I grew up in Bishop's Stortford..... Admittedly on the other side of the boarder but not too far..... I guess that with such a D epidemic there will be many fellow D's in your area.
 
Hi Lesley, and welcome to the forum! Loads of awesome people around here.
I'm from Chelmsford too, although I no longer live there, however, my mum does and her name is Lesley too, so I was confused for a second! :D
 
Mini-Vicki said:
Hi Lesley, and welcome to the forum! Loads of awesome people around here.
I'm from Chelmsford too, although I no longer live there, however, my mum does and her name is Lesley too, so I was confused for a second! :D
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Hi mini vicki thank you,and how weird is that,I live in highwood village Chelmsford where abouts does your mum live.
 
Owen said:
Ask for a meter, use the rhetoric that it will be good for you learning what to eat. They can only say no.
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Thank you owen
 
Martin Canty said:
It's a small world, I grew up in Bishop's Stortford..... Admittedly on the other side of the boarder but not too far..... I guess that with such a D epidemic there will be many fellow D's in your area.
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It's a very small world
 
Martin Canty said:
It's a small world, I grew up in Bishop's Stortford..... Admittedly on the other side of the boarder but not too far..... I guess that with such a D epidemic there will be many fellow D's in your area.
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Martin - I spent half my child good in Bishops Stortford with my grandma 🙂 I still go there often, it's one of my very favourite places 🙂
Small world!
 
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