Anyone using this medication Derek ..read more

How do you determine the right target glucose range for you ..read more

It went down! Only by two, mind, but it's now 35 mmol/mol. I was convinced it would be higher. I have an appointment with the diabetes nurse in about three weeks, but I guess this means I'm officially in "remission ..read more

I had my first hypo at lunchtime I felt fine but my reading was 3.7 so I had a glucose shot and some food 15 minutes later my reading was 5.3 I was diagnosed with type 2 in January 2022 and am insulin dependent as well as taking Metformin/ Empagliflozin ..read more

I work for a company with a bullying and toxic culture. I get emailed and called with demands until late in the evening even after a 9 hour day. I am dreading my HbAc1 results. Will stress make it worse ..read more

Hi am after some advice my c peptide results is 224 but my serum glucose levels are 6.5 is this a sign of type 1 or type 2 ..read more

Hi all, I was diagnosed with T2 in November 23 with levels of 53. I needed a lot of advice as I had no idea what I was doing and some very lovely people on here helped me massively. Today I got my monitoring blood results and I’m down to 41. So I would like to say an absolutely massive thank you to everyone who helped support me, I don’t know if I could have done it without you X ..read more

Tested positive for COVID today after a few days of not been 100% blood sugars been higher than normal, think I must have had it a few days. After dinner with 29gsm carbs and 90 mins later seems to have settled, now heading down, just. This is only the second time I've tested positive for COVID and first since diagnosis, must admit been feeling a lot worse than last time, but it comes a s goes. One minute feel awful then an hour later feel fine. What's your experience with diabetes... Read more ..read more

Just a quickie. I've been on jardiance and I've just come off it yesterday. I've got intense muscle pain when I walk and if I run for the bus or anything my legs seize up- it's really bizarre. I mentioned it to the dsn and she noted it, just wondered if anyone else has experienced this? May go to the dr tomorrow ..read more

Hi everyone, I'm T2, been following low carb eating plan since end of January this year, lost a stone so far in weight although my blood sugar is still very erratic, only taking Alogliptin for it just now due to GP taking me off other meds due to my mental health being bad just now. A few weeks ago my DN referred me to a dietician to discuss my diet and the possibility of going onto the NHS soup and shake diet as my appetite has been very low and it would probably work quite well for me... Read more ..read more