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"Todd" > wrote in message
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> On 10/02/2014 11:06 AM, Ian Field wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Don Roberto" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 9/30/2014 8:56 AM, Ian Field wrote:
>>>> Are there any recipes about for food that's cheaper than ready meals,
>>>> but can still be done in the microwave?
>>>>
>>>> Probably not practical to boil the froth out of red beans in a
>>>> microwave, but that general direction of food preparation.
>>>>
>>>> The BBC website has a recipe section - but last time I looked there, no
>>>> diabetic recipes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Use your imagination: Improvise! Then check with your meter.

>>
>> As a non-insulin T2, the NHS won't give me a meter, so I'd have to buy
>> one.
>>
>> Actually, I got a couple of meters from my salvage interests - but never
>> quite organised an expedition to buy some strips.
>>
>> Last time I had a scheduled blood test I was a bit over, they increased
>> my Metformin and re-tested. The results of that declared my blood sugar
>> "under control".

>
> Hi Ian,
>
> Sounds like you are on track.
>
> Have you though of backing off on the carbs and see if your
> blood sugar goes down?
>
> Here in the States, Walmart has great prices on meters and
> supplies.
>
> How did they test your blood sugar? Meter? A1c? Fructosamine?
> The A1c is really sloppy. Off by about +- 25%. (I will
> provide a paper on that to who ever asks nicely.)
>
> -T


The A1c isn't sloppy.