Good evening all,
Thanks for the encouragement! I really appreciate the advice and backing.
I had been feeling pretty down as it seemed as though the GP implied that, because of my genetic disposition to diabetes, I am unlikely to keep it in remission/at bay long term. 😩 and I must stop worrying about it, keeping weight down and on low carb despite the Hb1Ac showing I have gone back into pre diabetic.
However, I have decided to be positive and continue to record my stats, so I can keep an eye on what is happening! This evening, 2 hours after roast beef with a medley of roasted vegetables (butternut squash, celeriac, swede, carrots and courgette), broccoli and buttered French beans followed by cooked eating apple with black and raspberries, a prick test gave my BG as 5.2 mmol/L !!!!!!!!! There is nothing diabetic about that result even though I had a good plateful!

I think I will stop calculating carbs in everything I eat, and see how it goes!

So, all in all, I aim to retain control and will just be hoping that I will remain in remission!

You are all very special people. So let’s keep on keeping on!
K xxx

Pootle, I think measuring after food is a waste of time and maybe that is where you are too obssesed (if that is what the doctor said). Carry on measuring but do it on a empty stomach, first thing in the morning, just once a day. As long as you do that you will get a more accurate reading and learn what your normal is and see if there are any ups or downs. It is more important that you know what carbs you are having and you know what carbs are not good carbs as opposed to things like in your meal which were mainly good carbs. So dont stop counting. Example, if you said you had a piece of cake for dessert and still had a reading of 5.2 you would be in a good place but what you did eat should have given you the good reading it did. Hope I am explaining this properly. Counting calories is less important as being low carb automatically limits the number of calories.

One other thing is about you being programmed to have diabetes because of genetics is partly true which is why you/ we have to keep control of this. But this is true of anyone who has diabetes for other reasons and we will always be just a few bad meals from pre of full diabetes. Sorry but that is a fact. I think of it like smoking. I haven’t smoked for 32 years but if I went on holiday and had a cigarette after every meal I would soon find myself back as a smoker and addicted. The other thing about carbs are what Antigone said, a bad weekend and the cravings are back. Carbs creep up on us. Stay strong, you have come so far. Sometimes doctors like to think they are the ones who know everything and are in control but we know we have the power to stay well and beat this thing.

It is still 29 degrees at just after 11pm and looking forward (not) to another sticky night.