http://diabeticgourmet.com/Tools_and_Calculators/convert-sugar-readings.shtml

Loretta and Jan ,, and others ,,here is a link to a convertor for the numbers ,, it might
help some of our conversations between the two systems

12.0 reads in American as 225

Gord


Jan, I thought it was multiplied by 18 .  The number is then about 214

I would love to be able to respond to all the posts to my original
posting , but that would take quite a bit of time. So i will use this
post to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to all that have
responded to my post.

My numbers in metric have been ranging from high 6's to a high of 12.5 ,
many of the numbers are coming in about mid 7's on an average ,,, i
figured something must be up with all the symptoms i was having ,, the
peeing , thirst , blurred vision and the shakiness and queasy feeling ,,
i would seem to get the last 3 around 4 in the pm at work and couldn't
figure out why ,, i just put it down to getting hungry.

I would wake up and have numbers in the mid 6 to mid 7 range and wondered
why if i hadn't eaten anything in the past 8 hours why it would be around
these numbers ,, then a coffee later and maybe some toast or cereal and
it would be up in the 9's ,,,that's when i really got concious of
watching what i ate.

The biggest problem i'm having right now is education of the disease ,
yes there is much on the 'net ,, but after a while it becomes information
overload ,, when my doctor came up with his diogonsis it was mid November
,, he said he would get his assistant to get me booked into the diabete's
class's asap out near where i live but when we heard back from her the
soonest we could get in was the last week of December ,,but having no
vacation days left for my wife or i to get off and go ,,not to mention
the holidays ,, we opted for the second week of January ,,, the doctor
was expecting that we would be in these class's a week or two after he
saw me ,, unfortunately he was off on holidays for two weeks after he saw
me so he didn't know about the timing of the class's ,,,that's when he
booked me in with a dietitian in his office so that i would have someone
to talk to and get an idea on what i can , can't  and might be able to
eat and how much ,, plus about the exercise. And at least put my mind at
ease a tiny bit.

As for the exercise ,, our family recently got a dog and i've been
getting out with him at least 3-4 times a week and the family wanted a
treadmill so we have just gotten one of them ,, so between the two i will
be getting some more exercise than i had been ,,,,, the good thing is
that between the exercise and the change of diet , i had lost 4lbs in
just over a week ,, the first weight i'd lost in over 2 years ,, i'd been
233 for years during which diet and exercise didn't do a thing ,, now on
this diet that i've been working on the weight is dropping ,,,so i'm
hoping that i can control this with the diet and exercise ,,, but i won't
know about any insuline until i meet with the specialist ( by the way
what is he called again???) in February ,, but at least by then i will
have had the class's and be a little more informed about this disease.

I once again thank you for your words ,, and making me feel a little less
fraudulent ,,,

Gord

I will be posting more ,, and i'll have more and more questions for you
guys and gals.

Thanks again