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I wake up and get up every day at 4am - 4.30am, can't get back to sleep so get up that time every day. Not sure it's related to my diabetes though?

Thanks to not having my T2 diagnosed quickly enough I suffered nerve damage in my toes which when it is cold suffer. Because of having to deal with Horses daily and very early in the morning my feet were suffering from the recent frost and ice. Ordinary wellies with double socking didn't really...

Breakfast - 2 cooked Polish sausage with some Cheese, Celery, Tomatoes, 7 prunes and Coleslaw and crisps (my naughty treat for the day) Have cut out lunch these days unless doing manual labour Dinner belly Pork with Stilton Broccoli Cheese and peas followed by sugar free Jelly, low carb yoghurt...

My comfort food in the evening never after 7pm is dark Chocolate (85% or more), 2 squares maximum. Found it bitter at first but after a while got used to it and now love it. I find it better is if you just put a small amount in your mouth and let it melt, I find it taste's nicer that way.

Well pleased, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on 22nd July 2022 with a HBA1C of 110. I was prescribed to take Metformin 4 x 500g daily and to loose weight. I joined this site and studied the forums and followed much of the advice on here. I went low carb virtually cutting out Bread...

Well done, cutting the carbs really does work. I've lost 5 stone since July! Never gone hungry and not going back to the old bad diet.

Hi, diet was the way for me, I massively reduced my Carbs, stopped eating bread, Rice, Pasta, potato and cereals. Increased protein - Cheese and meats. (Proteins and fats) and all the salad stuff I can eat. Gone low carb but not as far as Ketone diet, I aim for roughly around 30 -50g of...

I've been on Metformin SR since July 2022, initially 2000mg daily but now on 1500mg thanks to my low carb diet getting me almost in remission. Hoping the DN nurse will advise dropping another 500mg of the metformin soon. HBAC1 around 35 last week! I have suffered with extreme constipation and...

For a sweet each day I live on Lindl's Kavarghs - various flavors, very low carbs per pot, cheapest at Tescos at the moment if you buy 4 at a time. Great flavour and particluarly nice with a dollop of Rodda's clotted cream lol.

As I understand it Metformin can reduce the B12 vitamin in your body. I bought B12 oral supplement and take a tablet daily as a safe guard. This link may answer some of your questions...

Lost a 1lb and 3/4 now down to 15 Stone 4 1/4 lbs. Can't wait to get under the 15!

I know this is a new reply after a few years but found this thread extremely useful, my wife has been saying that my pillow cases are staining yellow / brown. This has only happened since I have been taking Metformin so relieved to see others experiencing this problem too and it's not just me...

5.3 is good certainly where I like to be but if not eating and have diarrheal, if over a prolonged period if it was me I would speak to my Dr or NHS helpline if you can get through.

Agree, that's what I was thinking of doing and think I will do that for a while. Spoke to the DB nurse yesterday and they are still saying no need to test if using Metformin. However I disagree as I like to know what foods cause me a problem so I can avoid them. The nurse discussed my recent...

Agree with what you say, common sense.