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So despite failing utterly at low carbing, and actually regaining some weight I'd lost (about 35 lbs), my latest hba1c is down to 37 from 92 at diagnosis in February - even my cholesterol has improved. Lots of walking has helped, and I'll admit I'm on a small dose of pioglitazone and repaglinide...

So I have reluctantly been attending the Xpert course prescribed by my GP and am amazed to find that they've changed their advice and are preaching low carb diet as a way to deal with type 2. Apparently the course materials have been completely rewritten with this in mind and although the...

I've been taking repaglinide recently and it works wonders I have to admit. Should I always take the exact same dose every time or so I take more for a large/carb heavy meal and less for a low carb meal?

I just had quite a high carb meal and completely forgot to take my repaglinide before I ate. Is there any value in taking it just after I've eaten?

So I've been testing closely to see what my spikes look like - just before eating, and then every 15 minutes thereafter for 2 hours. I wanted to see what was going on because when I was first diagnosed in February this year I found if I ate any carbs at all my sugar would go high and stay there...

Does anyone have any suggestions as to doing an OGTT at home with a finger prick meter? I'd quite like to see what effect my low carbing and medication is having on my glucose tolerance, to see if my insulin sensitivity is improving, and I thought I could maybe try making a graph of my response...

Got my first hba1c results back today after my initial diagnosis 3 months ago. It's down from 92 to 41! Seems like the odd slip up from the low carbing has not had too detrimental an effect!

I've been incredibly consistent on the low carb diet for over a month now (having had a couple of months previously of wavering a bit) but yesterday I snapped completely and ate a lot of everything I definitely cannot eat - chips, 4 krispy kreme doughnuts, a fishcake, almond croissant...

At my first 3 month review with my GP, which was generally very positive, I asked him a lot about insulin resistance and he discussed metformin (which I'm already on) and suggested I might want to try Actos, too, depending on the results on my latest hba1c test. Apparently Actos can help...

The past couple of weeks I've been fairly consistent in my diet, and actually have been to the gym twice this week, but my blood sugar actually seems to have increased a bit on average... I was previously getting around 5.2 - 5.7 in the morning but now it's consistently over 6, and in fact the...

You see many people here mention that their GP is reluctant to prescribe them test strips - I had an appointment today specifically to ask for strips. I had armed myself with all of the arguments for testing prior to going into his office, but as soon as I asked him he said, "yes, of course, how...

Someone linked me this article on another thread that has got me thinking a lot about a less discussed cause of a myriad of problems, which is chronic high insulin levels in type 2s. http://insulinresistance.org/index.php/jir/article/view/18/25 You barely see it mentioned here and I wonder...

What actually causes diabetic complications (foot problems, retinopathy etc)? I had been under the impression that uncontrolled high blood sugar was the cause but have just read an article in the Guardian about a young man (early 30s) who recently lost his big toe due to an ulcer, despite...

I'm curious if anyone knows following a strict low carb diet over a long period can improve insulin sensitivity. Since this seems like a very popular method of controlling blood sugar it made me wonder exactly what's going on with this diet - does your blood sugar improve only because there's...

Has anyone else had their depression more or less spontaneously resolve after getting blood sugar back to roughly normal levels? About 2 1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with fairly severe and crippling depression, specifically very low energy, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, constant tiredness...

A friend has told me that taking metformin in the long term (>15 years) can cause permanent kidney damage. I've been googling but found not much information except that people with pre-existing kidney problems can't have metformin. But nothing obvious has come up. Has anyone read anything about...

When I was given my diagnosis at the end of February, my GP did briefly mention diet changes as a possible route, but told me these don't really work and that my only real option was to go straight for weight loss surgery. At the time I didn't know about diabetes.co.uk and knew hardly anything...

At a recent appointment with my diabetic nurse I succeeded in being prescribed a meter and strips, but when I asked about lances I was told there were plenty in the box with the meter and I could just reuse them anyway. Is that really right? My instinct is to use once and replace to maintain...

Simple question - I'm generally pretty good at sticking to a low carb diet, but sometimes I find myself confronted with foods I really love and cannot stop myself from eating. Recent examples include some wonderful pasta that came unexpectedly as a side with a chicken dish I ordered at a...

Has anyone else tried this? I've run out of test strips (seeing the diabetic nurse on Friday and hoping she'll be able to give me some) so I don't know what it's doing to my BS, but have to say it tastes really good. It contains maltitol, inulin and oligofructose, which are listed as "alimentary...