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  1. Dusty911

    Can I vent !

    Just came back from doctors with new hba1c result taken Jan 12th. Diagnosed early September with hba1c of 95 now it's down to 49. A good drop but I was hoping for more. Why the need to vent . Told now that my blood sugars were stable thanks to doctors medication ( obviously the drop is all to...
  2. Dusty911

    What is your definition of what is a good level?

    Hi All, I have been plodding away at the low carb diet now for several months and have seen a drop in average levels and also a good dampening of the dawn phenomena that was causing me such issues. Thank you so much to all on here who have enabled me to take this positive action with my...
  3. Dusty911

    Liver Dump fights back with false hypo?

    Hi , so it really looked like I had it beat the last few days but it came back with a vengeance today. Day started with a rather high fasting reading of 7.2 this morning. I wasn't overly concerned and had my breakfast of two scrambled eggs then set of to station for morning commute walk is about...
  4. Dusty911

    Have I cracked the morning dump ( liver )?

    Have I cracked the morning dump? ( liver dump) Wrote not so long ago on here about an unstoppable morning rise in BG no matter what I did. Possibly its resolved. Unfortunately I was totally unscientific and did several new things at once. Dropped statins was getting bad muscle pains in legs and...
  5. Dusty911

    Foods with hidden sugar and carbs? What caught you out?

    Had a bit of a spike last night.Couldn't figure out why until this morning. As part of evening meal and snack munched my way through about 500g of raw cabbage ( greedy I know and quite windy) . Nice and healthy I thought , only it was red cabbage which I now discover has about 3.5 g of sugar per...
  6. Dusty911

    BG rising through the morning whatever I do?

    Hi All. This is my very first post although I have been lurking for a while. I was diagnosed type 2 just over 2 months ago with a hba1c of 95 and fasting BG of 16. Thanks to the advice on here I have been low carbing and testing with a codefree metre for about 3 weeks now. My problem is this...