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I think you need to respond to five posts to activate the messages. I had a similar issue when I joined :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I don't think the gp's and well enough informed on diabetes. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I get my regular checks but that's it. GP's and DNS don't listen to what you have to say. If feel more isolated and because I do read and I am well educated on my condition they don't like that. I was told by my DNS that it was my own fault I had diabetes and told me I are to much! She never...

Re: Who saw the channel4 programme on GGLP-1 drugs? If you were intrigued by the program there is a good book blood sugar 101 by jenny rhule that has lots if information on diabetes type 2 and really is very informative and totally undermines the information given by GP's I have no faith in my...

I'm on the last course that's being run in our area as the funding is stopping. Which seems silly if its as helpful as it is for diabetics. As it gives people more insight and control over the diabetes Heather Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi linizi I am enrolled on to the program start the 19th of April. Thanks for the info. Looking forward to it. Heather Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Re: Anyone doing anything "unusual" to combat diabetes? Interestingly though I haven't had acupuncture for two weeks due to work commitments and my sugars have started to rise again a little. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Re: Anyone doing anything "unusual" to combat diabetes? I follow a zero gluten diet which is helping and I have acupuncture once a week which has started to bring my sugars down. There is a strong link with gluten sensitivity and diabetes type 2 and 1. Heather Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

My weight has stayed the same initially I had lost a few pounds but its just plateaued now. Very confusing [GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanks for that info x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

No nothing has changed I was getting good results then just the past week they had crept back up. The o lay thing that's changed is I have had acupuncture that's the only thing! Think ill need to go back and get some more x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi looking for some advice. Been on insulin now for 6 weeks my sugars have fell from around 15/16's to 9 they had been as low as 7.6 and thought I was getting somewhere I'm now up to 38 units in the evening and they are climbing back up to 9/11's I haven't changed what I am eating what other...

Hi there I was wondering if anyone has done the xpert program and if they thought it was any good and what sort of things did it cover. Thanks Hez Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi sorry to hear things aren't going to well. What was the doctors reasoning for taking you off the metformin. That's the one they like you to keep taking. Your sugars are swinging about all over the place. Do you eat regular meals? And watch carbs. Are you able to get a second opinion...

Ok great thanks for that information Heather Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanks for your help everyone. I low carb/gluten free diet at the moment and I lost a wee bit and have stuck. I eat 1300 cals a day supposedly to lose 2lbs a week nothing is happening. I'm so frustrated. I know my thyroid is an issue but the doctors won't do anything to help. It swings between...

Thanks doug I will have a look at these. Heather Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi I'm type 2 diabetic hbac1 9.6 I'm thinking of doing the Cambridge diet and wondered if anyone else has tried and got good results and if its a good diet to follow being diabetic. Thanks Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I've been trying acupuncture which has started to help it was interesting has he told me I had low liver energy and low kidney energy (different from the conventional theory of energy) I had 5 treatments and noticed a difference. I've had a three week break as the therapist was away but going...

Hey Tom. I've just started on insulin it's taking time for my sugars to come down. I've asked my doctor to have my c peptide checked to rule out type 1.5 LADA and also investigation into subclinical hypothyroidism as I'm symptomatic of that and my thyroid results swing about quite a lot. My DSN...