I’m T2 and have been for 7 years. I saw my GP yesterday about my neuropathy and suggested to her that I’m planning on doing LCHF. She wasn’t at all dismissive and was happy to suggest more blood tests after 8 weeks to see how it’s affecting my levels. She seemed pleased that I’m taking ownership. I was pleasantly surprised to not have outright resistance and actually have some encouragement.
I’m 45 and really cannot face the levels of pain I have daily for the next 5 years never mind 30 years!!
Bring it on!!
Kalamic - Sorry to come to your post late, but a big well done for taking a firm hold of your diabetes and looking for things to improve your health and you quality of life. Certainly, lower carb eating has done that for many of our members.
I don't know what medications you take, but if you are on stronger meds, such as Gliclazide or insulin (as opposed to the milder meds, like Metformin), please do ensure you test a lot and me mindful if you experience an increase in hypos. Some folks need their medication tweaking after a short while.
If you are experiencing neuropathic pain, again, a number of folks on here have had some success by adding the supplement R-ALA to their lives. (It must be the R-ALA, not just plain old ALA.) R-ALA has been discussed quite a bit on here from time to time, so a thread search would probably return you some decent reading. If not, and you're interested, you could start a new thread. I'm sure those who have tried it would be happy to give you some feedback.
Good luck with it all, and fingers crossed things will improve for you.