Recent Content by Alexandra100

Get and use a glucose meter, either finger prick or continuous. That will tell you all you need to know about your personal reactions to foods.

I use the supermarkets' online shopping sites to research the carb content of foods. It saves all that putting on of reading glasses and peering while I block the aisle with my trolley.

I suggest that when you up the dose you go carefully and listen to your body. I chose to start taking Metformin years ago. I gradually worked up from a very low dose to 2g daily, which is the max prescribed. I took each tablet with a meal. That worked fine for me for years. Eventually...

Starches ARE carbs. Have a look at Dr Unwin's Sugar spoons infographic. You could experiment with removing most carbs from all meals and snacks, not just from breakfast. The results could tell you a lot. Books to read are Dr Richard K Bernstein's "Diabetes Solution", Keith Runyan's "Master...

This happened to me too. Unbelievable! Today a GP told me that they will not do a C Peptide test until you are diagnosed full diabetic. Many years ago I had a private C Peptide test which showed borderline low with quite a high fasting bg. I was told this signified either advanced T2 or...

Are you sure? My understanding is that the patient has the right to ask to be referred for free to another NHS doctor or specialist. (Or to a private one, but then you have to pay.) I got myself referred to a specialist recommended by someone on here. He practised in London and somewhere...

500mg. This is the lowest dose extended release available.

When I ate high carb low fat and suffered terribly from constipation I discovered suppositories. They worked like a charm, very quickly - essentially, as you suggest, as lubrication but also to trigger movement. Nowadays eating low carb, high fat & protein I need neither suppositories nor...

In my past life (before 2017, when I first had an A1c test and realised I needed to lower my bg) I was a dedicated healthy living, Mediterranean, low fat, organic where possible eater. I congratulate myself that at the age of 70 I upended my diet completely, and now eat Keto/very low carb, high...

I'm very interested to read this. I chose to take Metformin, in fact I had to bully my GP to prescribe it for me. For years I happily took the maximum dose extended release 1g x 2 daily. I assumed it must be helping. A few months ago I ran into problems with as you say uncontrollable (and...

Obviously things have moved on since I had my colonoscopies. Maybe anaesthetics wear off faster these days.

Hello, I have had one, maybe two, long ago. (Obviously they did not make a huge impression on me!) I had a choice of being sedated or not. I chose not, so I could walk out of the hospital as soon as I wanted and unaccompanied. It was all fine. By contrast, I have also had 2 of the tests...

Have a look at Nick Norwitz on Youtube re. LDL goes up when A1C comes down, also Dr Eric Westman, Dr Ford Brewer and many others on Youtube trying to bring us up to date on cholesterol and LDL (not nearly as bad as was claimed). Have you considered lowering your carbs still further? Imo blood...

I know that in the case of kidney transplants they leave the old ones in and put in one new one. A downside of transplants is that you are then stuck with anti-rejection drugs and resulting auto-immune deficiency for the rest of your life.

Certainly better than 7.1! If I hadn't eaten for hours, I would hope to see a bg of under 5.5 You will have to decide on your own targets. Are you testing your fasting bg every morning?