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I struggle with my weight, additionally. LCHF isn’t proving to be helpful with this at the moment, although I’ve had some (temporary) success with it in the past.

Hello forum T2D diagnosis 2011. Currently taking metformin 2 * 500mg per day. HbA1c hovers around 5.6% - 5.8% (down from about 9.5% when first diagnosed). Fasting BG around 6 (down from about 18 when first diagnosed). If I eat low carb my BG barely moves - very stable indeed. 5 to 6.5. If I...

And my GP just shrugs and tells me I'm doing well. I think there's a gap between the health I aspire to have and the health he expects me to have.

Thanks. Statin - yes, atorvastatin 80mg/day. Cholesterol now hovers around 3 or 4 (for what it's worth!). I do sometimes get muscle aches/stiffness but nothing out of the ordinary I don't think, and I don't think it has got any worse since I started taking the statin. I took ticagrelor (which I...

In reply to one of the comments about my diet...most of the time I tend to not eat much in the way of carbohydrates and virtually zero sugar. Half the supermarket is off limits. Never eat cakes, biscuits, sweets, crisps. Rarely eat white bread, potatoes, rice, pasta. Occasionally I let it slip a...

It's a strange thing. Last month I went to Corfu for a week's walking holiday. Long days hiking up some pretty steep climbs. A fairly stiff test of my fitness but I didn't have any particular problems (a bit tired after the end of a long day in the sunshine but that seems pretty normal to me)...

Long story here...I had a heart attack about a year ago (aged 45!). 1 stent fitted. Situation stable, recurrence unlikely, and I'm taking lots of meds. Atorvastatin. Ramipril. Aspirin. Bisoprolol. Eplerenone. However... The problems I described pre-date this, so I don't think it can be a...

Thx - proper reply later but just checked BG a minute ago, at 6.7. Ate a couple of hours ago (minimal carbs though). I'm having a shaky spell now after painting my spare bedroom for an hour or so.

Well...yes, I'm aware of what GPs are for. If only I could get an appointment with less than about two weeks' notice. If I could speak to him today, I would. But I can't. So I'm here instead!

Hello forum. T2D, diagnosed 2011. However my blood sugar control has improved enormously since then (thanks to weight loss, change of diet, more exercise, etc.) - HbA1c now hovers just over 5%. I'm still taking 1000mg/day metformin though. In the last year or so I've started having stomach...

Thanks. No, I'm not thinking that you're being unsympathetic. A couple of days' worth of numbers is of course very inconclusive, you're quite right. Might give a few pointers but a long way short of a statistically credible data set at this stage. Will continue testing regularly and recording...

Some more data to share... Went to sleep about midnight, feeling ok. Woke up at 4am. Test BG, was 4.8. Felt very good - wide awake, didn't fall back to sleep for a while, but relaxed, alert, good mood, etc. Woke up again at 8:30. BG 6.0. Felt a bit queasy but also hungry. Got up and ate a...

Thank you - much appreciated. As it happens, I *had* just woken up from a very vivid (albeit not frightening) dream! I've been having a lot of these just over the last week or so - not sure why because normally it's just an occasional thing with me. Hadn't realised this could interfere with BG...

(Will of course speak to my GP about this ASAP and seek his advice)

Hello forum. Haven't been on here for quite some time. Dx T2D May 2011 with a pretty bad fasting BG of 17 or 18. HbA1c up around 9.5% as well IIRC. Been taking metformin since, and lost about 10-12kg in weight. HbA1c tested periodically and has fallen to 5.4% as of about 6 months ago. Much...