Recent Content by eekins

Hi Steve There wasn't anything in particular that happened other than the no/low carb diet simply wasn't working any more. The 5.6 was after 6 months of eating literally no carbs (I lived on eggs, meat and cheese basically). I continued this for another 6 months then I couldn't continue...

Hi dragongirl My A1c test prior to going on to Metformin wasn't 5.6. The 5.6 was after the first 6 months which was during the period I was eating no carbs. I started taking Metformin after 18 months. My A1c at that point was 9 (missed that bit out oops). For the following 3 HbA1c tests it was...

Hi everyone I've been lurking on and off for a while and found the forum to be full of useful information and helpful posts. I was diagnosed initially in November 2006 and after a lot of discussions, confusion and tests was classified as Type 1.5 The diabetes nurse and my doctor wanted me to...

I'm similar to Brian. I generally stick to Apples as far as fruit goes which have little effect on my bg but a slice of bread or any grain based carbs/sugars have a big effect.