Recent Content by geekesse

Hang in there. It’s a long, slow process and it takes willpower and patience to sustain the necessary lifestyle changes.

I’m stable (and in a good place) in terms of weight, bp and cholesterol. HbA1c was still ok last time it was done, and I must be due another one soon. Close monitoring of post meal blood sugar shows that it takes me about three to four hours to recover from carbs in a meal, rather than the two...

I think this is why I’m cautious about just opting out. If I had had access to the support when I started out, it would have helped enormously. Instead, I had to feel my own way through the lifestyle changes, trying things out and learning by trial and error how to navigate the journey away from...

My local health care team has just signed me up to the NHS Preventing Type 2 Diabetes service. Jolly nice of them. I had a high HbA1c in November 2022. I couldn’t get any response from the local team at that time, so followed advice from these forums and my own medical knowledge to address the...

I know that you can’t cure insulin resistance, but I’m feeling smug today because in a year, I’ve reduced my HbA1c from 46 (end October 22) to 37 (this week). I’ve done all the big stuff - lost a lot of weight and maintained the loss, made permanent changes to my diet, increased regular...

Wow, that’s pretty clear! I’ve learnt something really useful from this thread :-). Thank you all.

Thank you for this reassurance. As you and others have predicted, my blood sugars are now back to my normal.

Thank you! I was having a bit of a panic there, but this is very reassuring. I’ll stop worrying about it. I love this forum!

I keep my blood glucose under control normally by eating a moderately low carb diet. Pre-meal measurement in the evening is usually 4.3-4.5, 2 hrs post-start of meal around 6.5. If I have a normal amount or carbs (portion of spaghetti, bread, rice), it spikes to around 10 - hence low-ish carbs...

The endocrinologist has suggested my family history and non-standard presentation suggest I may have monogenic diabetes (MODY). Is there a forum section for this? I’ve looked and can’t find one.

7.2 but I had a flu jab yesterday.

Honestly, I used to love chocolate - any chocolate. I could eat a 1lb bar of dairy milk, a whole box of Lindt balls…. Then I was diagnosed pre-d and was told to lose weight. I have cast iron willpower when I choose to, so stuck with a low cal, low carb, 16-8 diet, and that meant NO CHOCOLATE! It...

I second the advice about hypertension meds. After losing weight, increasing exercise, and getting my blood sugar levels under control, I had a few quite scary episodes of almost losing consciousness. A quick check with my bp monitor showed that my bp dipped from 113/72 sitting to 99/76 as I...

I agree, 100%.

Update: After moaning about my GP’s lack of engagement with my concerns, I remembered that I have private medical insurance through my job. Following a consultation with a nurse practitioner, I was referred to an endocrinologist who specialises in diabetes. I saw him today, and unlike my GP, he...