Recent Content by James1805

I fear that I may be heading for diabetic burnout. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in March during chemotherapy. Initially I was put on insulin and Diamicron. I came off the drugs and started a very low carb diet in May. It went well and I had to keep to about 20-30 grams of carb per day to...

Hi Mrs T Thank you. I very much appreciate this. It’s good to find this community at this early stage and in my diabetes. James

Thanks it’s great to hear about your experience and progress. One thing which is difficult to get used to is how patients are their own doctors and have to make a lot of decisions themselves. Meanwhile a lot of “diabetes experts” still seem stuck in the past and recommending eating a normal...

Thanks that’s very helpful about not having some foods available to tempt

I was diagnosed with Type 2 a few months ago during chemotherapy for cancer which I have now completed. I have now come off the drugs and insulin and am trying to control it by very low carb. I use the Freestyle Libre sensor and collect a lot of data. Here are my numbers, upper target 8.5, last...

It was 5.9 when I woke up but after a shower and before breakfast it had gone to 6.9. Not taking any drugs, trying to control it only through very low carb

Hi I am very happy to find this forum and this is my first post. I was diagnosed about 4 months ago (Type 2) for the first time during chemotherapy for prostate cancer. I tolerated the chemo very well but had hyperglycaemic episodes every 2 weeks as I had to take dexamethasone at the same time...