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Years ago I ordered gammon, egg and chips, without the chips. It did come without the chips, but with a big slab of cake instead, reason given - because I wasn't having any chips.

5.3 this morning, again stupid early thanks to the sweats and nightmares.

You might want to have a think about what your priorities and goals are. You might want to keep things exactly as they are, or change something. Although you've described a lot of options - eg on medications - the choice about using each of those depends on what you want to achieve. If you...

5.7 just now. Stupid early.

4.7 this morning.

Congratulations, and well done on persistence. I have been living on around 20g carb/day since 2019, so I guess the "can't be sustained" argument falls. I do think one of the issues is that some people hear "mediterranean diet" and assume they know what it means. I spend a fair amount of time...

Lidl: Bratwurst, cabbage, leeks, carrots, mashed swede, prosciutto cotto, parmigiano, olive oil, dill, rosemary, sage, almond butter (crunchy), 10x zero sugar caffeine drinks. Butcher: chicken, eggs, steak

I used one for the free trial period - Libre. Very useful - it gives you information you can't get from fingerpricking. I haven't felt the need to use one regularly since although there's a few things I'm curious about and might buy a month's worth again at some point. For me the expenditure...

5.6 very early

5.1 today

In my annual 'doing a morning reading' week, started yesterday. Tuesday - 5.1 Wednesday - 4.9

Hi and welcome. When you say "three litres a night" - are you drinking it or peeing it? Thirst and frequent peeing are well known as common diabetic symptoms, although not everyone gets them - I got the thirst but not the peeing, for example. If you think you might have diabetes, the usual...

It's not all that common in the UK. I think the last time anyone asked about bitter melon, it was in the context of buying a very expensive course of "extract of" bitter melon pills from a supplier on the internet. If I remember correctly (which might not be the case) the cost of the "treatment"...

Not the vegetable, the "extract of...whatever" advertised courses of pills/tinctures etc. There are some remarkable costs, almost as unbelievable as the claims made.

The mid point of "normal" HbA1c is 38ish. If yours proves to be 34, then your BG is now normal and I would expect at your next review there would be a consideration of what medication, if any, is needed. Metformin lowers HbA1c, but only by a fairly small amount. I have no experience of it...