Recent Content by LiSwati

Hello Maggie Please don't apologize for "TMI". This is a safe space, and everything you are sharing is incredibly heavy. It is completely understandable that you are feeling overwhelmed right now; anyone of us would be with everything you have on your plate. Managing diabetes is hard enough...

My kidney specialist (who is a cardiologist) put me on Dapagliflozin as a more kidney-friendly drug to Metformin. I am not sure what else is does but my BG levels are good, and my kidney health is improving.

Please know that I cannot advise you what to do, particularly when is comes to medication. That’s between you and your doctor. We can only share our own experience, which members may choose to consider. I have personally improved my diabetes knowledge from this Forum and remain grateful for...

Hello John. I am Type 2 (aged 57). I’ve been on Dapagliflozin 10mg/day for almost a year now. It was prescribed to me in support of my kidneys, as it helped reduce my Metformin from 1000mg/day to 500mg/day, with a possibility of coming off Metformin altogether soon. My kidney health has...

This reminds me of my recent trip to Cairo. They are famous for these pure fruit smoothies. On my first night out, I started on 1 (guava) and it was so, so delicious, I had to have another, this time strawberry. Within 2 hours, I had 4 of those delicious drinks (1 mango and another guava)...

So very true. I am actually enjoying to drink black tea now, without any thing added, and I am learning how delicious some teas are.

I must admit, I love chocolate and eating a high % dark chocolate helps reduce the temptation to eat too much. I however stopped eating chocolate bars about a year ago, when I stopped taking sweeteners and honey. My taste buds have since changed, allowing me to taste sweetness in fruits and...

The problem is the frequency of ‘treats’. When I lose control, I tend to treat myself 1-3 in a day, whereas, I should limit myself to a treat once a week at most. How often do you ‘treat’ yourself?

Wow, that’s amazing. I could never be able to eat all that in 1 day. I’d be having hypers & hypos throughout the day. On average, my breakfast is a single apple at 11 am, and my evening meals at 19:00 are very light. Only my lunch at 13:00 is large, but still low in sugar & starch. Your meal...

I smiled reading your post. It’s much the same for me, as when my numbers become good, I am tempted to enjoy a little more, which sadly leads to more (thus my use of the term - fall off the wagon, from a sugar enjoyment perspective). I think that this paradox is stopping me from achieving my...

Hello James. Seems like you’ve tried it all. I am 57, on 1 Metformin 500mg and 1 Dapagliflozin 10mg per day. I also take meds for Cholesterol and BP. I was diagnosed with diabetes 2+ years ago, with extremely high BG levels that put me in hospital for 3 days, and when I came out, I lost 50% of...

Good day. I’ve been on Dapagliflozin 10 mg for a year now, and besides the expense (as it is pricey), I am happy with it, as it reduced my Metformin from 500 mg twice a day to just once a day. I don’t recall any side effects and likely experienced an improvement, seeing that I reduced the...

Your story is much like mine. Thank you for sharing. I, too, do most of my walks, walking my dogs. It’s a win-win (for them and for me). The walks are helping me to loose weight (besides the joy it brings). For the past year I’ve been following an intermittent fasting (16/8), low card, high...

Greetings. Thanks for your thread. I, too, would love to hear more on this subject. I cannot run but I like walking at a quick pace (average 4 km/hr). I am 56 year old, male, T2, with a well controlled BG. I have been thinking of doing a 10-21 km marathon (walk). Should we raise our BG...

Greetings all. Sorry, I’ve been silent for a while. Tell me, why is it always our left foot and big toe? I, too, am experiencing the same problem. I thought an injury I suffered some years ago that left me with a drop foot and poor circulation to my left leg and foot, was the cause, but now...