Recent Content by LonelyFatGuy

I don't know if testing with your meter would fall into "drastically scientific" or not. Did you bother at all to test and see if it was working, to what degree, and how long any effect lasted...?

Starting to wonder if I'm the only person on the forum that's actually on a gliptin...

Anyone...? I'd like to make a decision on this at the weekend.

As per this post of mine back in February, I seemed to be experiencing a 2mmol reduction in my post-breakfast increase when I introduced 100mg of Sitagliptin. At some point I stopped enjoying that benefit. So I've now been on it for about 12 weeks, not knowing exactly at what point it stopped...

Since you mention alcohol, how much are you drinking usually...?

If it was a finger-prick blood test, some people argue that they're not worth the paper they're printed on. Was it finger-prick or venous draw...?

As others have already stated, a 'spike' is normal, which I fully expected to be the case. I also didn't have the unrealistic expectation of a 'flat line' between the pre and post tests. When you first found out about the 'spike', and regarded it to be a symptom of the disease, did you take...

Most mornings I wake up at 6 mmol. That would be 7 mmol if not for 2g of Metformin a day. I have 100g of Cheerios and 300ml of semi-skimmed milk every day for breakfast, and a whey protein shake that gives me 42 grams of protein. 2 hours after that meal I would be at around 8.5 or 9 mmol. It...

I've been on 100mg Sitagliptin for about 3 weeks now, and I've witnessed a 66% reduction in the blood glucose increase I would normally see 2 hours after eating my breakfast. (this started to happen after only a few days on the drug) That's a very impressive drop in my opinion, much to my...

The providing of a range isn't the issue, it's that they cap people's test results at 150. You can see from the second picture that they updated the reference range in Oct 2022, after I took the first test. So even though the upper end of the normal range increased, the test result itself...

I use Medichecks for all my private tests, and I've tested twice as being "greater than" 150pmol/L for active B12 - which of course could mean 151, or 2000; I'd really like to know the exact figure, if anyone knows of someone offering a test that isn't capped like that...? I've been on 2g of...

Would love to see your source on that. So which is it...? Did it halve it, or did it slightly lower it...? Those are obviously two very different things... I read the study you posted as best as I could; I see no mention of anything being halved.

Yes.

What volume of sugary drinks were you actually drinking per day then...? And how many weeks of this "reckless" eating was there before this most recent test...?

It's worth mentioning also, that any pain or cramps could be caused by the diabetes itself. From Google, when searching "diabetes cramps": "Muscle cramping is a relatively common manifestation of DM. It can be the result of electrolyte imbalances, hypoglycemia, peripheral vascular disease...