Recent Content by Lstace

Thank you all so, so much, you are all amazing and so understanding and informative, unlike a certain 'nurse'. I tried to speak with the nurse today but she will not speak with me anymore, even though i was at the appointment on tuesday with mum's permission, and she told me to contact her...

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We are In the UK

I totally agree that diet and lifestyle should be taken into consideration and that is the way mum wants to progress. It was another alarm bell when the nurse said 'oh, dvsa.....oh not to worry' so she never mentioned anything about driving!! I'm really not happy about the lack of treatment...

I have been walking with her and she has done amazing doe someone who loved to sit and eat cakes!!! I will check out the Dr Unwins too as she really wants to stick with this diet, even though the nurse said to scrap it and eat more carbs!!!

Yes she has lost the weight since starting the diet and has been testing her sugar levels with the monitor. At the beginning the monitor showed that they were always up between 15-20 but now, since the diet, they read between 6-8 before and 2hrs after her meals, but this was just dismissed, so...

I should also say we have been on a very low carb diet almost keto but a little bit higher and has lost a stone in weight which i think is fantastic! I cook for her and have changed all my recipes to no sugar, low carb! I read an article that said type 2 can be reversed with diet and lifestyle...

Thank you everyone, its nice to hear from people who know what they are talking about! And actually listen! So, i should have said that she was put on metformin but had an allergic reaction to the full dose, every symptom on the instruction leaflet happened to my mum so she called the surgery...

Hi, i am here on behalf of my mum who was told she has diabetes type 2, 6 weeks ago. I am interested to find out how many of you were immediately referred to a hospital to see a specialist? My mums sugar levels were 101 but she has never seen a specialist and was never told to go back and...