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The beauty of this forum is the world response which gives us so much instant knowledge. It is invaluable. Where I am in the UK, my medical team is so professional in that they work together around you and target your symptoms. They care. I am so lucky. Even with this it has taken me years to...

I you took steps to rid yourself of the disease for 12 years without medication, that is good because you have done it without chemical intervention. What is more, you are cured naturally. There is the high likelihood that people would be very interested in what worked for you.

Yes, that is very good. My legs also ache because I did not use them enough. My reading was 6.0 this morning. After porridge at 05.30. I will fast now. but I am 77 years old. Here for my kids. I walk each day now but must also do more.

After much research, I believe that the main thing to watch for is if a drug causes your blood sugar readings to rise. For whatever reason, that would not be a good sign. We constantly try to reduce blood sugar, cholesterol, triglycerides (body fat) and what gets in the way they say is insulin...

Thankfully you are getting some good info from us, not myself of course. Now that I see the extent of your trials I realise how inappropriate my post was. Good luck with this and hope you keep on receiving the fine advice.

You have the same Demon as myself.The symptoms in my case are insulin resistance and midriff swelling due to my liver dumping glucose into my cells. Given that this is such a complex thing, I watch all test results. Since going low carb I have stopped having skin infections. I pay particular...

On the other hand it surely is not their job to force you into something, but to listen to your side effects and then try to act upon them. I am on Metformin, but I understand that there are alternatives. This should be a consideration for your doctor, not to banish you from the practice. Be...

From what you said - I think you are going to see if the side effects go away fine. I have just had anxiety, still going through this. As I was feeling better, I decided to come off my daily med. Six days later my daughter overheard me telling my wife and came straight to me. She said that I...

It is encouraging to get all of the voices, each of them giving up some knowledge which I found so valuable. My diagnosis was far higher than yours, and it was the girls that drove the ambulance discovered my blood was full of sugar when I was taken in because of a hernia. I was very thirsty at...

In the past, doctors were inclined to put your file away after reading it. But I believe that the digital world has connected the dots and strengthened patient / practitioner contact. Also the new breed of doctors are more focused upon prevention and cure. They will ring you if they think...

Ha Ha hello Jo small world. When I went to the pictures as a child there was an ice cream from the usherette or a hot dog? Mmm those were nice! Now there is a good selection of rubbish in cinemas. Young people have no rules yet. They go there to eat rubbish. And in the UK the days of a coffee...

Thanks. I confirm that I am still bracketed with insulin resistance, although I am getting some results at the moment. At my fittest I was 11 stone 7lbs. Now way over that. You are doing so well

Well it could well be that we are destined to look tubby. I certainly was and went through a similar routine of futility. But whilst waiting for it to get worse I advocate listening and trying more and more stuff to knock myself back into some kind of working order. And you have to be on it...

It may seem stupid of me but how do find your personal fat threshold?. and what fats do you eat? Yes the bread and crisps thing is very sad for us, the red wine thing will keep in my head. If only I were 21 again - no rules and no worries!

And thank you for the info - which I have passed to my family on your behalf. I still have fat around my waist an all of my later life condition. I no longer have bread or pastry, I keep dreaming of clean blood cells. I do have high triglycerides though but hoping the spreads from the breads...