Recent Content by Mick1952

I guess there is already plenty to take in, so I'm not going to add loads more. I simply want to say this: Stay calm, do things slowly, you have plenty of time to get things right, you just need to keep moving in a positive direction, which you are. Any sudden changes will cause you to have...

Hi there. I posted a similar concern a month or so ago in reply to a thread about reversing diabetes. My eye test has gone from good to background retinopathy over a 12 month period where my HBa1c was constant at 38! Sorry I can't remember the specifics, but a search should find it, someone...

Robin, don't think that men don't have monthly cycles too. We are all some where in the spectrum between male and female. I have known quite a few men in my time that get low and tearful every 28 days. I'm not suggesting this to be the cause of your problems, just pointing out that monthly...

Sarah, I share your love of carby things, but have managed to get to normal HBa1c, without meds, just by being selective and reducing portion sizes. I cut out added sugar drinks totally, and try to be sensible with meal planning. If I have bread in a meal, or chips, or pasta, or rice, I keep...

Yes, but only for the past 3 months. My pins and needles and hip discomfort started a long time before that. I had quite a laugh about going on Statins with my GP, and her attitude was they obviously didn't cause the problem, but they might prevent a heart attack, so why not try them. Tbh, I...

In all respects, I've continued my new lifestyle. My weight is only 5 pounds above a bmi of 25 ( 6 ft 1" and 13 stone 8lbs), I'm active and a member of a walking group, we do 10k hill walks every other week, I spend as much time as possible in the sunshine in Spain, so have a very Mediterranean...

I was diagnosed T2 in October 2015. I was put on Metformin, and took everything seriously, losing weight, (not that I was particularly overweight) changed my diet, my exercise, my lifestyle in total. Within a couple of months I was well in remission. From trial and error over the next few...

That depends on definition. I take meds and if anything my BP is on the low side. Obviously when I was first diagnosed with high BP, it was raised, but that was around 10 years ago. Been very well controlled since then. The article on 'spiking following meals' is giving me a lot of food for...

That's an interesting article! I have a meter and used to test on a regular basis until I achieved normal a1c results. These days, I do random early morning tests only, my theory being if they were fine, and my a1c fine, I was still in control. Having read this stuff, I'm inclined to do some...

I haven't been told it's diabetic, but I'm guessing that as I am registered as T2, there is no way of knowing one way or the other what caused it. It's just so odd to develop the problem 2 years into well controlled diabetes. My GP who I do rate highly, is also surprised. She thinks I am so...

I was the same pulled 21 on a routine fasting test, but knew there was a problem brewing as I had developed an unquenchable thirst. However, my first 2 eye tests following diagnosis were perfectly fine, it is during the last 12 months they have developed retinopathy. Up till then, my diabetic...

According to my HBa1c results, I have been in the normal range for 2 years, in fact was only high for a couple of months following diagnosis in October 2015. However, over the past year, my eye tests show that I have developed background diabetic retinopathy. I don't take any meds, and my last...

Metformin even the SR version upset my stomach so bad that I could only ever manage to take 1 by 500mg per day. After 5 months, I also developed severe back and thigh pain, together with pins and needles from the waist down. Stopped taking it altogether last week and things have improved but...

After 6. Months of tight control, I now find I can cope with most things . However, pizza and baked beans on toast blow me high for 48 hours.... Good job I don't share your obvious passion for pizza but the beans on toast is a bummer for me

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