Recent Content by MrsKateT

Hello, does anyone get infections in the corner of their nails? Like the pic attached. I’ve read it could be a sign of diabetes. It’s incredibly painful. I currently have two infections. Can anyone offer advice? I’ve been low carb for 6 weeks so don’t know why it’s suddenly happening.

Wow! You love eggs! Luckily I do too as I’m eating lots as part of my low carb diet.

Thank you, that’s such a kind and motivating message. I’ve always had symptoms of BS hypos and hypers so I thought I’d look into it as it was starting to affect my quality of life (waking with a hypo in the night, brain fog, dizziness, always hungry etc). According to the monitor my levels are...

That’s reassuring, thanks. I’ll see how I go :) Having to resist the Easter eggs…!

I am pre-diabetic. Fasting blood sugar 6.1. And I often get spikes after eating of over 10. Started low carb diet and implementing some tips like starting the meal with fibre and drinking diluted vinegar before eating (as per the Glucose Goddess book). My question is how long did it take you to...

True! Thanks for your reply. I’ve been feeling out of sorts for a few months so hoping getting blood sugar under control (if I can) will help. I’ve been following a low carb diet for 4 days now. When should I expect to notice a difference?

Ok thanks for the info, good to know.

Thanks. I’m testing first thing and it’s usually around 5.6. And intermittently through the day. It went up to 10 after lunch of a sandwich yesterday. I’ll set a reminder to test 2 hrs after eating. That will give me some good info. I’m also getting crashes of 2.9 at around 3.30 in the morning...

Hello, I’ve been experiencing symptoms of dizziness, blurred vision, tiredness, poor sleep, sweats, lethargy recently. I’ve not been diagnosed but I felt my blood sugar was all over the place. So I bought a continuous glucose monitor (cgm). It’s shown my blood sugar goes down to 2.9 mmol and...