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Thanks for the clarification guys :)

I dont need to test anymore but for some reason i cant let go of the monitor i am always anxious about what my levels are and i need to put trust in myself sometimes even when i eat good and low carb i still dont trust my body to be cool. The nurse was saying its not a bad thing im testing but...

Are all lancets single use or do you guys sometimes use them more than once?

think its a cocktail of some sort, i dont drink so no clue

thank you all for your replies really helpful, i just think its a pain in the bottom when you're chilling out with your family as a young adult and you can't enjoy some cooling down refreshements with them as one used to lol. Thank you everyone.

Hi i hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend. Just a quick question to what you guys do in the summer when it is scorching hot (i know it seems a while away yet ;) ) because i know we cant have ice cream or ice lollies or milkshakes or anything nice to cool us down...

Past week or so i have been getting bad acid reflux and hearburn symptoms. I am on metformin but the slow release one and having to firm the gaviscons at the minute. Has anyone suffered anything similar, im definetley not coeliac either.

Yeah i usually take 2 with my evening meal anyway so shouldnt make much of a difference just the meal will be eaten a little later once the sun sets ;)

Didnt have no covid prior to diagnoses most of my diabetes was brought on by stress eating and linked to other medical conditions.

Sorry didnt know i would cause this much of a debate here hahahaha my doctor says its fine and its something ive done for 20 years before diabetes hit me @catinahat is speaking facts nonetheless.

My diabetes nurse told me that i have a hba1c of 32 while on metformin. I asked her if this means if i am in remission and she said not nessecarily but it is a good result. Having said that when i was diagnosed i had an a1c of 120. But all this is because of medication and surplus to drastic...

I fully understand i know most of us diabetic patients feel neglected and fobbed off by the healthcare system she tried saying to me you shouldnt test 2 hours after a meal because your blood sugar will obviously go up but surely id like to know what effect a meal had on me? How these people get...

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Isnt ketosis dangerous as it makes your blood acidic or do you mean ketosis as in your body cant find carbs to burn so it burns fat for glucose?

So today ive had an appointment and my doctors are really impressed with me. In 2022 october when i was diagnosed i was at 120kg and today im weighing 84kg. My bmi is now normal at 25. My blood sugar scores have been phenomenal and the docotors are pretty convince i am in remission just waiting...