Recent Content by PaulCarlin

Using Dapaglifozin for a year now. It is excellent for controlling the blood/glucose - my readings have transformed from the random, erratic spikes I used to see, and I can now seemingly eat as much carbohydrate as I want without seeing high readings or feeling the effects. The nasty...

Hi, both the above; I'm probably in a similar situation (D2, last HbA1c was 41, down from 96 at diagnosis last year). A week or so ago I went to the dentist for some minor work done - all done, no other issues found - but a few days later experienced a lot of pain in a different part of the...

I gave up smoking 30 years ago, but more recently and while in a stressful job felt that I needed a comforting addiction, so took to using vape-things rather than hit the booze. Since retiring, my whisky intake has increased, but as the liver-function tests are all ok, consider my addictions to...

thelittlepine.com is pretty good for recipes. The main difference for me after giving up all those fabulous carbohydrates has been the utter absence of IBS - the ghastly bloating and inability to fit into last years' trousers. Plus, I think I've lost a fair old bit of weight (don't weigh...

Interesting to read the reactions to the word 'metformin'. I was (shockingly) diagnosed in June this year, and instantly went to a low-carbohydrate diet. My GP also prescribed the stuff, but after a couple of attempts to take it I found I couldn't go on at all; it put me in my bed for a couple...

Sorry; new to this 'low chat' stuff..

I got a very unexpected high of 11.9 this morning; I think (?) it might have been caused by a tin of Sainsburys Madras curry which I microwaved and combined with a rather nice cauli rice and mushroom filler last night (rest of the family stuffing themselves with pizza. Grrr.) The last couple...

Interesting. I used to suffer from regular, very uncomfortable IBS, which involved a lot of enormous bloating and some pain - over thirty years of it. On being diagnosed with D2, and embarking on the low-carbohydrate diet, the IBS has vanished completely; a real blessing. If only all those...

Cauliflower rice: easy to make; for one portion, I find that 1/4 of a head is fine; shred using standard cheese grater, into a frying pan with a lump of butter and some turmeric. Stir and turn for 4 or 5 minutes and serve. Finely diced chillies/paprika or whatever makes it colourful. It's as...

Almost exactly what I use for a snack, but oddly, the amount is decreasing daily. Peanuts, olives, greek yoghurt and occasionally an Atkins 'low sugar treat' in the form of a chocolate coconut bar.