Recent Content by Resurgam

@Hoodiegirl3 - did you not get any advice on revision or methods of working before the holiday? Are there no websites offering advice and help? It seems strange for you to be just left to your own devices, particularly these days. I did sciences at school then started BSc Biology at...

@Kamadeva The low carb diet is more likely to have reduced your blood glucose levels than the Metformin. I could not tolerate the medication and stopped taking the tablets. After that I found that relying on diet alone really helped me to stick to low carb, and I went from HbA1c of 91 to 41 in...

There are still some little boxes around the house with Windows 7 on them - they were part of dedicated systems for things my husband's firm designed and sold - I always feel guilty throwing away things which still work. I suspect that my children probably taught more of the computer studies...

Hello @Kester I am in Dorset, down on the coast and I can see the Purbecks and Poole harbour from the back bedroom. I programmed my first computer in Octal when doing a degree with the Open University. I think you should have words about your low blood pressure - if you were to go on a low...

I had to go around to the clinic today about my thyroid tablets and saw one of the nurses who has been there a long time - I got talking to her and mentioned that I was taking Dapagliflozin. She asked what my blood glucose levels were and I explained that I have no way to check now - back when I...

@Pipp I was told that the prescription would be sent to the pharmacy in a telephone call, which seems to be the way I am 'managed' these days - so when I read up on the medication I was doubtful as my previous diet only control could not be continued according to the information about...

The prescription was sent before the annual blood test results arrived, as far as can work out as the surgery doesn't like to give out information since it became part of a group a couple of years ago now, so it is difficult to get access. The policy does seem to be to put all type 2 diabetics...

You really need to check on how you deal with carbs of all sorts and not accept statements about there being different qualities of carbs. My gut just rips out the carbs from anything I consume - simple or complex is irrelevant, and it makes it seem effortless. I need to regard all carbs in the...

I was eating under 40gm a day and realised I would have to alter my ways, I have increased my carb intake to almost double that, but now eat more regularly, from one meal a day I am now having two plus a small amount at lunch time, though not large amounts by comparison with what I see other...

I wish I could say 'oh yes' but the HbA1c test shows how things have been for the last three months, possibly a little more, indicating how much glucose there has been in the blood attaching itself to the red blood corpuscles. You have been alerted to your situation early - I was left untested...

The pistachios are quite high in carbs as they are not a true nut - a drupe, if I remember my botanical classification. Maybe 20%, so something I avoid. I am a full on type 2 so I avoid all grain, all high carb fruit and veges, I do eat things called berries but tend to limit blueberries as they...

I started Dapagliflozin on 25th September 'to protect heart and kidneys' and have had to increase my intake of carbs as I was going wobbly mid afternoons but once I compensated for that I was feeling much better, but I noticed that I have not been eating as much and also that I have been losing...

@SepticTank you might find that a pressure cooker deals with the cooking far faster. Just put a large bowl into water in the cooker, or stand it on a trivet if it tries to float. You can obviously cope with the oats - my BG would be far higher. I swapped to US cups some time ago, but from...

Have you checked your blood glucose levels after eating oats? Although it is claimed that they are slow release I think my gut just sees them as a challenge and my after meal levels are way too high.

@SepticTank I felt so much better after cutting out grain and high starch foods - I was not eating sugary stuff anyway. I find the small tomatoes far too sweet - they are actually high sugar - every new strain of them is higher in sugar than the last ones, they think it is a selling point but I...