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If they use your own stem cells (autologous) then ethical issues bypassed? If then they can be increased in number in lab. Stem cells being used for so many things these days.

I haven’t taken it - but I’m also considering. Drugs.com info suggests it doesn’t interact with many other meds, or have a lot of side effects (so go on that site and check yours. You can join free. Or just use app). People reviewing that med can be found there too. Research suggests it doesn’t...

Hi VashtiB So good to make your acquaintance. Yes plse. I’m in Sydney. Lower nth shore but I’ll go anywhere in Sydney. I’m at a dead end with my GP. I’ll def change. Been prepping NDIS app for a long time. Endo she sent me to is a ‘colleague’ and very very inexperienced. Only willing to test...

Ok. I’ve been to the endocrinologist- she’s a thyroid specialist. I have thyroid problems incl Hashimoto’s. Not interested in examining blood glucose issues except on a superficial basis. I am sure from taking my BG by fingerpick there are weird things happening. Does anyone know if I can...

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What other apps work with Libre 2 plse -(besides Abbott LibreLink). I can’t download LL bcz I am in Oz and iPhone is uk. I can get uk version potentially (use VPN?)but that won’t work with Abbott supplied device here.

Thanks so much rosie04 for your detailed post - and everyone who has responded. All incredibly useful info for others going down the libre track on their own for the first time.

Yes. I was pretty amazed too. That idea came from a poster on another support site. One where we chat about trying to keep liver ‘normal’ while struggling with various autoimmune diseases. Hope it works for you

Has she been tested for PCOS? Often a source of bad acne. Other treatments could then be considered.

Yes. And a whole lot of other problems. Muscle weakness, muscle damage. I took them a very short time ago a while ago and stopped after two hamstring injuries. Now take 3000 mg omega 3 fish oil. That’s brought cholesterol from 7.9 to 4.5 in about 6 months. Anything putting pressure on fine blood...

Don’t panic yet. Fibroscan measures stiffness - can be affected by eg being sick at the time from a range of things that make the results incorrect. Have they done any visualisation scans eg MRi or ultrasound? Do you have a lot of pain? I’d be hoping for an mri or at least an ultrasound before...

Firstly: your numbers are not ‘terrible’. Don’t panic. Raising HDL would be good - and then, LDL may just lower anyway. Or at least the ratio will be better. Triglycerides (fats in blood formed often from carbs) appear normal. There is controversy in cholesterol research (higher levels are not...

My dentist advised electric is gentler but much more thorough. So I changed but I still use a regular brush at times. Manic brushing up and down tends to damage gums and reduce them, and you miss bits. Electric goes ‘round and round’ at many 100s rotations / minute. It’s a lot easier on the...

So true! I’ve tried to politely explain to my Oz GP that 65% carbs is strange. Even if they are ‘healthy whole grain types’. Humans have large brains and upright bodies from starting to eat more meat and fat. It was a huge evolutionary change. I appreciate the cultural tone of gentle and...

MCT = medium chain triglycerides. Body likes these as an easily digestible / convertible fat source that doesn’t require full digestion (cf long chains like olive and nut oils). Can be converted quickly to ketones and thus a source of energy for brain. Demonstrated as helping stabilise BG and...