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YES bars are all under 10g of carb. They’re a bit expensive at about £2.00 for three (and you need sound teeth for them, too) but I find they hit the spot if I fancy a sweet treat. I also carry one with me when going out in case I get hungry and so all I need to do is buy a coffee to go with...

Hello BW365! I think it's all very overwhelming at times, with lots of different information coming from different quarters. I got very caught up with A1c, blood glucose measurements, fasting, low carb, weight loss, etc. I burned out because, at that time, I was stressing so much about...

For thos of us without medication, grapefruit could well be worth a try. Thanks for the information @pilling10 , I'll be picking a wee crop at Tescos tomorrow and will give it a trial run. May as well, nothing else seems to be working :)

I think you have absolutely nothing to lose by discussing it. If you don't ask, you certainly don't get. To give your young family the best possible start in life, you need to make sure you're in good nick. If you think insulin will help you achieve this, then do it. It may not be forever...

For airline travel, you definitely can ask for your meds to be refrigerated on the aircraft. My sister regularly travels between the UK and Aus, a 24 hour journey. For trips to and from the airport, and between cities in the UK she uses ice packs to keep them at optimum temperature. That...

Hello @Jenny15 A potted history of my A1c: Aug 17 diagnosed at 108 and prescribed Metformin, started to cut carbs Nov 17 was 87, starting to struggle with the medication, continued carb reduction Jan 18 I changed to Gliclazide three times a day and took carbs below 50g Feb carbs below 20g, but...

I was put on metformin initially but couldn't tolerate it at all. Couldn't breathe. Cost the NHS some bucks with x Rays, lung function tests and ECGs. Glic worked well alongside low carbing, but the results were so good I got carried away and thought I could do this with diet alone. I wish...

Hi charliebarker, I normally have at least one day a week without eating, I never eat before 11am and only ate breakfast when I had to take meds. I allow myself 100ml double cream on non-eating days, not exactly fasting, I know, but I'm a big coffee addict and I would throw toddler tantrums...

Thank you everybody. It really does help to offload to people who have been through similar, my family is very supportive but it's just not the same. Excercise, yes. I must make more of an effort to include this. I have been using excuses to myself , thinking a little brisk walk or gardening...

Thanks for your replies :) Kk123, I was diagnosed last August. By Christmas I had cut all sugar, bread, rice and other obvious carbs from my diet. In February I played with keto for three weeks but found myself feeling rather unwell, so switched to low carb, aiming for under 50g a day. I...

I have tried controlling my blood sugars by diet alone the past couple of months. When I stopped taking Glic, the nurse informed me the blood sugar readings may take a while to settle, so I stopped testing to save me unnecessary worry. My diet has been low carb and high fat with total carbs...

Your body, your health, your control. Go ahead, get some nuts! :D

Insert *totally unsurprised* emoji here. The diabetes educator on my Desmond course recommended all we type 2 request a monitor from our GPs because without having any information we cannot possibly take action. Easier said than done, the NHS seem to deal with patients who, for the most part...

Hello, I just wanted to chip in and say that when I was first diagnosed I asked my nurse if it was possible to control my diabetes with diet and excercises. "Oh no," was the reply, "you're too far gone for that! We'll start you one one Metformin and increase to 3 a day within 6 weeks." The...

Hi @Al60733 , how did the appointment with your DN go? Did you manage to coax her out of a Libre or Accu Chek , or did she turn table on you and come up with a blinder of a solution? Either way, I hope it went well.