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Hi all, I hope all is well, It’s been a long time for me posting, i was very active for the first few years after diagnosis and then got into a routine so haven't been active here. I have recently been approached to add additional drugs to my prescription and I'm just looking for thoughts (as...

Hi, You can be on a bit of a catch 22 with the meds until you get to grips with it. Some of the medication your being given is such that it forces your body to produce as much insulin as possible to keep your blood sugars down. However in doing so, if you go low carb too quickly your body...

First off, 6lb of weight loss is great. If your loosing more then 2 to 3lb per week your loosing it too fast. I was exactly where you are now a couple of years ago, and i stuck at it and 12 months later i was in a healthy BMI and have been since. (2lb per week for a year is 7 stone gone in a...

If your readings are less then 8 after meals and your HBA1C is less then 42 then it seems you can control it with insulin. Though topping up your body with more insulin if your T2 is due to insulin resistance just increases your resistance so over time you need more and more insulin which can...

To be honest, the lack of any major food item impacts every one. In fact its likely to impact people who have other very selective eating habits. If you eat anything and can sub stuff out, then the above is no issue. If all you eat this above then your out of luck. Equally though, when Seed...

I honestly think this is a question that does not need over thinking. Many types of exercise can result in fat loss, but its all about calorie removal. So running, swimming and intensive cycling can result in high calories/hour but wont do much if your eating too much in a day. Its a fallacy...

To be honest i'm not worried, if the recent few months have shown us anything, its that the vaccination program has kept it under control and limited deaths to an acceptable level. I accepted and supported the controls early on where the death rate was very high (proportional to cases), now the...

The last several HBA1C tests i have had came back within about 2 working days. How given the current shortages of staff in the NHS that may be longer but it will be within a week of giving the blood latest. If you have access to your digital medical record via your GP/NHS you can check under...

The NHS has a value of 7.8 to keep below. 500 calories will be doing damage, that's putting the body in starvation mode 9The worry being that you start digesting your own muscles and ultimately organ damage occurs for totally different and unrelated reasons then diabetes). Note that if she is...

Given that the current WHO reported rates in China for diabetes is some where in the 10% range (I'm only using a paper i found on the internet so I cant claim this is especially scientific.) The point being, there are plenty of diabetics in China. Combine that with the fact that Chinas...

Hey, totally understand where your at - if you look back on my first ever post you will see an almost identical post going back 2 years ago from me. I was only just into 30's with the same shocked disappointment. All i can say is that as others have said, don't look back look forward its...

Hi, Sorry i wasn't intending this to appear as a "showing off thing" - though not sure what would been gained from an anonymous post on a forum I haven't used for a while. I just thought it was interesting - both to see if any one else has done this test and how they look. But also to make...

Hi all, Very long time since i posted as i lost my login and to be honest been busy with work and other things. I was intensive in my posting during my first year but i have settled into my new life so much now that i haven't been on much. Bloods seem to be well in control with HBA1C still...

This is from a study on different exercise on none diabetic athletes. basically, if you do high intensity exercise (for your body) your bloods go up. Now clearly, if your diabetic they may go up a bit higher but its still natural, the long term benefit of reducing insulin resistance far out...

Just a note having done the survey. One of the options that may confuse things is I suspect many people have been given alternative options or reduced doses due to side effects. Particularly Metformin. Dropping from from 1g to 1g, or 0.5g. Or moving the slow release which isn't quite...