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Thank you Brunnneria. I don’t feel like I’m losing weight fast. I’ve been losing an average of about a pound a week. It feels very slow to me! I still have another 14lbs to lose before I consider that I’ve got my figure back. I wasn’t given a breakdown of my reading, I don’t think I would...

I’m very happy to say that I have reduced my HbA1c from 68 at the end of January to 40 this week when I had my first blood test in six months (due to lockdown). I have lost 2 stone (21lbs/9.52kg). Thank you everyone who gave advice, I really appreciate it. Now I’ve just got to reduce my...

Great news! After approximately 6 months, I’ve just had my first HbA1c blood test....... and it’s 40! I saw a new GP in the practice and told her what the diabetic nurse had told me (see first post) and she agreed that her comments were inappropriate. I have also managed to lose a total of...

Has anyone else read this article in the Mail on Sunday today by Barney Calman? (Health section). It throws into question all we are doing with low carb diets. I would be interested to hear what anyone else thinks. Please read it if you can. It may be on-line too.

@JoKalsbeek - you’ve done so well and you’re so nice about not making anyone else feel bad. You are lucky to have such a nice family. Unfortunately, most of mine would just throw stones rather than ask what they could do to help. People are very judgemental here in England. It’s not a...

@Jen6 - well done. Have you any good tips to share?

Ah @VashtiB - I was so shocked and ashamed of myself when I was told. I still can’t tell anyone. Only my husband knows. I don’t know whether I shall get away with nobody knowing. Does anyone else keep this a secret?

I had chicken thighs in a Puttanesca sauce (olives, capers, tomatoes basically) and some rosé wine..... I didn’t realise that the reading could go down.

Did a test before dinner this evening and it read 6. Two hours later 5.7. Have I done something wrong.

Thanks @Bluetit1802 - I am more determined than ever to not let this get beyond my control. I’ve already lost control hence I’m here, so I need to spend the rest of my life making sure I don’t get too far and find myself with ulcerated feet....

Thank you @JoKalsbeek for your recipe. I will definitely try the Keto mug bread just as soon as I can lay my hands on some almond flour! And thank you also @Bluetit1802 and @Daibell for telling me that I must go to the eye test. I had agreed to go, but unfortunately it was cancelled due to...

Wow, thank you everyone for your positive comments. I shall continue to do as advised by you all. I explained to my husband that I was asking you for your advice as there was no point asking the practice nurse anything as I think you all know an awful lot more than she does. (She is the...

Hello everyone. Help! I guess I was very informally told over the phone that I was type 2 by my practice nurse. She told me at the end of January this year that my HbA1c was 75. I retested a week later (after not eating any carbs or sugar) and it was 68. (No medication was offered, but I...