Recent Content by TreboroughLiz

I had Rybelsus added to my combination of metformin (30 years) and dapaglaflozin (15 years) in September 2024. This has supported some additional weight loss taking my bmi down to 19 and my hba1c down to 44. New GP had a look at my stats and pulled my prescription for Rybelsus without...

I've been there. carbs begat carbs, it can feel like a cycle that is hard to break. I don't think people who have not been there really understand how elevated blood sugar makes you feel hungry. There is a great feeling of liberation on the other side of the denial you mention.

B: coffee whizzed up with a tablespoon of coconut oil and a tablespoon of olive oil. Stops me needing anything else to eat till lunch L: 1 slice pumpernickle bread with hummus & caramelised onion. Half an avacado. Portion of sauerkraut. Homemade raspberry and yogurt chia pudding. Snack: small...

Until this discussion I had not realised that statins included a risk of raising blood sugar levels but do now vaguely recall having my metformin dose upped when I was prescribed a statin. My cholesterol levels are now well within healthy ranges so I am thinking of asking my GP about coming off...

I would agree with other comments about giving your body a little time to get into the rhythm of healthier eating and if it persists there is nothing like having access to a CGM to self inform and to be able to go to your health practitioner with the data of what has been going on for you. I...

It has taken years to realise that just because I was being told my weight was OK, It wasn't right for me. We are living ina time when there is more and more research coming through, which has got to be positive.

I've been tested twice by the NHS and they have ruled out LADA both times.

It is a concept Professor Roy Taylor and some other more up to date diabetes researchers and specialists are talking about - basically it is different for everyone but it is the point at which individuals end up with fat in their liver and pancreas and is strongly linked to fat around the...

When I first had gestational diabetes in the 1980s and then was I was diagnosed with Type 2 in the 1990s I was told there was no link with the fact my mother had type 1 diabetes. I believe that was the understanding at the time but that now it is thought there is both a genetic link and an...

Knowledge is power - really knowing what works for me has made all the difference to my life. I have always loved bread and knowing my beloved slice of marmite on toast made with supermarket wholemeal bread gave me a massive blood sugar spike was a very sad moment for me - however more...

I have ended up with enduring years of symptoms that I just sort of accepted as unavoidable because whenever my Hba1c was below 58 mmol/mol my GP would congratulate me and tell me I was doing really well. I do wish I had taken my health into my own hands years ago rather than always feeling I...

When I read 'ultra processed people' my view of skinny v overweight diabetics changed. I had a complete paradigm shift. I had spent all my adult life in either the 'ideal' or just into the overweight BMI categories. The whole of my life was a battle to maintain a 'healthy' weight, then by...

I found this thread really interesting because having had type 2 for 25 years and 4 bouts of gestational diabetes before this - I have learnt more in the past year since self funding a CGM than I have in the previous almost 40 years. I have recommended getting a CGM for a brief period to friends...

thank you for your reply - I can see that about their worries about lows but worry they apply the risks for those on insulin to those who are not. I have been on metformin for 25 years and on dapaglaflozin for 15 years. I have had periods of time on Gliclizide as well but then did have a problem...

Does anyone understand why the NHS defines an HBa1c of between 48 and 58mmol/mol as 'satisfactory' for people diagnosed with Type 2 when this is so far over a healthy level and will be damaging your body? I asked my last GP and he did not have an immediate answer. After a long pause he said that...