Hi, I'm new here so please forgive me if I should have posted this elsewhere but I'm desperate for some help. I've been T2 for about 20 years, been on Glimiprimide 4mg and Pioglitazone 45mg for several years (can't take metformin - tried it and the slow-release type and was so ill my GP took me off it). Been with my current GPs for almost 2 years and seen diabetic nurse twice - first time was when I was in really bad place (in every sense of the word) and blood glucose was way too high and she threatened to put me on insulin, which I refused. My situation has improved a lot (I've now got somewhere to live - with cooking facilities!!!!) and have been on Keto diet all this year and my last Hb1Ac (in March) was 56%. My weight has gone down by about 1 stone. However, despite eating, on average, 140g fat, 80 - 120g protein and a maximum of 20g carbs per day, I cannot get into ketosis (have some uristix for testing ketones + other stuff as I am prone to UTIs) and cannot get my morning glucose readings to be consistently below 8.0 (morning reading has always been the highest of the day for me, regardless of what I'm doing or eating). In June I decided to try cutting my glimipremide down to 2mg without consulting drs 'cos, due to the lockdown here, my GP surgery has been designated for covid patients only and my last nurse appointment, scheduled for June, was changed to a telephone appt and then cancelled due to staff sickness. The only time that my morning glucose readings have been below 8.00 this year was for 1 week in June when I was taking antibiotics for a UTI (prescribed after a telephone consultation!). I admit to being very sedentary and - at the moment - depressed and desperate so any help/advice anyone can offer will be very welcome. Thanks.