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    81 year old father diagnosed with type 2

    Well my thoughts would be, let him get on with his life. I met an 83 yr old gent in the pub the other n8ght on his 3rd pint, he looked well and walked well. He was on a load of tablets, but was happy to let whatever happen, happen.
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    Type 2 I have lost the self confidence in cooking meals. I don't know what to do.

    Have a look at diet doctor, lots of recipes on there. Easy to make smaller meals, if it's for 4, halve the ingredients, then you have 2 meals.
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    Would it be worth it?

    Do be careful fasting, you need to monitor your glucose levels, I fasted overnight and didn't eat until 5pm, my readings were 3.5 so hypoglycemic levels.
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    CGM

    I think I was worried because it was such a drastic reduction especially in a short time, less than 2 weeks, Thanks for the congrats though.
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    CGM

    Someone on here mentioned a trial which is free of an abbot freestyle. Wow, wow, wow. I think all type 2's should be given a trial, it would save so much money. However question, I've been type 2 for so long now, but even with meters never got proper control. So since using the cgm, I'm now...
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    50 pounds

    Homemade mushroom soup, creamed mushrooms, bolognaise with cheese.
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    Struggling with a total change of direction in carb counting and need help/advice

    I'm on a similar drug as well as jardiance, nurse advised me to eat regularly too. I don't eat breakfast and I low carb, not had any problems. But obviously I'm no medic, but I'm not about to force myself to eat either. My levels have come down but never enough to go hypo. You need to use your...
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    50 pounds

    Avocado is a very good fat, olive oil on salads, more Mediterranean diet really.
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    50 pounds

    Have a look at diet doctor, really good site for low carb meal plans, and do test. When you start to eat and 2 hours after, you will get an idea of what foods make your glucose levels go up.
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    50 pounds

    Are you getting fat into your diet, it will satisfy you more.
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    50 pounds

    Did you test before and after your soup? I love Dahl but it hates me, lentils raise my bs.
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    Trigger Finger

    I have trigger finger, right ring finger, I had a steroid into the shaft, mind numbingly painful, but sorted it about 6 yrs ago. Still OK. Now got it in my left ring finger, I'm leaving that as it is for now. The first time I was referred to a physio who made a splint, never wore it because...
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    Apprehensive following GP appointment

    Has anyone mentioned sciatica, sounds very like it.
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    Exhausted on keto

    Got all the books, need to reread them I think. Not eaten today and was 8.1. Frustrating isn't the word.
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    Exhausted on keto

    Thank Thanks Jo, hoping that's all it is, done keto before and never felt like this, just seems to be interminable, will start with broth etc, come to think of it did drink it last time, will carry on and report back how it's going.
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    Exhausted on keto

    That's great thanks again.
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    Exhausted on keto

    No idea if I'm in ketosis, I just dropped the carbs drastically, having headaches etc, just I feel I'm alone really, dietician was useless, thanks though, I will up my carbs a bit and see if that makes a difference.
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    Exhausted on keto

    Could be, my hba1c isnt great, lapsed big time, stopped monitoring, and yes I'm probably not eating enough, but it's 3 weeks now. Thanks for your input, will go buy another monitor now.
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    Exhausted on keto

    OK, so I've been eating extremely low carb for the past 3 weeks. The problem is I'm feeling totally wiped out. I don't want to exercise and probably don't have the energy, feel as though I'm between a rock and a hard place. Carbs don't agree with me and little to none don't either. What on...
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    Victosa

    Just been to my pharmacy and been told there is a problem with insulin and victosa until January 2024...what the. What has anyone else been told? I did ask what are those on insulin going to do...die?