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    HbA1c down by 89 in 4 months

    I have a reason to celebrate, and wanted to share.. I've just had my HbA1c in.. down to 36mmol/mol. My reading prior to getting on top of my eating and exercising was 125mmol/mol in January 2025 and 122 in 2024. I've just started my third pen of Mounjaro 5mg. For most days of the week I'm...
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    Help understanding these glucose readings - higher levels than my usual after on my feet all day?

    Hey, yep so the spikes Saturday evening I think I'm confused about the most. Since it had been at least 4 hours since eating carbs.
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    Help understanding these glucose readings - higher levels than my usual after on my feet all day?

    Hoping someone can help, I'm a bit confused by some of my glucose readings from this weekend. I'm on a low carb diet - 30-40g carbs a day. Carbs coming from low GI sources, no grains, etc, and I generally don't see any spikes when consuming up to 25of these types carbs in one meal. Wednesday...
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    How to increase calories without high dense carbs?

    Trying to stick to 30-40g of carbs a day and that's working well for me for my blood sugars currently, I'm really pleased that they're in a healthy range. All my carbs are coming from vegetables, berries, nuts and seeds. I have a BMI of 33 and I've been eating 1000-1200 calories as I'm also...
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    Noticed a huge improvement in my energy levels since lowering blood sugar?

    Too early to shout about any success yet, but I'm already feeling the difference with my energy levels.. My HbA1c in January was 125, the year before was 121. My records from before then are a bit hazy, can't seem to find numbers in my NHS portal - but in 2023 I think was around 80~90. Had...
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    My experience starting Gliclazide - is it the drug for me?

    Update on this.. I've come off Gliclazide. I was continuing to drop into 3.0-3.9 range on 40mg. I've left a message for my Diabetic Nurse to let them know what was going on. Haven't heard back yet but I just did not feel safe on Gliclazide. My appointment to discuss progress is in a couple...
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    My experience starting Gliclazide - is it the drug for me?

    Looking for some advice - I'm due a review with the Nurse in 4 weeks, but I was thinking of getting in touch with them sooner about my recent blood sugar levels. Any input appreciated. Background - I live a very sedentary lifestyle and was diagnosed with Diabetes 4 years ago. I was put on...
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