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    Help I can’t lose weight

    I always though you only object for carbs like pasta bread and rice potatoes so thought I needed them ... can I ask what a rough day looks like for you food wise? Thanks so much
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    Help I can’t lose weight

    I take insulin for carbs ? I mean I can’t take insulin without carbs I could not cut out carbs altogether ??? Am I wrong about this people .. Thanks for trying to help
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    Help I can’t lose weight

    Hi I’m 27, 12 stone 13lbs This is my daily diet for the last while and next 6months at least as I’m needing a stable line to aid a recovery 30g porridge morning 2 slices homemade brown bread at lunch with turkey rashers and homemade soup And dinner is 62.5g uncooked bag of rice with different...
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    HbA1c almost halved in three months :)

    Fantastic I wish you well ... I’m 27 went from 98 to 64 and ended up tgen with 2 failed laser sessions and a vitrectomy 2 weeks ago .. praying that things will stableise and this daily knightmare of fear will end.... nothing matters to me any more only my health and my future that I long for...
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    HbA1c almost halved in three months :)

    Be careful lowering your hba1c so rapidly ... it can bring on so many problems with the eyes... I done the same as you and in turn have had massive eye surgery as a result of rapid control .... my old diabetes team never mentioned this to me I learned the hard way. Well done you but be...
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    Can’t keep my bloods up

    Thankyou
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    Can’t keep my bloods up

    Hi I’m on a strict diet eating the same 3 meals daily started Monday as I’m trying to keep a stable line for the recovery of my vitrectomy ... porridge 30g breakfast Lunch 2 brown bread with a lean meat Dinner is 60g (uncooked) rice and lean meat with veg I’m trying to keep them around 8 and 9...
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    Insulin to carb??

    7units covers my 30g of porridge perfect every morning .. 12 units covers my 2 slices homemade brown bread with turkey rashers and eggs . And evening now I’m having a chicken stir fry no sauces with uncle bend long grain 48g bagged uncooked rice ... I’m doing a week of all the same foods to try...
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    Celebrating hitting target of 3 stone lost thanks to LCHF way of eating and forum support

    Wow well done I have 3 stone to lose .. what is your day of food roughly ? Thanks
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    Is their a certain diet or a better word lifestyle ? Keto lhfc?

    What is Keto diet or lfhc or something I read on here ? Not sure if that’s right letters .. do most type 1s do these ? Are they safe or which one is for type 1 .. thankyou .. 27 have 3 Stone to lose.. but need to reduce levels very slowly as Iv problematic eyes and just had vitrectomy . Thanks
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    27year old woman type 1 with retinopathy

    Thanks for taking the time to write me such a long detailed hopeful msg much appreciated. How times have changed :)
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    27year old woman type 1 with retinopathy

    Hiya . I had vitrectomy last Friday ... I’m soar.. 3 days after I noticed blood dots .. that was not there after the surgery ... is this normal ? So afraid of everything thankyou
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    27year old woman type 1 with retinopathy

    How are you getting on now sarah
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    Stable to low and back up harming my healing process

    Having morning and lunch to a t with insulin doses if I eat the same thing ... evening I’m finding very hard... 9.2 before my dinner was 8.2 3 hours after my dinner so I had 2 pancakes took 13 units and was 3.7 2 hours after .... how am I suppose to know what to take ... I had a Banana and nuts...
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    Guessing my insulin doses

    Really ? No carbs for break so no insulin ? Really that would scare me ? I’d be starving with just eggs though .. Is low carb always the best way to go Thanks
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    Guessing my insulin doses

    Thanks everybody ... basal etesting so test in middle of the night is that it ... I have surgery this morning in a lot of pain glad it’s over just want to move forward in control I find it so impossible to figure out I could eat same thing for a week and bloods different ... I find it...
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    Guessing my insulin doses

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    Guessing my insulin doses

    Every day every meal I have is a guess I have no clue. Terrible I know I’m awaiting A dafne course but will be waiting a year at least. I need stable bloods. What’s a rough carb counting guide or what are people’s doses I know we all different .. just wondering how people perfect it . I’m 27...
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    Anger

    Your poor parents .. blaming them.. you reached an age Where you look after yourself and make your own desicions.. easy to blame other people . But it’s not fare to do so
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    Vitrectomy

    Iv had 2 sessions of laser on both eyes . But only one had the bleed and continued to bleed on and off . I was told the jelly is pulling on retina causing continuous bleeding hence the vitrectomy and that after I may need injections for fluid . Which is seperate to jelly issue . I’m scared ...
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