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13.5 - had a terrible night’s sleep. Still down on yesterday though

I'm not ashamed to say I love bread, crisps, pizza etc far more than steak, eggs, bacon. That's no doubt what got me into this mess! I found those hard to give him, but found the more obvious sugary stuff (sweets, cake, chocolate etc) far easier.

What I would say is that you're 10 days in. You need to be a little gentler on yourself. Getting your BGS from 28 to 7 is incredibly good, and if you keep up the low carbs you'll be at non-diabetic levels in no time. Keep the faith and get yourself another couple of weeks sickness absence if...

Here it goes. After another long period of diabetic denial, we go again with the low carb.... Yesterday - 17.3 Today - 14.1

Congratulations!

I’m in the same boat. Was diagnosed 4 years ago and it shocked me into a low carb diet, and I lost around 3 stone. Gradually ‘treats’ crept back it and now my bloods are out of control, even though I’ve kept the weight off and eat nowhere near as badly as I used to. I feel like I’m in denial. I...

I should imagine you'll be absolutely fine with the pate, you just need to find something less carby than toast to put it on.

Sorry for your loss. I'm making it my new years resolution to sort out my blood sugars.

I developed Type 2 after aggressive statin (& more) treatment for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia. Pick your poison I guess.

I might give that a whirl @Dr Snoddy I've had a bit of good news this morning. My eye review (the first in nearly 3 years) came back all clear. It's been a source of low-level anxiety for a while, so hopefully I can use this slice of luck to give myself a kick up the **** diet wise.

Thanks Juicyj. I did have a course of CBT some years ago but did not find it helpful. I've had the most success with a mix of medication (which I remain on), exercise (I walk 10k steps most days) and reducing stress in my day-to-day life. Unfortunately, the latter of those is a problem. I have...

Finding it really hard to motivate myself to manage my diabetes. I start out each day with good intentions, but end up giving up and eating all the wrong things. I know I'm shortening my life and risking awful complications, but I'm just so miserable and can't seem to get a grip on myself...

I get little sharp pain in my toes which I assume is due to my high sugars. Luckily not too painful yet. Where are you experiencing the pain?

Superb effort that.

Proper studies normally control for stuff like this.

I've had floaters all my life, decades before I got diabetes. I remember going to the doctor with them when I was about 12 and being told they're harmless. It's weird now because I'm waiting for my eye-screening results and panicking because I've got floaters.

I remember once going from 16mmol/l to 4.2mmol/l in reasonably short order, and got hypo symptoms to boot. I think occasionally the struggling pancreas might still occasionally burst back into life.

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It sounds like we may not be alone then!

Since being prescribed Gliclazide, I’ve noticed that eggs taste absolutely disgusting, which is a bit of a blow to someone on a low carb diet! Obviously there could be another cause but I just wondered if anyone else had experienced this. I know COVID can affect tastebuds but I’ve not...