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And just as an individual data point, although it seems very clear that everyone is different - I do this all the time with all types of carbs and have found it tremendously successful. I can eat rice, pasta (have done it with spaghetti and ramen), with risotto, with bread. I cook and cook...

Have you checked the carbs in oat milk? I’ve never bought it but I was definitely under the impression it was pretty high in carbs? I’m wondering whether they definitely used a sugar free syrup - did you see them put it in and which bottle they bused? I’ve only once got caught out like that...

I agree up to a point with Daibell - these type of drugs can both make you gain weight *and* have hypos. For a younger person, they might want to limit their carbs more to avoid this weight gain. Again, with your mum, I would not recommend this as a good idea if she’s already having hypos. Just...

I would be seriously worrying about that nurse’s competence to give you advice. It is absolutely not true that a hypo is fine in the elderly “provided they feel alright”. (Well, it’s not really true for anyone, particularly insulin users). Hypo unawareness is a big concern (and, in fact, is in...

I would call them “baubles” or ”Christmas baubles” My mini claim to fame was that this photo of Rosie went viral on Twitter and was published in a national online magazine

Jack, although we can’t diagnose, sugar in the urine is a very strong sign of diabetes, especially if it was a lot (as opposed to a tiny trace). At 17 the chances are higher that you’d be a Type 1 diabetic which probably will give you more freedom with food provided that you learn how to dose...

A glucocorticoid is what we would more commonly call a “steroid”, and yes Alex, they can definitely raise your blood sugar. Whether to the levels that you were seeing, I’m not sure but I wouldn’t be surprised. Your sugars you describe after meals seem fairly normal - is that with insulin or...

Also, I think it might be worth tackling the problem from the opposite direction. Does your mothers GP realise (properly realise, as in, joining the dots - I’m sure they were “informed”) that your mother had a life threatening hypo? Hypos in the elderly are generally feared profoundly by HCP’s -...

Andy I don’t take insulin but I do take an injectable medication that uses the same size needle as insulin (so it feels the same). I can say that, *for me*, I do not feel it at all. I am not just saying that to try to make you feel better. I hate fingerprick testing (that’s why I use a Libre)...

On the subject of hot chocolate, if it’s of any help to anyone, I use unsweetened almond milk for the bulk of it, with a slug of double cream to make it creamier. I use dark organic raw cacao powder and sweetener (usually chocolate flavoured or caramel flavoured).

Yes I was slightly surprised by the “pushed up by 1 mmol”. Was that a typo? A blood rising by 1 mmol really isn’t of any significance at all - mine could rise that much just by me standing up and walking across a room. It’s completely normal for your blood sugar levels to go up and down. So if...

I think it can be a bit risky to compare graphs with other people because we’re all different but to me I’d say your graphs look like a Type 2 who’s having a tad too many carbs. None of the graphs you’ve posted show hypos, but hypos can happen on gliclazide (I used to get them terribly, down to...

Wow, interesting to see how high sugar/carb those Baileys/White Russian type drinks are. I’ve just come back from a cruise and I was having 2 or 3 of those every day and they didn’t affect my blood sugar at all. I’m assuming this must be the alcohol in them counteracting the carbs? (My favourite...

I would definitely be very wary of oat milk, I’ve got a feeling it’s sky high in carbs. Full fat dairy is lower than skim. Unsweetened almond milk is very low

PIP isn’t awarded simply because you have a condition, but depending on how it affects your functioning in various areas (called “descriptors”). There are 12 descriptors altogether, relating to things like your ability to prepare food for yourself, to eat, to manage your medication, to wash and...

I DO feel you’re probably over-thinking this, ChrisJohn. Population averages like this don’t really translate well to individual circumstances. As an example, a significant number of people who die are going to be underweight because they are ill. Diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s will very...

Oh wow I thought this was just me! I can’t sit on ANY hard chair/bench for more than a couple of minutes, and any chair at all for more than half an hour or so. And yes, that only started when I lost weight (around 25kg, but a lot of that was from my “bottom half”, I’ve still got quite a big...

Yes they’re very good about replacing them (for falling off or even for just when you get a dodgy one that’s inaccurate- happens occasionally). I generally buy online because it’s easier but if you want one in a hurry, bigger Asda pharmacies sell them, I’ve bought from there a couple of times.

Forxiga isn’t new on the market, I’ve been on it for years and years (can’t remember exactly but probably since about 2014). It works by lowering the renal threshold for excreting glucose, from (around) 10mmol to around 7mmol. So if your blood glucose is over 7mmol you pee out glucose in your...

To add a type 2 perspective (on meds but not on insulin): my booster in November 2021 (Moderna) caused my blood sugars to drop overall by about 1-2mmol, and my second booster in August 2022 (Pfizer) caused them to rise by about the same amount. For both, it lasted about 2-3 days. I don’t know...