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Thank you. I don’t really understand carb counting? I just cut out the obvious carbs and anything with flour thinking that’s ok, and up until lately cutting out bread, rice and pasta has been working but it seems now I can’t tolerate potatoes and other bits. It’s quickly dropped back down to...

Ok... what would an example of an evening meal be for you?

Really?!?! I thought it was some kind of wonder drug which had done it’s work within 30 mins. Had a few carrots, cabbage, swede, runner beans and cauliflower, also had a spoon full of cheese sauce (white flour, may have been that). Been eating loads of salmon and salad lately which don’t touch...

I do fasting once a week but ultra low carbs? What don’t you eat to be ultra low? I cut out/down bread, pasta, rice and potatoes but still got high levels today from veg?

How long after taking Metformin did you start feeling poorly? What are you on now? Anything?

Well, cooked a roast dinner today, had pork, crackling, chicken, veg and gravy - No potatoes. Blood was 6.7 before and 11 an hour after. Not sure why it rose so much?? So I Decided to take my 1st Metformin and within half hour it went to 7.1. If I can get away with 1 x 500mg a day until I am...

Well I bit the bullet on Friday and called the DN and got a batch of Merformin. My levels are good again, am back on track after a wobble but I will probably start taking them on Monday. Have you noticed it has made a major difference to your A1C test?

They wouldn’t give me insulin would they? From no medication then straight to insulin?

Such as? Which other medications will help keep levels down? I don’t gorge on high carb foods 247 but I’d like to be able to have a Slice or bread or a few Jersey Royals once in a while without it going to 12 and feeling like **** afterwards [emoji24]

My grandmother died from complications of it too. Had 2 toes removed and died of heart failure.. so I get it.

I know your right and I have managed for last 2 years by diet but I do struggle to maintain it every day and get stages where I go off course for a few weeks and want to eat carbs and can’t be motivated to exercise. I know it’s my health but am finding it hard :(

In the last week, I have been getting boils under my armpits? Never had them before and after Googling i found out it can be due to poor control. I was on holiday last week and was not being very good with food (last A1c was 47). I tested my blood this morning and it was 12.7! Which is high for...

Not sure about that but Bitter Melon and Cinnamon Tablets have let me off meds so far. I get them from heath monthly online.

You can get back under no probs.. I was 46, 48, 51, down to 42, gave up smoking and up to 51, 49, 48 and last weeks was 47. I’ve always managed by diet and exercise and I take cinnamon tablets and bitter from heath shop as they naturally lower blood. I told myself if I get back over 51 I’ll...

I feel the same as you! I’ve cut out lots of things I used to have and do, I cut out drinking the odd pint of Cider and swapped it for Gin & Slimline Tonic. Stopped the twice weekly takeaways but have a Chinese once a month, swapped from White to Super Seeded Bread, have rice once a month when...

No meds, never have, diet alone and no other health conditions I’m aware of, other than early menopause?

Thank you again @Bluetit1802

Plus I badly bruised my ankle to the point I haven’t been able to walk for a few days so maybe that’s another factor?

Ahhh!!! Alcohol consumption! I have had 2 weekends where I have drank (gin and diet lemonade!) that’s possibly it. Thank you .. thank you.. been googling and reading all sorts of horrors!!!

On my last Blood Test a few days ago, my Platelet Count was 409 (should be under 400). Looking back through my previous Blood Tests my platelets have raised and fallen a few times.= - see below. Is this Diabetes Related? Should I be worried? MAY 2018 - 409 OCT 2017 - 420 JULY 2017 - 397 FEB...