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Congrats and well done. It is truly commendable that you have decided to take control and shape your future with achieving as best as you can "Normal blood sugar levels" and you see @Trishbethel that is what you have been able to achieve through hard work and dedication despite "blow out days"...

Interestingly this very website Diabetes UK gives the following information; "NICE recommendations The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends that self-monitoring should be available for people on diabetes medication to help provide information to avoid...

Interesting @JTL. How do you qualify for free strips under The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines?

Updated original post.after DN appt earlier today

Congrats @badcat you are abundantly on top of your game and are proof that taking responsibility for how one lives and what they take dietary wise goes a long way to taking control of one's diabetic condition. Others may just take their diabetic medication and not bother further but it is clear...

@Decruz As you were only recently diagnosed just 9 months ago and your post meal readings are excellent I would suggest that you are ideally placed to take the initiative and take complete control of your lifestyle condition if that is the cause of your diabetes diagnosis and can relatively...

Congrats @wolfie53 another confirmation that achieving sufficient weight loss and tight bg control through sensible low carb means equates to controlling diabetes type 2 rather than it taking control of you. You no doubt wake up every morning knowing that it was you that made that decision...

Well done @shrinking_violet You see it doesn't matter whether you were diagnosed 9 years ago or 17 years ago, all that matters is starting the journey to "Take back control".

Thank you but there's no doubt @NoCrbs4Me as I posted "it's all about knowledge and monitoring" and I simply ate to my meter the fact that my diet assisted my weight loss was incidental but was instrumental in that achievement in short time. And yes most definitely monitoring and adapting to...

This is my first post (so excuse the length) but wanted to post my journey of "taking back control" as I never come across postings about long term diabetics of 10 years plus (on meds for years) turning their situations around and becoming med free and if there are any they appear hidden.. It...