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Someone kindly suggested this book for me as I am on a keto diet and have been training whilst fasting. It hasn't arrived yet so I can't actually recommend it myself yet but it looks like a well informed tome. The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by Jeff S. Volek PhD RD My current...

Ordinary metformin has a half life of about 6 hours and will be undetectable in the blood within 24 hours. That isn't 'long lasting' at all in my humble opinion. A week long course of benzodiazapines, for example' will still be detectable a whole year later, now that is truly long lasting. I...

I looked for an 'aghast!' emoji but there isn't one so 'Good grief!' will have to do. (it doesn't cover it though)

We used to distinguish between exogenous and endogenous depression. One was a depressive episode seemingly caused by 'stuff' happening to the person and one that seemed to have no obvious external cause. These terms are no longer used although 'reactive' depression has sort of replaced...

Oh my dog you are right. I sat outside yesterday and went a bit red so came in and now my arms and face are nut brown. I am mostly Northern Irish and we tend to burn rather than tan so I try hard very early every year to try and build up a bit of protection before the sun gets too strong. Keto...

Another one through a routine MOT.

Sorry, you are quite right it might not be the solution for your difficulties but it is correct in terms of how drug therapy works. Side effects are sometimes caused, or at leat worsened, by the fact that when you take a drug, it is absorbed and causes a rise in blood concentration of the drug...

Can I ask what happened between your last 34 and the 71? I know that I could be 112 again within three months and I know exactly how to do it, It feels like I have a choice right now but accept fully that life is not that simple. I am relying on an inbuilt stubbornness, a simple refusal to...

This will be a very interesting thread indeed. I am six months in and riding on the crest of a wave having turned 112 into 36. I appreciate that this bit is the easy bit, I had a target to aim at and motivation was no problem but I cannot know what another three and a half years will do to that...

You are far from alone. I have a friend who I describe as 'worried well' rather than hypochondriac. Because I developed T2 they assumed that they must be getting it too. Because I explained the symptoms they felt they too were experiencing symptoms. They have been tested and are not diabetic...

As already said it is impossible to tell without having the requisite tests but I wanted to say congratulations on some impressive blood control so quickly and also welcome to the forum, stick around as I am sure you will find much useful information here as your actual diagnosis becomes clear.

You can bring your goldfish, Jackthedog doesn't like water, nasty, cold , wet stuff he says, so it will be perfectly safe:) Mind you you won't like pineapple upside down cake chez Muddikins since it would involve no pineapple or, indeed, cake. Like many T2's I have never really had a sweet...

Thank you. I have never heard of them before They sound dead easy to make so I might just give them a go to see what happens, I do like a culinary adventure.

The secret is getting your body to stop overproducing insulin. Have you looked at Diet Doctor? it is explained there so much better than I can do. For me the best way was to go full keto and stop using carbs as my main fuel source. Going outside wouldn't seem necessary to me. Exercise, and you...

I have a good friend who had a Whipple's procedure. They were fortunate and did not developed diabetes but have to take supplementary pancreatic enzymes whenever they eat. I wish I knew more about it but sadly I don't. Mine is a bog standard T2 diagnosis and I have lots of people I can listen...

At diagnosis I knew nothing apart from having read about the DiRECT study and how people who lost lots of weight could potentially 'reverse' their diabetes. I started on my own version of the diet but with real food and trying to stick below 500 calories a day. Clearly you lose weight quite...

I couldn't agree more. Thanks you again.

Thank you for your kind words. I am just in the middle of exchanging some remaining fat for muscle so it is a little difficult to know where my weight will finally settle. I think it might be about 12 stone 7 pounds but I am no longer actively seeking any change. I am 6 foot 2 inches and 12.5...

If the sharps are prescribed then you are provided with a bin and you return them to the prescriber. Since they are not prescribed you are legally allowed to dispose of them in your general waste bin. As bizarre as this sounds even injecting drug users are allowed to do this with hypodermics...

Firstly apologies for those who, for whatever reason, are struggling or unable to fulfil their ambitions blood sugar wise. These threads must be difficult to read but when I was diagnosed in October last year it was these same ones that provided me with the motivation and ambition to really give...