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I would say it's a genuine result, and you are amply demonstrating the much greater affect of diet over exercise in controlling blood sugars. WELL DONE, keep it up.

My maternal Grand mother had diabetes listed along with about 12 other things on her death certificate. I don't know about my paternal Grand mother, but when reaching her 80s both legs were amputated below the knee and was basically blind, so it's possible. None of the next generation, had or...

Potassium and Sodium are finely balanced by the body, presumably you knocked things out of kilter, by taking Potassium, which would look like you didn't need.

Personally in your situation, my attitude would be I KNOW what my body needs. Low carb is working fantastically, why muck about doing low calorie. I did Keto a few years ago before diagnosis, purely to lose weight, which i did 30 Kgs in 4 months, this was without exercise, due to Peripheral...

Don't blame yourself too much for the sugar and chocolate. You could have followed medical advice religiously, eating your five a day etc, and still found yourself where you are now. Get your self a glucose meter, the medical profession say not to, but you now know, they don't really care about...

My late father in law had GCA diagnosed on holiday, when i took him to Truro hospital. He was put on Prednisolone. Basically a hand full morning and night. The affect was dramatic, bouncing around with loads of energy and a rapacious appetite. Depending on GCA recovery, the dosage drops over...

I take a magnesium supplement, when i've run out it takes only a couple of days for restless twitchy legs to start, followed by agonising cramp in my feet. Restoring the supplement works very rapidly. So i'm very confident that Magnesium is My own particular problem.

Sats should be 95% +. most people never get beyond 98%.

The commercial reason being NOBODY would use it.

You say your levels are stable, but stable at what level.

I take Metformin, and Rivaroxiban and Aspirin for blood thinning, no problems at all. However some studies have shown Metformin may reduce the efficacy of Anticoagulants. Your doctor will most likely schedule blood tests to check all is working ok, mine does.

Use crushed pork crunch as a coating, this is the very light pork scratchings.

The Hba1c is a bit like the speeding ticket that drops through the letterbox. The finger prick test is the glance at the speedometer, you may only see 30 mph when glancing, but at some point you were travelling faster, but didn't see it. Random testing is useless, and a waste of strips. You need...

As far as emergency measures go, the only thing you can do, is ring 999 and make sure they know you or the patient are FAST positive. Time is CRITICAL, billions of neurons are dying every hour. Any possible measures for @IanBish , would have killed me. And vice versa. It takes a CT scan to know...

Can't really think of any for you, sorry. The first consultant told me i'd suffered a cervical Artery dissection, which allows blood in between the layers of the Artery causing a back up and clotting in the Artery. The second insisted on an MRA scan, as i'd had 2 identical strokes, and they...

I had clots every time, i always thought bleeds were the most dangerous type, but i was put right on that one, by a customer whose a stroke nurse. I never suffered with speech problems, but my wife said i often paused half way through sentences. The fatigue clears quickly, but i found i often...

Welcome to the club, glad it was obviously a TIA as it must have cleared on it's own. I've had 2 official strokes, and a third TIA which i kept quiet about, because i couldn't afford the time off work. Take care of yourself, rest and recuperate properly. I found i would have odd fatigued days...

They want everyone on statins, what were your numbers. Never accept, high, raised or good or ok, always ask for the numbers. That is the only way you will really know. As daft as it sounds, this is probably going to be like winning the lottery where your health is concerned. It takes a scare or...

HI jo, welcome on board. It's good to see you're determined to win over your diabetes. It may well be that you are like myself, and have to go lower on the carbs at the start, to kick yourself into ketosis. Once there most people can increase their carb intake slightly, whilst staying in...

I've had loads as gifts from the kids. looking online they seem to have dropped some of the flavours I've had before. Habenero chilli seems to be the hottest now, they used to do Scotch Bonnet, and Carolina reaper too.