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Thanks sleepster. I did ask my gp about steroid cream and he said no. Hmmmn. I’ve had eczema in the past and have plenty of relatives with it. It won’t do any harm to try a low potency cream. It is an absolute pain isn’t it. I want to able to wear my training and walking boots so my feet and...

Hi, I found out that I was LADA a few weeks ago. I had been misdiagnosed as Type 2 in 2020 but really is was latent Type 1. For almost two years I’d successfully controlled diabetes with a low carb diet and over the last couple of months all control was lost. I eventually was admitted to...

Jelly babies work for me

I’m new to a type 1, I am no expert at all but understand that as well as the honeymoon period, there can also be glucose released from the liver. This is what I recall my community diabetes nurse said. Good luck

Thanks Antje77 I am so pleased that I do qualify for a Libre 2 monitor and funding has been approved. Thanks so much for the information and ideas you’ve shared. This is very kind and helpful of you. Regardless of what I thought I knew about type 2, LADA is a completely different ball game...

Thanks so much Antje 77, I’m at home and finding some aspects of LADA easier than expected and some harder. The insulin injections are simple and painless. I am struggling to balance food, insulin and activity. Lots of hypos and hypers. This is a real learning curve. I’m sure I will get...

Thanks all so much for your replies, you realised what I hadn’t. I’ve now been diagnosed with LADA, although of course a blood test has been sent to lab too. My ketones were 2 and bg 22mmol/l. I did go to A&E and was seen and treated rapidly. The triage nurse said they’d do the tests quickly in...

Lots of factors at play so probably a complex one to unpick: Type 2 since Early August 2020, very well controlled with Low Carb diet. Taking Sertraline antidepressant sine Dec 2021, aware that this can make BG harder to control. Feb HBA1C 48mmol/l. Thyroid tested and told it had become under...

Thanks Pipp, I had urine samples to drop off to gp and spoke to nurse quickly. She’s going to dip test and let me know if ketones are present. I may need to go to A&E either today or in a couple of days if levels are still high. Not something I relish the thought of. Thanks for your kind words...

Morning, my bg was 19.6 mol/l this morning. It was 26.7 mmol/l before going to bed last night. I am dmt2, I had good control with low carb diet alone for almost 2 years. The last few months have seen no change in diet but hyperglycaemia. I’ve experienced chronic stress which is likely to be a...

Thanks Kimble 73, I am on a waiting list for counselling and fortunately have a good support network. I’m sorry to hear about the difficulties you’ve been dealing with. I’m now realising the effect stress has on diabetes. It can be very tricky. My diabetes is not under control and my gp and...

Thanks Antje77. I have adapted and am coping, lots of people have it far worse and I’m sure in time things will be better. I am fortunate in so many ways and have wonderful people close by ( and a furry companion too). Wishing you well too x

* T2D not "today"

Many, many people have had a tough time over the last couple of years. One of my teenage children became very unwell and the last year and a half has effectively seen me become a carer much of the time. When I struggled to cope I started taking sertraline antidepressants, they have helped...

Greek yoghurt, strawberries, flaked almonds and pecans, Salad nicoise, Handful of cashew nuts, Jerk Chicken and salad Battling to keep bg down as taking sertraline antidepressants (it's been a difficult year and a half) and my bg has been raised, 11.3 mml/l, eek. This is a side effect. I...

Thanks Pdmjoker, I am quite strict with low carb. My mistakes have been wine, chocolate and breaded chicken. I’ve tried 100% cocoa chocolate and really didn’t like it. Maybe it’s an acquired taste. I have started using my BG monitor again and I think this (and not eating inbetween meals) will...

It’s all trial and error isn’t it. My monitor will help me understand what I can and cannot do. I just need to put some more effort in again.

Hedonista, I am exactly the same! I need to just avoid certain foods as managing tiny amounts for me is difficult. It just creeps up and becomes a problem. Ironically, I used to really enjoy eating quorn mince to make 5 bean chilli, however I have become intolerant to it recently. My...

Well done on your achievements, you’ve worked hard and have done incredibly well.

Thanks pdmjoker, what you’ve written makes a lot of sense. I think coffee could well be a factor too. The breaded chicken or breaded anything should go. I have friends saying have just a cake every now and then. I know that if I did it would become a problem and I think that’s what’s happened...