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The lack of taste is what makes it versatile. Kind of like chicken. Doesn't taste like much, so you can do anything you want to it. :) Personally I've gone for loads of cheese, Italian or French herbs, curcuma/tumeric, lovage... Mixed it in with shawarma or gyros, ground beef or anything else...

Usually, on the forum, I'd advise people not to take supplements unless a blood test showed a massive deficit, and then to go with the doc's prescribed dosages... Vit D toxicity is a thing, as are other vitamins that can get stacked in the liver in toxic doses. So I know this. I do. I also read...

Go with your gut. (In the case of metformin, quite literally!) I was on metformin and gliclazide, and could ditch both because my diet got things sorted... But that's me. Conventional advice sayd once you're on diabetes medication, you're on it for life, but many, many people here have proved...

Hello Peter, Glad to be of some use. No need to wait, just make sure the pill has something to land on, rather than just the "bare" stomach lining. If that doesn't help, well, honestly... I'm not sure with your HbA1c, why you're still on metformin to begin with, really... Your numbers are...

This might sound silly, but how do you test? If you test right before a meal and 2 hours after the first bite, you're aiming for a rise of 2.0 mmol/l or less between those two numbers. You miss the spike that way, but you can tell whether your body could cope with what you put in there. If the...

Could be anything. Stress keeping your bloods up, your body being used to higher numbers so your liver helpfully dumping a little extra glucose in your system (which should resolve on its own), could be the sugar substitutes, the milk, etc... Personally I think you might want to wear a CGM for...

If the question is, can I just stop without withdrawal symptoms, you should be able to, yes.

At this rate you'll be fitted with blades, and run/bounce the London marathon next year. I wouldn't put it past you. ;) Seriously... You're amazing. And I hope you'll heal lightning-fast.

Good morning! Oh, I don't know. Like I said, what works for one won't for another. You're good with hummus, and so am I, in moderation, but others can't tolerate pulses at all. That's why people get the advice to use a meter, ("eat to your meter") see what they can handle, since there don't...

Hi @Magic Turtle , Welcome to the forum, and you'll be glad to know you're pretty much preaching to the choir here... Quite a few T2's on here, follow a low carb way of eating. But you mention a few different diets, and I was wondering, which one(s) do you follow now? Fruits aren't usually low...

I like your GP. Quite a few don't seem to know that, though with a small dose to start with, it might be a gradual process of bring glucose down anyway, if you end up going that route. Not dropping it like a stone: our bodies don't like that. And yeah. Metformin for PCOS... I never got to that...

Quite alright. ;)

Well, with ALT's like that, I'd certainly want answers and further testing done... Vit D toxicity can directly and indirectly cause all sorts of problems, but it doesn't have to be that... So best to get checked out and make sure. Keeping fingers crossed just stopping the supplements will get...

Yeah, getting older isn't for the faint of heart! But I do think you're likely right... If your liver doesn't feel hard or sore to the touch, and you don't notice anything weird, it shouldn't be as bad as all that. And yes, sometimes someone'll call because some measurement is off, without...

Hi @peterb999 , Sheesh, you have been through the wringer. I'm sorry. As for the liver, well, my situation was a little different from yours. It was giving me trouble, and I was diagnosed with a fatty liver. I googled reasons why it would be fatty, diabetes was one of them, and I borrowed our...

GP's and DN's still often go from the assumption that all Type 2 diabetics are massively overweight. Ten percent of us, off the top of my head, aren't though. They're slim, even. With PCOS in the mix, insulin sensitivity often just happens... Nothing to little to do with your weight or your...

"Strict diet"... Any idea how many diets are out there? ;) Can you be a little more specific? Because quite a few people here wouldn't be eating wraps (unless they're the low carb kind from Atkins, WeCare or somesuch). There might be something to gained yet from a shift in diet. Just keep in...

And another T2 with PCOS raising her hand, here. I'm sorry about the diagnosis, but you're being seen soon, so that's all good... Don't be surprised if you come home from the appointment with more questions than you went in with, though. It's a massive learning curve, but keep this in mind: You...

Is there something you can do so you wouldn't need the glic anymore? I know, you (and your GP) want your blood glucose in the normal range, but you don't take extreme amounts... And with your diet, I think just dropping the new potatoes and the beans from that example meal might've given you...

Like @Antje77 said, it's normal to be elevated under those circumstances... Just be good to yourself, and get well soon. Oh, and it might take a little while for your blood glucose to come back down, could be up for a bit even if the flu's already gone. So don't worry overmuch if it takes a week...