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The LBGTQs have come out from the closet where they hid themselves for many years. Those with diabetes have been hidden under the stairs by society as the 'parental' authority. We are looked at and talked to by many people including those in the medical profession as if we have caused this...

The issue with some fats is that the body will turn these into glucose if this is low or store if not. However I am on a low carb diet have reduced insulin from 68 units to 11 units per day, have lost nearly 15 lbs and my cholesterol levels were all below normal a ferw weeks ago. I do take a...

Love to hear the neurologists recemmendations. I have severe neuropathy in my feet with numbness spreading up my legs.

Nearly always over 7 and very occasionally low 5s. Dawn effect for certain.

I am following the same road having been put on Insulin in February. Following an operation in July I have reduced my insulin dose from 68 units p.d. to 15 p.d. and continuing. My weight is down by over 10 lbs in a month. I just need to get back to the gym 3 or 4 times a week which I had to stop...

First saw an endocrinologist last November after he cut my Metformin in half and stopped the Invokana completely because of possible kidney complications in August. My weight was 165 lbs (10 stone 5 lbs) and my A1c was 6.3 at the end of August and up to 9.3 in November. I wonder why. Had on...

My A1Cs always drop in the summer and rise in the winter, ranging from mid 6s to low 9s. I started on insulin in February following an operation and over a couple of months the dosage increased to 38 a.m. and 30 p.m. During another recent hospital visit the doctors reduced the dose to 25 and 20...