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@Indy51 Wow, that's really interesting. My tinnitus has been super loud since I started metformin. I'll dive back in to google scholar to see if I can get any hits on Meniere's and insulin resistance. I will try to up my salt, although I've never really eaten much packaged foods except...

No I didn't have extra salt. I wasn't sure how I could possibly drink salty water without puking. Do you think not having salt would make me feel so washed out? I'm still not quite right. I woke up again this morning feeling super tired and just lethargic, but I did go get my blood test, and...

I quit my fast after 3 full days and have eaten a low carb smallish sized meal each day for the last 2 days ( 2 lamb chops with 3 teaspoons of extra fat from the pan; 2 pieces of slow roasted brisket with some pan juices and green veg). I feel so lethargic. Everything else is good - BP, BG...

Can you still get the software for the freedom lite for free? What about the cable? Any hints on where to get this stuff on the cheap?

I didn't have to ask for strips or any of that. The DE gave me a monitor and signed me up for NDSS. It's only through what I've read here that I found out that you only get them for 6 months. When I took my NDSS form to the pharmacy, they sold me my first box of subsidised strips even without...

For some people, sweetener doesn't seem to do anything to their blood sugar. For others like me, I haven't found one which my stupid body doesn't interpret as actual sugar yet. From what I understand, you're better to train your body away from wanting really sweet things, because sweet things...

Hi again, Marcus - you should definitely keep a record of these numbers, and how they relate to eating. You can test whenever you like, but the numbers which are the most important to record in terms of diabetes are on waking up, at first bite of every meal, and then 2 hours afterwards. You...

I can sympathise. Last week when I went shopping, I spent about 10 minutes agonising over the lolly aisle - it's a whole aisle! I never noticed that before. I was trying to talking myself out of or into just one block of chocolate. So I managed to control myself - I would've ate the whole...

Hi Marcus, I know the rapid changes in your BG could be making you feel dizzy and experience other frightening symptoms, but those symptoms can also be symptoms of anxiety, which you may be having after you eat because of your fear of having to see the doctor. If you want to see if it might...

@Indy51, Just out of curiousity, what sort of readings on those keto strips are you getting? My DE tested mine last month when I explained about doing LCHF, and it was 1.5. Of course, she then proceeded to scare me half to death about a type of serious health crisis type 2 diabetics could get...

I'm on the pension, and my strips are $1.20 per 100. I have an accucheck Freestyle lite which have cheaper lancets than some of the other types. The lancets (stabby bit) aren't subsidised. I think with type 2, in Australia we get the strips subsidised for 6 months or 600 strips, and after...

I'm definitely going to buy some of these books when I am a bit less povo.

There's 11 Timtams in a packet, which makes them impossible to share equally in any family setting, so they are the secret stash, eat on the loo biscuits of choice for the mothers of Australia. @Australiadiabetic2 - Alternate your fingers.. use both sides, and don't forget you also have...

I must be really thick, but I still don't understand how the liver is continuing to make glucose when you keep your carbohydrates down to a minimum. I've read that your body converts from glucose to ketones, and ketone bodies are a completely satisfactory and efficient fuel choice for your...

I've done 2 days so far.. and it's only the first fast I've done for years. There's a phenomenon called "keto flu" which most people get when they go LCHF if they are strict with it. From what I've read, you dump a lot of water and salt when you begin, and adding some bouillion (I'm guessing...

So does the liver continue to make glucose in the same way after a few months of sticking to around 20g - 30g carbs per day? Where does the glucose come from, unless you're eating a lot of protein and it gets converted? With 2 days of fasting, I've still got a BG of 6 mmol/l first thing and the...

If you have a health food shop where you can bring your own bags/containers and purchase from big bins, you might find that it's a whole lot cheaper to buy stuff like almond flour, coconut flour and erythritol by weight than pre-packaged in the supermarket or specialty shop. Coconut flour is...

I use an app called Blood Glucose Tracker. I record all my BG readings and it publishes them in a nifty graph. I also record my weight, my BP and there are options for food, medication and notes which I don't use (yet). The diabetes educator gave me a notebook to record my BGs in, but it was...

Well that was very interesting. She did touch on refeeding syndrome, but not what it actually is. I'm guessing it's people who basically guts themselves once the stop fasting and lose any benefit from the fasting?

Yes, I'm on metformin SR 1000mg x 2 daily. I also take 2 drugs for hypertension, one of which is a 2 in 1 with a diuretic. One good thing is seeing my bp drop from an average of 180/90 to 100/60 in the last 2 months and according to my app, my 3 month average BG is 6.6 mmol/l. I'm due to have...