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Two years ago my HbA1c was 78. I was supposed to have an operation at that stage but it was considered unsafe and so I went on a strict LCHF diet and my next reading was 57...yay! My weight dropped from 15' 9 to 13 post operation and I was quite ill. My diet went to pot and every carb or sweet...

Thank you for such a helpful reply. Much appreciated.

Thank you for that. Juts spoken to my doctor who has reviewed Kidney function since 2015 and its been in the 60-69 range with fluctuations over that period. He said not to worry. I will of course.

My pharmacy know nothing about everything. I have sought their 'advice' before and they've refused to offer it so I think I will steer clear. Still waiting for my HbA1c result...but if not had that soon (and the test was a week ago with all other results in) I will contact my doctor about that...

Hi there, Well...several years ago I was diagnosed with diabetes...despite having no symptoms..and as I was due my HbA1c test again I had a number of tests done at the same time. On checking the results I found an elevated Urea level and the wording (next to a test for Urolytes????) that...

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Thank you. Very kind. Yes I'm aware of spoon theory. Its quite commonly referred to amongst us Autistic folks.

Needles and I do not mix. We move in different social circles and I hope to keep it that way. I have got my HbA1c down from 78 to 41 in the past so know that if I have to go 'cold turkey' I have done so in the past.

Oh my better half says I am very trying...lol. Thanks

Thank you. My doctor has just booked me in for my HbA1c so i have three weeks to wait. Yes my mood has been awful, not so much lockdown itself but a combination of things mainly work related, that have made my blood boil. Just had five weeks away from work because of things...though the fact...

Hi, Thanks for that. I think my GP was being melodramatic about insulin as the diabetic nurse was rolling is eyes when he said it and, as she rightly observed, shes the specialist and he isn't. I've just contacted my surgery to try and set up my HbA1c test so I can see how the land lies. The...

Hi, I note you are on Gliclazide?> I think thats one of the drugs where you have to tell the DVLA you are taking it. Trying to avoid that but I will ask the question.

I'll take them all... I must be due a diabetic review (ha, it rhymes) but this pandemic has seriously messed up what I am doing. I will ask the question...so long as they don't say Gliclizide(?) as I know you have to tell the DVLA if you have that one..

Thank you. Nice to hear from you. Yes stress does strange things to blood sugar doesn't it and we can only try our best, even if that best doesn't seem to be very good.

I'm sorry to hear that. Its been a bit of nightmare. Plus the shops round here seem to run out of healthy stuff so quickly. Hope things improve for all of us and soon.

I was told metformin or...insulin injections. But times may have changed since that discussion...from pre-lockdown times...

It would be lovely to be able to talk things through with people but I'm on max dose of my metformin and I don't know what else there is. Hard to get through to speak to real people these days. Just hope I'm burning a lot of blood sugar by pushing myself to exercise.

I haven't been on here for a while because I've been so ashamed by my eating habits and my inability to eat anything like healthy these last several months. My carb intake has grown and I cant recall the last day I didn't eat something sweet and sugary. I had a nervous breakdown a while ago...

Working from home and have been since March!. Its doing my head in as its very suffocating with my partner being here 24/7. I haven't had any advice about shielding or isolating and I'm type 2, have Fibromyalgia, had two strokes etc but the figures about the number of covid deaths in people...