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Sid is spot-on. They taste good, I find they act much more rapidly than Dextrose, and they are also effective way past their sell-by date (empirically proven!)

Further to my previous post, my friend has sporadic hemiplegic migraine (which means it's not inherited) -- which was initially prompted by an allergic response to medication, and led to constant blackouts, sometimes but not always linked to stress. There is also familial hemiplegic migraine...

Quick thought BF -- severe blackouts can also sometimes be linked to complications with migraine, which you have mentioned before, exacerbated by changes in other medication. I have a friend who had regular blackouts (could be out for 24 hours, she would be partly paralysed for some hours after...

I junked all my fruit juice for good the first day after diagnosis. :cry: If you have to live on the edge there are more enjoyable things to get a spike from...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Doesn't anyone do this any more? For some reason I am stuck in the 7s again -- last reading 7.2. Why not write in and show how much better you're doing?

You will be sorely missed, Paul. Take care -- I will keep fingers crossed for you and your family.

(A pedant writes...) You might also like Maimonides' comment on the famous passage in Aristotle's 'De sensu et sensato' where Aristotle observes 'Most people die as a result of medical treatment': 'I think that Aristotle should be trusted in this assessment'. And Maimonides was a physician! Mind...

You could also try scheduling intensive daily exercise an hour after breakfast -- this means I can get away with sprinkling granola on yoghurt & berries and even sneaking in a piece of low-carb toast occasionally while keeping levels low 2 hours after. Gives an extra incentive to exercise, which...

Me too! (you were one of those i had in mind when I wrote that only the *majority* of articulate forum members were T2...)

Whoa people -- I think there are two valuable but different and distinct points being made here: 1. T2 successfully controlled diabetes (especially when controlled just by diet and metformin) is a bother and damned inconvenience, but pales before many many other conditions and this is worth...

Weepy and exhaustion can be linked to vitamin B12 deficiency -- which can be caused by taking metformin, but also could accompany other autoimmune problems. Just a thought.

I entirely agree with your broader point cowboyjim, and in future years I'm sure pricking for blood reading is going to seem very primitive and messy, but just to be tediously banal for a moment it sounds like you could do with getting a thinner lancet....

I suspect you have already made up your mind subconsciously -- you just need to find out. You have just received an email telling you that they do not need you for the programme after all. Are you relieved, with just a hint of disappointment? Or are you angry and frustrated? Ask yourself -- what...

As usual, I ditto what Unbeliever says. I do have access to JAMA and the original article, but it would break copyright for me to download content here -- but if people have any specific questions about content I can answer them once I can find time to read it. :roll:

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn Well done Claudette :clap: :clap: -- you're on a roll. We seem to have swapped places. My daytime levels are OK but for some reason my fasting levels are sailing into the 8s and I'm damned if I know why. Let me know when you want...

Defren, your only problem with berries is that you keep using a redundant apostrophe when you spell them. :lol: There, I've said it -- please don't hit me. :wink:

If you're not having a bad hypo run then I really would insist on getting put back on gliclazide - show your GP your BG diary, which must surely make the case. It's only your exceptionally good exercise and diet that is keeping your levels down long enough for them to worry that they've...

Welcome to the wonderful world of 'MODY?' !!! You may never get a definitive diagnosis (after 2 years I haven't -- I know others who have been 'MODY?' for much longer), but you are plainly diabetic and the key thing is to ignore the diagnosis issue and focus on what works in getting your sugars...

Au contraire, Defren, that's precisely why you SHOULD visit the clinic. Most HCPs will not accept correction by patients on the spot, for obvious reasons (they can't risk losing face, for one, and I think that's entirely understandable), but planting a seed of uncertainty might lead them to...

I can entirely appreciate why all our low- or moderate-carb heroes feel it's not worth the frustration and aggro of confrontation and active disagreement with consultants, and that the best route is to smile, nod and ignore, or even not to meet the dietician at all. I would be the last person...