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Had to look that up! lol. I have lost 20% of feeling in my feet but everything else OK apart from cold days for me.

Thank you. Actually amazed how easy it has been and never feeling hungry, forgot to add cut out alcohol and beer apart from some Whiskey at Christmas.

Thank you for your views.

Spoke to DB nurse this morning and she has told me to reduce Metformin by 1 tablet, now to take 2 x morning and 1 x evening and a further Hbac/1 test in three months to see if all ok and possibly reduce dosage again then. Thank you for your views.

Hi, I was diagnosed with T2 on 22nd July last year with Hba1c of 110. Weight 19 stones 9lb. I have lost 4 stone in weight and am still losing slowly. I Follow a self imposed lowish carb diet ( around 50g or less a day) Cut out virtually all bread, pasta, rice and potato and not finding that...

My fingers suffer more in the cold but hey that could be an age thing?

Down by 1lb since last Friday so still on track and happy. Now 98.2kg

I know I may be in the minority for us Metformin users but causes me the most horrendous constipation I have ever had ( I know most suffer the opposite). Have massively increased my fibre and water intake. Also put it down to causing me lower back ache which only started on taking the...

11.6 but that was right at the start a week after diagnosis and first day of self testing fasting levels. Since then the highest I have been is 7.8 the morning after having a Chinese a couple of days ago - Sweet and Sour chicken with a shared rice. (Won't be having that again and the first time...

After abstinence of 163 days I let go and had a couple of largish straight whiskey's (Grouse) this Christmas late afternoon before tea. I tested before eating as usual and was surprised to find it was 4.4 (I'm usually in the range of 5 - 5.9 at this time of day. Didn't test till fasting next...

Hi and welcome, this forum certainly helped me with good advice, tips and support and I check it out on an almost daily basis for new information, advice and experiences by others in the same boat.

Very much cheaper to run than a traditional oven hence we got it. Does everything we want no problem and less than half the price of old oven.

For tea last night my lovely wife made me a pastry free Quiche in the Romoska (Low carb and cheap and quick to cook) containing Cheese, Broccoli, Bacon, Red Onion, Egg, Tomato. It was lovely. This was followed by an inch slice of Chocolate Yule log ( very bad) with Rodda's Cornish clotted cream...

5.6 at 4.30am

Hi, merry Christmas to you too. From what I can see you are doing brilliantly, following the same road I did, took a little while for my blood sugars to average down in the lower 5 and peaking around 8 after eating but that did take a month or two, you are on the same road as me and I am sure...

Wow, very well done, hoping to achieve the same.

I was diagnosed in July, wanted a course too, offered an online one which I turned down as prefer face to face. Given the eat well booklet which after finding this forum went straight in the bin! Have learned all I need to know on here from the people that are living the illness and know the...

I generally have no problem getting to sleep as I listen to the radio with a timer. Sadly sometimes when I wake in the early hours I sometimes find it hard to get back to sleep because of the noise but just live with that as I have n or know of no alternative without chemical help and I don't...

Hi, I have had Tinnitus for years now, I went into bad depression 10 years ago whilst having Tinnitus and was prescribed Mirtazapine for it, was on that drug for about 12 months or so and it made no difference to the Tinnitus, been off it it now for the last 8/9 years and Tinnitus remained the...

Brilliant. Well done