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Thank you all so much for your advice and encouragement. Today I followed the advice a few of you put to me on low carb, I’ve also started reading Dr Jason Fung’s book the diabetes code. My blood sugars have been the lowest today than they have for a long time...just did a reading now and it was...

Hello everyone, I have found it very hard to accept that I have type 2 diabetes, at only 30 years old. I was first diagnosed with gestational diabetes whilst pregnant but nurses told me they suspected I was actually an undiagnosed type 2. For the sake of my baby I kept a strict log of every...

Thank you this is so helpful x

That’s an awesome reduction! Well done!

Yes I’m still testing blood. It’s a bit unpredictable. Sometimes it’s as high as 12 after a carby meal but sometimes it’ll be stable around 6.0. I kept a detailed diary of everything I ate and blood sugar levels afterwards during my pregnancy so may have to go back to that to work out what...

Thank you for this! What kinds of meals did you have? I don’t eat a huge amount but sometimes struggle to cook something nice from scratch with a baby

Thank you all so much for your helpful replies. I saw another doc a few days ago who (slightly reluctantly) agreed to let me try and control sugar levels with diet and exercise and then repeat another hb1ac in about eight weeks. Trouble is she said she wanted me to lose 8kg in 8 weeks. I know...

Thank you so much for all your replies! They really helped me through a very tough day. And they’ve been massively helpful. Doc has ordered a C-peptide test to investigate whether this is MODY. I guess what I’m struggling with is the mental bit of this. I’m upset because I feel like I will...

Hi all, I’m a bit upset right now and hoping someone on here might understand or shed a little light. Seven months ago I had my first baby. During the latter part of the pregnancy I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. My hb1ac was 49, just over the limit of 48 but they treated me as...