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thank you so much for your posts.....there could be a light at the end of the tunnel... don't mistake my enthusiasm ....i am fully aware of what i need to do each day.....i am working with the WLR weight loss site....pleased with their help and knowledge so far although only recently started...

wouldn't normally touch the stuff myself..and of course I shall be asking my gp. but even 1lb is not do able for me it seems my weight has steadily increased as has my insulin resistence.....I'm very active......my unstable blood sugars can only spell trouble for me coupled with the...

does anyone use or know anything about olistat? and does anyone use 'alli', the weight loss tablet you can get from most chemists now? am on a carb and calorie controlled diet with exercise and metformin and insulin....am type 1 double diabetes and insulin resistent.... over weight obviously...

so so sorry to hear your story......our thoughts are with you xx :(

thanks....I still have a cold...in my second week...although this week is much better...was in bed with it last week and on steroids to help with my chest cough... I seem to rarely be without one infection or another these days..oh and now I have a coldsore to boot!!!!

8am blood 11 had banana and cup of tea and water and two metformin tablets went on walk 8.30am brisk walk for an hour up and down hills 10.15 am blood 5......felt very shaky..could hardly type of write 11am blood still 5.....felt very tired and bit dozy normal syptoms for me for blood sugar...

yesterday I had my usual breakfast and a long walk which I have done for a few days.....then at 11.30 am my blood had come down to 8...I was very pleased...I was also very hungry....so I had a few almonds and a cup of coffee... i ate the nuts while the kettle was boiling within 15 mins could...

hi, I'm type 1.....double diabetes and insulin resistent. I have cut back my carbs.....100g or less in the day...also have cut back the calories... chatting with my husband last night and he said that of course I am unable to make it clear how hard I try. what I have tried. and the fact...

this has been recommeded to me...obviously I have to check if I can take it and how its meant to work....but I am desparate!!! double diabetes...very insulin resistent...overweight.....metformin......thryoxine......done the usual...I know I'm not alone on this... wondering if a herbal pill...

yes I have thought about the pump....loads......I liked your writing by the way....its good to see straight talking from the mouths of people who are struggling like me and because of not conforming to the 'norm' in the diabetic clinic world...don't fit... :roll: any way....the pump......I...

I am at present on 26 levemir in the morning and 20 at night. 2 units for 10g CHO. 2 metformin with breakfast and two with dinner in the evening. on thyroxine and prozac.....insulin resistent. double diabetes.....struggling... seem to always be in the cycle of trying to lose weight and trying...

thanks for the reply. I have done my old clinics version of the DAFNE. about 7 or 8 years ago. I do not have contact with that team anymore...its information was getting outdated and unhelpful. I am not able to join another group. there is not one anywhere near to where I live and because of...

i have been insulin resistant for a number of years...my diabetes team unfortuntely were not able to help me very much. I did my own research and eventually asked for metformin...I was told no on the grounds it will make type 1's sick. I have not seen my diabetic team in over two years now...

I was really trying this week to cut my food intake right down and get even more of a work out so I could lose some weight and get better control of my diabetes and everything else my body chucks at me... so straight away I get another cold, I don't normally get these, But I am on a pretty much...

wanted to know if anyone knows much about this. I have been reading up on it. the symptoms are all ringing very true for me. I don't want to jump at anything, but I am exhausted everyday. I'm so tired of the diabetes not working...... it seems to be advised to not to bother going to the gp for...

aaaarrrgggghhhh!!!!! I've struggled through 10 days of low carb diet and increase on my exercise and feeling rotton! I've slept more...I feel exhausted and rotton!!! got worse and have actually managed to gain a pound in weight!!!...not the intention obviously.. utterely fed up with...

its because of where I live....I found the other diabetic team on the internet...I cannot go to their clinic because I do not live in that area...... for me to get to a diabetic team....assuming there was a way for me to get past what I've just mentioned.....then we are talking in the hundreds...

hi....I am type 1 for 20 years....DAFNE......metformin..thyroxine 175..... thanks kewgirl for all your information....well put.....over the years we gather so much infor...to relay it and quite so well is great... I got used to not being listened too or taken seriously by my diabetes dr and...

hi,, I have had my levels tested recently and the dr was quite happy with it all....I went through this a few years ago when I researched the fact that some medics feel that those with low thyroid levels can benefit from having thyroid levels closer to the upper measurement... my dr didn't go...

anyone got any advice or tips no matter how small or big...to help increase insulin sensitivity?? :?: