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I've been taking my BP night and day for a week, ready for an appointment next Friday. I've switched from a microlife WatchBP from Boots to an Omron M3 (as used by my surgery). Slightly concerned that the two machines can return different results for example, just now Omron 145/65, microlife...

You are not alone. The term I heard was absolute diarrhea. I had to stop but it was replaced with something (Rosiglitazone) that did even more damage including liver damage and excessive weight gain.

Even when junk food isn't part of one's life style there's problems and it's related to carb intake. It's not the same for everybody, my wife for example has to eat carbs for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some people can tolerate more carbs than others. I'm not one of them and never have been...

I see there has been some research to suggest that the anxiety caused causes BG and BP to rise. There was a time when my dad would test regularly but at the time he was told he could no longer get a prescription, he was also told he didn't have to test. This was right up my dad's street. Knowing...

Very difficult to say. When I complained about my thirst all those years ago, my GP just said are you peeing regularly? I did. I weighed around 12 1/2 stone so not someone who you would immediately think was diabetic (I know it's no real indicator but didn't in the 1980s). I did have a very...

Well done, good on yer. I'm always amazed at GPs who are so disparaging about low carb, because that's what they have been taught. Worrying really. All the best for your presentation, break a leg as they say on stage.

My thirst started in the early 80s but my diagnosis was in 1997. Who knows, too late to worry. I think I'm more bothered by the fact that at diagnosis the first question I asked was should I cut my carb intake and was told no very emphatically.

I should be so lucky.

I missed that, was he having a colonoscopy? You're allowed to talk, but what you mustn't do is laugh . . . . . too heartily.

3.9? Technically a hypo, it affects different people differently, as already recommended, a bit of carb or if needed glucose tablets. Metformin shouldn't in itself cause a hypo but I have experienced a hypo while taking Metformin. On that occasion it was probably down to no breakfast and a whole...

As a member of the anti statin brigade I can report with 100% honesty that the leg muscle pain, the brain fog and poor sleep that I experienced are no conspiracy. Neither is Merck Pharmaceutical's patent application of of 1990 to add CoQ10 to "prevent impending muscle pain". I am very pleased...

The decision is yours, nobody else. Very similar to my experience with statins. I bet no GP has been able to tell you how to avoid these well documented side effects. I bet they're not even aware that it's the prevention of the uptake of CoQ10 that is causing the muscle problems. Even Merck...

It isn't a war is it? If my doctor was to tell me to eat more carbs I would ask her if she could guarantee that my BG would stay at the level it is? Come to think of it, would my total cholesterol stay at it's current level. I have never been made to feel that I have to justify my low carb diet...

From Diabetes UK. If you have Type 2 diabetes before meals: 4 to 7mmol/l two hours after meals: less than 8.5mmol/l It's always worth googling to see what people like Diabetes UK and daibetes.co.uk think one's BG levels should be. Personally I hover between 5 and 7 most of the time but with...

When I've had no problems with DP and I've eaten 2 fried eggs in the morning, my BG goes up almost straight away (FS Libre). That could be the protein I suppose but full fat yogurt will cause a blip as well. It's been a while since I've used the Libre, I'm starting another one today, see how it...

Do you have a dry mouth possibly caused by medication? You might like to read this article and see if it rings any bells. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/i-hate-food-for-some-of-us-eating-is-just-aboutsustenance/article27936872/

Your body cannot convert fats directly into muscle-ready glycogen. However, through a series of metabolic processes that result from conditions of depleted carbohydrates, it is possible for stored fats to be broken down into glucose, which can then be converted into glycogen. I keep my carb...

This is from the NHS website "a normal target is 4-7mmol/l before eating and under 8.5-9mmol/l 2 hours after a meal". The website is https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/high-blood-sugar-hyperglycaemia/.

I can only answer as someone who had been type II for 15 years before going against my GP's advice and trying low carb. At that point I was taking Metformin, Gliclazide, Januvia and Atorvastatin for good measure (obviously Statin not directly for diabetes). On that level of medication my HbA1c...

My suggestion would be to make sure that your BG is stable before you start adding things to your diet. I use a Freestyle Libre and in my experience, adding something like a slice of toast on Sunday morning can affect my BG for several hours, not just the two hours after the meal. That's my...