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Hi @MikeSA - sorry to hear about your troubles! I don't have T1D so only have two general tips for you which might help you glean some insight from your confusion meter readings. 1. Keep a food diary of what you eat, when you eat and tot up the carb, calories and fat totals (sounds annoying...

This isn't a book review! At least, it's not a full book review. I pre-ordered "Diabetes Unpacked" earlier this week, expecting a mid-August delivery and was, therefore, absolutely delighted when it was delivered today. Written in support of the Noakes Foundation...

Good luck! And don't put yourself under too much pressure, Mark. Right now you're learning and you're anxious and this is all new and worrying. Don't declare war on your body, just take some time to learn about what it's doing. Keep things as simple as you can, and remember to leave it two hours...

Hi @markb23 and welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about the troubles you've been having - I hope you find this forum helpful and supportive; there are loads of people with all kinds of different experiences all willing to offer help, answers and friendly support. It's my understanding that...

Oh, don't thank me - I did nothing useful at all! But do keep us up-to-date with how things are going. What you're going through sounds utterly miserable and I hope a remedy has you feeling better and back on your feet in no time. x

@bulkbiker I can read that article - thank you so much. Understanding it is a different bag of cats..! What are your thoughts (anyone's) on the dual blood meters you can get that test both BG and blood ketones (BK I guess?). I assume they still have to operate within a given margin of error, so...

I suspect that, while I've been very clearly courting the potential of diabetes for years and my eating habits have remained stable, it was, in fact, the serious stress of the last 6 months that finally pushed me over the edge. All the factors have been present for years, I'd guess, but it was...

Gosh, @CherryAA thank you so much for taking the time to write this. It seems that, by eating only when I'm hungry and then only until sated, my body is naturally dropping its carb and protein intakes, which is awesome and surprising given my life-long food habits. However, I recognise that I...

Sure, but should she have a further discussion with her health care team, the advice received in the post I quoted was to ignore their advice and refuse medication. We can offer advice, of course, and many of us now enjoy drug-free, diet-controlled lifestyles, but I found this advice to be...

I'm sorry, I don't mean to offend, but none of us here have the qualification to give advice like that - not even lurking GPs. We can offer our experiences and opinions, but I don't think directing people to stop their meds just because we might have been able to is a good idea at all.

Maybe I'm falling for your devious trap, @therower but I can't say I agree with you here. People come here for help, support, advice. If someone feels they have to "fight their corner" that positive outcome is broken. No-one should feel they have to fight to get advice - isn't that our primary...

@Bluetit1802 for the win! And yes, other meters are available (I should have said that, too), those two in particular I was directed to try by other members and am very happy with. I need to add that information to something I can find fast!

You're gonna be fine, @Blossom1977. A quick note about meters: it's not the cost of the meter but the price of the test strips. Shop carefully! I have both a CodeFree and a TEE2 meter and their strips are very reasonably priced (and there's a discount code floating around here somewhere for one...

Aah, @megan2002 I completely sympathise but would hate to offer advice. It does take a long old time for any investigations to begin, and it's awful to have to wait while you're suffering. The investigative phase will be slow, too - don't expect a lot of change at once. Though it seems they're...

I think there's loads of reasons why: - People come here (often) when they've just received life-changing news (a diagnosis of diabetes for them or a loved one) and just need a place to feel connected briefly before getting on with their lives. - People post once, but then enjoy reading more...

Hi @Blossom1977 and welcome to the forum! I had (accidentally) started to low-carb just ahead of my diagnosis - I'd identified the foods that were the unhealthiest for me (in terms of time of day, circumstances, what I ate them with) and cut them out. They just happened to be bread, potatoes...

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I feel uncomfortably grateful towards St Jenny Fkn McCarthy (STFM) these days. She's the MTV witch who doesn't have a child with autism, who paired up with No-longer-doctor Andrew Wakefield once he arrived in the US (where he still practises "medicine") to demonstrate that MMR causes autism...

That's it. This article just got labelled the "NHS: You'd better shape up!" article. Look what you've gone and done.