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Here's the simple fact of your situation: You beat cancer. You're a survivor - living with T2D is nothing compared to what you've been through. Promise. However (didn't you just know that was coming), finding the right path to get you feeling right again could be a bit of a journey, though I'm...

Hey there :) Do you have a link or something that more fully describes what you're talking about? Because my instinct with anything that is called "pasta" is, right away, "Nope..." I wonder whether you're talking about one of those not-actually-pasta products that are available now, like...

Hey @ittiandro and welcome! Take heart - Metformin isn't a miracle drug and fasting BG is the slowest of all to come down. Are you aware of Dawn Phenomenon? https://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose/dawn-phenomenon.html It sounds like you're someone who hits the ground running upon waking up...

It's not "nasty" as much as complicated - you have to take it mindfully and seriously and I do test ketones once a week, get my kidney function looked at regularly as well as run through the mnemonic whenever I'm feeling a bit odd and shaky. To be honest, it's hastened my weight loss and (aside...

Again, not a doctor disclaimer here, but of the "'flozins", Jardiance is the one that has seen least results with T1D trials, while the other two, particularly dapagliflozin, showed good results and a lower incidence of DKA over the short term. You did have an HbA1c of 58 - that's surely not...

Sorry for double post - just want to be thorough and clear with my info: there is a very clear distinction between DKA and ketosis (which many of us low-carbers will achieve / hope to achieve). Ketosis is when your body is burning fat super-efficiently because it's short of carbs and protein...

Heya @johnpol Firstly... *hugs*. Sending much love your way. Take a breath, accept that something odd - but not life-changing - has happened and that it doesn't change anything, really. If you were feeling great and in control before this appointment, you shouldn't let it fluster you too much...

Well, here's the thing (and gosh how I smiled and thought of you, @therower ). In spite of my recent fall back into (what I thought were) my previous bad habits (not taking meds properly, getting back onto the carbs, not regularly testing) since at least November, my HbA1c came back as... 50...

Hey, @therower - like the new avatar pic! Hope you've been well. Am catching up on your posts now and will be taking your sage advice at the appointment with the new DN tomorrow.

Hey lovely old friends and potential new ones, Was determined not to slink in quietly through the back door after vanishing so suddenly (and after making such a promising start!) a few months back. Have missed you all intensely but needed to settle some issues, come to terms with others and...

On the "Publications" tab of that page there, there's an "E-Pub Ahead of Print" article which leads to this: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/staff/profile/roytaylor.html#240473

Lobbying Your Local CCG 101. All the CCG's I've had contact with through work (essentially the old Avon authority, now broken up into Bristol, South Glos, BANES and Somerset) have a list of conditions and diseases that they consider to be both expensive and patient-manageable. These typically...

Have you tried the Hypo Awareness Program on the main site? It's simple, concise and free, and you can follow it through as many times as you like. http://www.diabetes.co.uk/education/hypo-awareness-program.html

Hey, Jill - welcome back! Do you mean information given to families of diabetics, so that when burn-out strikes, the family acts as a safety net to encourage and get someone back into managing themselves properly? Are you talking about a formal training course for family members to sit and...

Muscle cramps can be caused by thirst - common among us diabetics, especially on the more exotic types of medications: https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/unusual-signs-of-dehydration/ Restless legs is a different thing to cramps and can be caused by a great many different things, including...

Carbs are just one of three macro nutrients, the other 2 being protein and fat. If you're restricting calorie intake from carbs - and you're not following a weight loss plan - you need to increase your protein and fat intake to make up the calories. From what you've described, that's not...

*Apologies. Reading my last post back, I didn't mean to sound blunt. My point was that it's not healthy to go to such lengths to try to teach the NHS a lesson it's long-since already learned. You have nothing to gain except, as you've already noted, ****** blood glucose control. When I say "use...

It's very confusing to give advice about increasing LCHF calories when you then give an Eatwell-style example of what you eat. We still don't really have any sort of an idea what a typical day of food looks like for you, including how it's prepared. You say you eat 250g meat a day - how is it...

(I finally have a recipe to put here!) Cheap & Lazy Stuffed Peppers (to make with your kids) This stuffing mixture will easily fill about 9 average-sized bell peppers. It takes about 15 minutes to prepare (longer if kids are involved, but that just adds to the fun). I tend not to measure when...

Oh! None was taken - just clarifying is all. :)