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So you're eating freely at the moment? Maybe following the recommendations of the Eatwell Plate, with all those carbs and fruit?

Hi @dj65 and welcome to the forum! The high BG reading in the doctor's office should have been repeated - GPs should know that all meters are accurate only to +/-15% and a bad reading combined with the panic you described (cortisol and adrenaline dumping sugar in case of emergency) could...

Hi @hill4332 and welcome to the forum! You mention "Initially diet" - what does that mean? Are you still following a particular diet plan? I can't speak to any of the medications you're on, but I am wondering what your diet looks like. Many, many people on these boards have been able to...

Your levels are perfect. In terms of pure numbers, you've reversed your diabetic readings already: Above 7: Diagnosis of diabetes / hyperglycemia 6 - 7: Diagnosis of prediabetes. 3.5 / 4 - 6: Completely normal, ideal range Under 3.5: Hypoglycemia...

Hi @fatfingeredfran and welcome to the forum! You've been cutting your carbs back for about a week - and I salute you (and your Health Care team!) for taking such decisive action so quickly. What you're experiencing is, at best guess, called Carb-Flu or Keto-Flu. Sugar (including carbs) is...

Thank you so much for this @ringi - I've been fluffing about bone broth - lots of people swear by it, but I swore I'd never make stock again after doing it 5 days a week in a restaurant with 150 covers. Enough really was enough. I just tried an Oxo Cube (I'm guessing there are better things...

Honestly, it's personal choice and depends entirely on what your target intakes are and how your body deals with them. Some people are fine with legumes, others struggle to keep their BG on track with them. Maybe you'll find it encouraging to know that, in a month's time, you'll have completely...

Oh whoops! We posted at the same time! :D I'll let my last post stand and write a new one... My food diary technique is to use a double page of an ordinary notebook. The top 5 or so lines I save for my BG, and I record the times and the readings there. Below that, I'll write the time, what I...

Hi @Bluebirdsinging - welcome to the forum. You're doing great! You're asking all the right questions and approaching your journey with curiosity and enthusiasm. Have you looked at The Low Carb Program? It's a 10-week, step-by-step education program that explains the ins and outs of sugar and...

2 of 6 - a third of the way there, @daisyduck - keep going! Chemo and Radio together is the Devil's treatment, but it'll blast the **** out of your tumours. Suck down those anti-emetics get some super-warm, giant, fluffy socks (something every friend of mine who has gone through any kind of...

Funnily enough, @Brunneria , while I'd describe my week as "miserable", I don't think I'd go as far as "horror story", which I know seems like a picky differential to make. I wasn't surprised by how awful it was, and I was aware of the process I was undertaking - and then of how poorly I'd...

@megan2002 , It seems it's getting worse for you, and that's no good at all. I know it's a Saturday and it's summer and whatnot, but I'd consider a trip to A&E for some immediate investigation and intervention. Maybe run your symptoms past 111 first but either way, lots of things We Don't Need...

Hey there, @stewartdavidson and welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear that you're having troubles but, in my newbie opinion, you've hit the nail right on the head - test, test, test. Isn't it better to know exactly what's going on with your BG than to guess whether you're going high or low...

I was going to write exactly this but LGC got to it first. As I understand it, once my diabetes has stabilised I'll be looking at annual eye, kidney and feet screening appointments which will be hospital-managed, and an annual review with my Diabetes Nurse through my GP surgery. I know you're...

Mine was a bit brutal as I didn't consider the timing and was on new meds, in a heat wave, as a period started. I can't separate the symptoms I was experiencing into boxes of which caused what, but I do remember it was the most miserable week and at one stage I was literally weeping for a packet...

@Freema ... the more you talk about food, the more I want to hire you as my personal chef (you'd have to work for love!). Literally everything you say about eating sounds delicious and positive. Open a restaurant. In Bristol. I'll be your best customer!

Hi @duguid88 I have no experience of this but I just wanted to say "Bravo!" for raising the subject at all. It's something that, apparently, affects up to 75% of male diabetics and yet is something that is rarely talked about. It's long past time that these questions and conversations were...

Much love to you, from one full-time, overworked carer to another, though I'm not caring for two parents but one child. There's a truth among carers that we don't like to admit, because admitting that we also have needs brings us dangerously close to breaking our denial shield. You know the...

I don't think it's officially released yet, which would explain the Amazon thing. You can order it directly from the site I linked and the ISBN number is: 978-1-907797-58-3 I've decided that, on the day I finally come off my meds, I'm going to gift copies of this book to Dr Jenny and Nurse...

Hi @TURBO911_ - sorry you're having such a hard time of things. Any life-changing diagnosis can be difficult to accept, particularly one with such prevalent bad press and high publicised poor outcomes. It's easy to feel like you've lost something, and many people go through a grieving process...