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Thank you. Maybe the doctor was essentially right.

I went online and posted a ticket on askmygp, and sent a picture of my toenail, and the doctor didn't seem to think it a big deal, and wondered why I was contacting the doctor. I could just buy Curanail over the counter. And she closed the askmygap thread as if I had been dealt with. I went to...

But what does "in remission" mean? If they've lost weight and have normal fasting blood glucose, then that's good, but can they start eating carbohydrates normally? If not, the thing isn't cured, as such, only the symptoms have gone as long as you eat Keto every day for the rest of your life...

By the way Lainie, I think the BMI is nonsense. Virtually every personal trainer in the country is fat according to the BMI, as they have a lot of muscle. What makes more sense is waist-to-height ratio. To be in shape, your waist should be half your height or less. Eg if you're 6 foot, then...

Hi, I went to the GP today about a fungal growth on my toenail. The chemist's wouldn't sell me Curanail for £30 as they aren't allowed to sell it to diabetics, and so I got the GP to prescribe something similar, and so I will get it for free as I have an exemption card. While I was there the...

Shiraz, getting diabetes and getting Covid are not linked though....

I should be clear in a whole jar of Sharwoods Rogan Josh there are 26g of carbs, but it is the only carbohydrate I have all day (and you could also just have half a jar, with 13g, for a meal). https://groceries.store.morrisons.com/products/100414569/details If you have 200g of the following...

Almond milk - has no carbs at all. Try this: https://groceries.store.morrisons.com/products/105086605/details (skimmed milk has 4.9 grams of carbs per 100ml)

That is NOT a low carbohydrate diet. The nonsense about brown rice and wholemeal pasta is part of the guff pushed on us by the NHS. Brown rice is carbs. Wholemeal pasta is carbs. Porridge is carbs. Sourdough bread is carbs. Even if the carbohydrates are 25% of your plate surface, you are clearly...

My thread on "how quick can you lower BG" shows you can get this down quickly. I went from a Fasting Blood Sugar reading of 11.8 (believe this mmol/l) to 7.8 within 2 weeks. Don't have more than 30g of carbohydrates a day for two weeks, and you'll definitely do it.

Hi, I downloaded myfitnesspal, and looked up leg of lamb (I buy a whole leg of lamb from the butcher and then pick on it for days). There are at least 20 entries, all with different calorific values, in Myfitness pal for leg of lamb. Then I downloaded Mynetdiary, and the only entries for leg of...

In case anyone is wondering how quickly blood glucose (as measured on a monitor) can fall, on July 20 before going to bed, I was at 13.0. Nine days later, just now, 8.1. I have had less than 30g of carbohydrates every day since. So blood glucose can be lowered quite quickly. I previously didn't...

If the double cream goes in the coffee, what do you do with the butter?

I'll try. But don't we all fantasise about carbohydrates?

It seems there is more accurate information on diabetes on this forum than anything the GP will tell you. They literally don't understand diabetes. They're not diabetes specialists.

I'm very impressed with the way everything is being tracked in a spreadsheet!

Mbaker, your pictures of what to eat are very useful indeed!

Thank you for the people who encouraged me to test my FBG. I now realise this condition can't be managed without taking regular readings. I just thought that I could just assume everything was OK, and after I got metformin I thought that would deal with the sugar, so I could allow myself treats...

Taking metformin and tamsulosin (a prostate medicine that can be used for similar conditions too, as it enables you to urinate better), I'm definitely sleeping better and going to the loo less at night. Before I might have needed to urinate 50 or 60 times a night, and now it can be 3 or 4. So I...

Pre bedtime 13.0, after sleep 11.8. I went to bed at 8am and got up around 1.15pm. I always struggle to get more than 5 hours sleep. But I did sleep solidly for 5 hours. Last time I checked FBG was around 6 months ago - I couldn't even remember how to do it, and had to read the glucose monitor...