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  1. paulus1

    Newby retired firefighter requires rescue programme

    get the book carb and Calorie count from amazon. you can eat amazingly well on a low carb diet. it does mean the missus will need to do more home cooking. you need to set a start number of carb units say 100-150 and slowly cut back to where your bg is in range andyour losing weight slowly...
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    Icecream Cornet

    your all very wicked. go stand in a corner. and i will take them away. weres the flake
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    In slight panic mode

    i was 106 at dx with ketones and starting to become acidotic. im not the only type 2 like this. always remember that diabetes is different in everyone. yes lots of type 2s are spotted in the 50-60 range but they usually are secondary diagnosis following screening.
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    How long to dka?

    why have you stopped.
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    Too few calories?

    1 a week maximum better every 4 weeks,
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    Can you help raise awareness of Diabulimia?

    we are seeing quite a bitof it on here and other mental health issues. we alway try to hel but a stranger on a forum is notideally plaed to assist.
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    Too few calories?

    fast weight loss is not wise. your adapting your life style not just a crash diet. the idea is not to be hungry
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    Smoking

    cant say more than darkhorse says. mate if your smoking please stop, no matter how well controlled you are will save you from the harm it will cause.
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    Worrying Developments In My Blood Glucose

    the ketones are a sign that your body was burning fat instead of carbs its what you aim for on a low carb diet. its only dodgy if tied to high bg levels
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    Worrying Developments In My Blood Glucose

    how soon were you testing. your doctors have ruled out diabetes.but insulin residence is there.
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    Black spot with redness around Injection site?

    you get the odd little bleeder it could well be a minor infection. most likely will vanish in a day or two.
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    Which is the best diet to follow

    im low carb but not keto. even with limited carbs you need a balanced diet, greens etal are fine start off at say 100=150 and drop down as you desire. unless you eat some plant products your going to be deficient in some vits. this is in reference to no carbs diet mentioned above. here is a...
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    Foods That Raise Sugar level and dont

    Drinks Such as Pepsi coke cola diet Baked Beans nope quite carby Fruit no chance Ginger biscuit carbs carbs and sugar Dextrose Tablets just say sugar iwould recommend carb and calolie counting it gives an excellent idea of portion size and count with less weighting.
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    Dvla/dvsa lisences

    to the poster that suggested only using the flash reader and claiming to finger prick, that is wrong the law says what is permitted until libra is proven to be as reactive as a prick test then it wont be approved. if you were to cause a death because you trusted you knew more than the law will...
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    Newly diagnosed Type 2 how long should I wait for appointments

    its amazing its still working. there are often offers of free monitors. you can get a new one very cheap. so was this just one hba1c test if so you need a gap for the second test. assuming your type 2 there is no guarantee that you are. then low carbing is your main tool. try not to worry your...
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    5 different types of diabetes identified now

    alexander ive lost over 50kgs on this diet in the past. you eat protean so you dont waste you muscles. there is a medical version called the protean sparing fast.
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    Nasty experience with pineapple and orange

    read the title and my eyes watered. bananas are high carb oranges are high but like you i like fruit.
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    Complications even with control?

    thats depressing. pass me a choccy
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    Possible Reactive Hypoglycemia

    im afraid its the doctors for hubby. whats his total calorie intake. when i was younger and doing ultra low calorie diets ie 500 a day i would often get your symptoms. does hubby do a heavy job.
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    Type 2 Statins - GP insisting Simvastatin 20mg

    well it was normal before and then went mad when they put me on 80mg simbastatin sorry cant spell. think my gpwas mad to increase my dose by 8x. i refused it for a number of years then had a cardiac issue and am taking it at 10mg my bloods are off but not as bad as at 80mg. ive just had to go...
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