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I agree. It was really unusual in the nineties to be diagnosed so young and I do wonder if I have something else going on as everything I have has an autoimmune component. I’m used to controlling stuff but now nothing seems to work. About to ditch trulicity because after three months I still...

No medication wasn’t even a choice given when I was diagnosed in 1993. But I fought against it and got off it after five years. And I can’t do carbs. My diabetes has always been well managed until the last two years so it’s not to blame for my health. Maybe. Just looking to see if I’m on my...

It’s actually dangerous if you have kidney disease. Just saying this to see if others like me just drop out because everyone is focused on a single solution. I’ve been Type 2 for over thirty years and plant based worked for me for about fifteen years. But then the carbs caught up, I developed...

I'm amazed at the cultish fervour on here for LCHF. I’ve never seen anything about the risks or anyone saying it doesn’t work, might be dangerous for some people? So is this purely a beginners forum?

And i'd say the anti statin brigade is an internet conspiracy. My 72 year old husband has no side effects except the one where he’s the only male in his family to make it past 50 without a heart attack and make it past 55 alive. He has genetically high cholesterol. So go figure!

Hey. I’ve been doing this for years ver thirty years now. Just two things I think. Dieticians work to policies set by their registration organisation. They’re often not up to date. Secondly, don’t ever make your management of this disease about them. That way lies confusion. Use your own...

Being doing Type 2 for thirty years through many different medical approaches. My advice - give it a go for a week testing testing testing. Note every change to what you do. Analyse your data. You'll soon know if it’s working or not and what if any changes you need to make. It’s your life...

Hey. Low carb doesn’t work for me either. Too much protein for my kidneys and I just feel sick all the time. To me the Low carb thing is becoming cultish. One issue is that as we get older, particularly post menopause, our metabolism slows down abd that’s an issue. I’m on a turmeric blend...

Its always a battle. just keep tryng.

I think I’m going to leave this forum. The low carb zealots are starting to irritate me. My diabetes is at the stage where even the carbs in veggies (and I don't mean starchy ones, rather stuff like tomato and carrot) will cause a spike for me. My nephrologist has warned me away from reducing...

Grrrr. Insulin since April 2018. And I’ve put on 9 kilos. Trulicity has stopped the gain but I can’t get off insulin.

Hey Barbara, for me almost immediately, probably two hours after injection. But I just got nausea, no vomiting or diarrhoea. I’ve stacked on weight after being in insulin this year but I also have cardiomyopathy and a new pacemaker. It was set to low heart rate to let my heart recover and...

OK should be week five of trulicity starting tomorrow. Told Endocrnoligist (emsil discussion) it hasn’t reduced my need for insulin and I’ve got a constant (but bearable) head pressure feeling, like with the flu. It has flattened out my blood sugars to between 7.5mmol and 10.5 mol. Has told...

Only Day 4. Felt a lot better yesterday and slept really well last night. Have mild tummy ache, nausea and heartburn today. Thinking I might have caused it by letting myself get dehydrated. I have kidney disease so very possible. Still feel positive. Today is 12 months since I got my...

I’m on insulin and had my first trulicity injection yesterday. Insulin to gradually reduce over four weeks. Felt ill and stomach ache in middle of the night but not bad. No appetite. Hope it works because I’ve put on so much weight on insulin and trulicity is supposed to be better for...

Not sure how true and haven’t tried it, but my gp said oral was not much use because Metformin just strips the b12 out.

Yep. Took a few years but I got buzzing with n hands, numbness and tingling in extremities. Changed GP and one B12 injection and it disappeared. I now have B12 injection every three or four months.

I’m gaining weight on less than 50g carbs a day. But that’s me. I lost over 49 kilos on Oral meds in ten kilo lots. I’d agree, reduce the carbs and get a little bit of extra exercise. Remember muscle uses more energy so try light weights if you find movement difficult. To me it seems very...

I started wearing a chain bracelet when I got heart failure, but it annoyed me. I now have a flat mesh steel band with lots of data on it plus and I’d info card In my handbag, but I now also have a pacemaker/defibrelkator, Chronic severe kidney disease, and I'm a T2 on Insulin,. My GP works in...

If you’re on beta blockers they make it really hard to lose weight. But it’s not impossible. But A suggestion if I may, get your head around the diabetes to get it stable and understood by you first. Then you can aim for weight loss knowing which foods help and hinder. I’m currently doing...