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I feel for you but cannot offer any advice other than to seek further medical help and a medication review - and I don't know how your health provision works. Good Luck.

I have read your complete thread and assume you have to pay for your insulin too. Do you know why you were prescribed insulin as a Type 2 - it is well known to cause weight gain and with your severe calorie restriction your weight should be coming down. You do not mention your Blood Sugar...

I remember too the shock and grief I experienced when I got my diagnosis in Feb 2016. This was in spite of the fact that I had actually asked to be tested. My BS went way up over the next couple of days in spite of now being on meds and I was shaking - it was like having a death sentence. The...

Thanks for that. I mainly do OMAD but I am trying to switch it up - sometimes 36, 48 etc. I have been told that part of my bowel is "atrophied" - which to me means dead. I'm not convinced I have IBS but that's all the GP can come up with despite a sigmoidoscopy in 2009 which told me the...

I know what you mean. Plus for me the joy is being able to cook a meal again and have all those anticipatory moments while I am doing it. Did my longest ever fast recently (92 hours) and could have happily continued but I was bored and hubby missed my cooking. One problem I have (which I will...

Just completed my first extended fast (92 hours). Used home made bone broth once a day instead of my usual meal. Was easier than expected. Lost over 3lbs and half an inch off my waist as well as great bs levels. Even got down to 3.2 but did not feel at all affected - full of beans and very...

I too dumped the meds after 2 years of bowel issues. I had an understanding doctor at the time who continued to provide testing strips and 3 monthly HBA1c. (I used to take my spreadsheets to show her which she said allowed her to continue to prescribe them). The meds had helped me lose some...

I suggest you request blood testing strips and equipment from your GP. The protocol has changed in recent years as they are discouraged from prescribing testing strips unless you are taking a medication that may lead to low blood sugar - and Metformin is not one of them. However newly...

Had gestational diabetes in 1993. Was booked in to be induced as some issues emerged - first child at 41 years. Happily went into natural labour (about 2 weeks before due date and 3 days before the booking to be induced). Blood tested after labour - still high but no medication administered...

no problem. Will update when I can.

Thanks to all the members who have responded to my question about Berberine. I have tried to reply to individual contributions but my posts are being classed as spam and are therefore rejected. I do appreciate the responses I have received.

Would welcome any recommendations on Berberine supplements. Have bought enough for a couple of months to be getting on with but by no means the most expensive. Over the last few years have lowered HbA1C levels sufficiently to be classed as pre-diabetic but as I wasn't testing had no idea what...

Hi @BarbaraG and @TheSecretCarbAddict Just to add that I too had some success with IF and 24 hour fast became a way of life with mostly OMAD. Occasionally I found the smell of hubby cooking bacon irresistible in the morning so would have the occasional breakfast and also an occasional 36 hr...

Spent a couple of years on Metformin before getting fed up of gut issues so now diet controlled only (low carb/keto). Read reports that Berberine supplements can help with insulin resistance, blood sugar control and weight loss. Any one any experience of using this supplement?