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I used to be a semi-regular in this forum until a few years ago. I've recently encountered some mental health issues - mostly anxiety connected to my diabetes, and this led to me hitting that fabled diabetic burnout. I stopped taking insulin, I stopped monitoring - I couldn't face the day to...

On a particularly long and rugged walk this morning, my trusty walking boots of 12 years failed, and my feet got soaked. I didn't feel any pain at the time, other than a slight discomfort on my heels and I knew I'd got a small blister on each one. But when I got back I've discovered that I have...

I think that writing it all down has made me realise that I have to get another GP. I think that's my first step... first someone who cares a little more!

Sorry my signature is out of date... I will fix when I get a chance. Are you sitting comfortably for the long story? I was diagnosed as type 2 at 33. Put on metformin, lost some weight, but still couldn't adequately control glucose. I've been on canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, glicazide...

Hey, I've been gone for a while, but like a bad penny I always turn up :-) I'm not doing brilliantly. I got moved on to a full insulin regime, but with very little advice or guidance from the hospital. So I've been bumbling along for a while. I've been on one diet or another for 7 months...

Thank you for that - it's very interesting and clearly where she's pulling her info from. One of the biggest things I'm learning with this is to trust my body. It does actually know what it's doing when fed right! No matter how qualified a medical professional is, they don't live with this...

There's no real danger, but it will produce "artefacts" on the image... white streaks and sunburst type effects, so can ruin the CT image. In a normal x-ray it would just show up as one identifiable blob, but in a CT the images are taken from various angles and the result is pretty, but not...

I would be concerned that this may be the early pattern of a disordered approach to eating, and the words you use "simply nothing I could eat", "I have no motivation", "food doesn't really interest me" sounds like there may be a slight depression issue too? The two can go hand in hand. As...

I think you are right. I'm just going to have to put my big girl pants on and not be bullied by them. Might take my husband or sister in law along for some moral support as they both are my biggest cheerleaders at the moment.

Thanks - I used to be on Canagliflozin, but that was stopped about six months ago. I was just on insulin when I started the diet. This nurse had no idea that nutritional ketosis could even exist, and I find that quite scary. I know a few low carbing type 2's - a couple of older ladies I...

Fingers crossed! I don't think that all of the NHS can be so archaic.

Bought "Birthday Cake" flavoured Halo Top a few months ago... it's still in the freezer. It's so fake-sweet tasting that you'd never get anywhere near consuming a serving as the excessive erythritol will annihilate your taste buds first.

It's been a long time since I posted. I've been busy sorting my life, and the lives of my nearest and dearest out... but that's another story for another day. In my absence from this forum I had an appointment with my Consultant. As usual she was rude, condescending, and talked to me like a...

I've tried them, and for £2.49 they can keep them! They remind me of Atkins bars (not that I've tried those in at least 10 years) - overly sweetened and no matter how much you chew them, they just never want to go away! I'd rather blow 3g Carbs on a Cadbury's Freddo than eat that monstrosity...

I made bad choices yesterday! It was going so well, and then I forgot that I had to dog-sit my parents' geriatric dog. I went wholly unprepared and didn't realise that it would be an entire day and well into the evening. They had no low-carb friendly food, and instead of popping to the shop...

I'll most likely be losing my job if we Brexit... so I'll be fine. I probably won't be able to afford to eat anyway, so insulin requirement will be much less ;):D

I learned the hard way. Blood sugar is much easier controlled by changing diet. And whilst it's clear that you don't want to do Low carb, I think that you would maybe need to reduce a little of your daytime carbs to compensate for a Pizza. I've tried every other way myself, and have come...

Unfortunately, Diabetes Nurses seem to only be educated in the ways of the NHS.. so they aren't always the best help. Try replacing the granola with full fat greek yoghurt - you can always put a bit of sweetener on it. If you're eating starchy foods like bread, potatoes, pasta etc, it might...

I fully agree with the comment that enjoying it is the reason to carry on. One thing I love as much as going to the gym is randomly searching on youtube for workouts. I mostly do Yoga and stretching, but have done some kettlebell workouts. Search for short beginner workouts, and don't feel...

Just wondered if there was anyone else in here with Cushing's - especially since diabetes seems to be one of the side effects? I'm going through diagnosis at the moment, which is a slow, slow process. My Dexamethasone Suppression Test has come back and in my GP's words, "You're on a definite...