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Could be a fungus, they tend to like feet from people who have diabetes... And it could be a thousand other things. Change shoes, you take the problem with you and "infect" the new pair too. So maybe see a GP, or podiatrist? (Sooner rather than later?)

I was going to suggest swapping out the bread for low carb wraps, but I just checked Walmart.ca and they charge an arm and a leg for just four of them, so that may be a no-go. Still, cheese roll-ups with ham and butter? Eggs with whatever, like salmon, bacon and chives, that sort of thing. For...

Hate having to admit it, but I have no idea what polenta is. Having said that though, I googled similar recipes, and I do think this may be way off the mark. Others call for an average of 40 grams per serving, which'd come to 160 grams for four people... I think someone just made a mistake...

This is why using a glucose meter comes in handy: you can see what certain foods do. But yeah, grains, pulses and beans are carby, those can cause a up-down reaction. Can't help you with caffeine, some get a spike off it, some don't, that's one of those things you could measure to see which is...

Blind as a bat in the dark, since double uveïtis in both eyes left scar tissue in my pupils. Not everything we get is diabetes related, we can get other stuff, sometimes. ;) Basically that means another vote here for just going to see someone. Might be as simple as getting yellow tinted glasses...

Try not upping the carbs... You're 3 weeks into it, and going from the assumption that a lot of this is keto flu, you'd possibly undo the work you did these past weeks by upping them again, when you're almost at the other end of it. Reducing your carbs gradually might've been the better way to...

Hi Barbara, and welcome, Too much weight loss? Yeah, not quite the goal here, this has to be sustainable. So if you can answer Antje's questions, maybe we can help turn this into something you can keep up without having to stay inside on a blustery day, for fear of being blown off your feet. ;)...

Excellent! I hope it helps put some of your demons to rest. Life tends to be better without them.

Metformin doesn't suit everyone far as side effects go, -some are quite brutal, as you're finding out- and there are other options out there, both medicinal and dietary. You don't have to be stuck with this is you're in misery...

How about trying it in the lowest dosages, and seeing what it gets you in terms of side effects...? You won't get the perks, most likely, especially since most SSRI's need a while to work, but side effects tend to crop up mighty fast, if they're going to be there. So you'll know what's what and...

Do you know what your blood sugars are doing? Crackers, and soup, depending on what kind, can raise blood sugars. The heat can make you more sensitive to your own insulin. So you could be running high or low, either of which can make you feel off, and it helps to know which it is. Keep drinking...

You can have both, sort of, from what I've gathered.... That'd be called Double Diabetes? Should be easy enough to check, maybe have a C-pep and GAD tests done and confirm or rule out T1 entirely, if that hasn't been done when you were initially diagnosed as such? T1's have an autoimmune...

Couldn't advise you on brands, but if you find the carb count a little high, maybe try full fat greek yog? And yeah, banana's aren't exactly the best choice, but berries would be better. Or pecans, walnuts, macademia's, that sort of thing. My yog usually gets some coconut, psyllium husk, cocoa...

RH is, very simply put, an overreaction to a glucose spike. Like a diabetic who's injected too much insulin, you hypo, because your pancreas releases more than you need, making you crash. Weird, huh, how quite a few docs don't seem to understand that if there are no highs, there's no lows...

Hi Mark, and welcome. If there's anything you need a hand with, give a shout, there's always someone around with answers. :) Jo

Hi Frank, Welcome to the forum. Just another vote here for your body throwing a hissy-fit. It likes its equilibrium, and it freaks out when that changes... Even if said equilibrium is doing damage. Your eyes, for instance. There's so much glucose distorting your vision, in your eyeballs, in...

If it's a meal replacement, then at 40 grams a day you'd still be low carbing, as you'd not be eating anything else. If you go for one a day, it's still pretty low carb, really. Just very expensive, and there's more, and tastier ways to skin that cat. Can't say I ever tried it, and this is a...

You're a diet-only T2, and newly diagnosed? Regular, run-of-the-mill type two's don't usually get proper hypo's unless there's something else going on. People without diabetes can run low without even noticing anything, because their glucose, like those of a T2 with nothing else complicating...

In the morning you also have dawn phenomenon to contend with, your morning readings'll be the last to come down. Your liver tends to dump glucose into your system to help you start the day, and in the morning the bulk of us are more insulin resistant than we are the rest of the day. In all...

My sandal-clad feet are waving to your feet. As long as there's no neuropathy, ulcers or whatever going on... Problems with extremities in a diabetic can turn ugly, sure. But if you have good sensation in your feet... I'd say why the heck not? And it's not like anyone is going to walk beside you...