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Hello @KennyA I thought about the bread, but if those very nice white bread rolls are gone from my diet there is no real need to introduce another bread to replace them. I am set on no bread, sugar, potatoes, or sweet drinks including beer. I have found replacements for these and with any luck...

Hello @Outlier, You are correct marmite does make a good drink, and I suddenly remembered that oxo cubes were also good. As for the cider vinegar, I never really liked that on my chips, but I saw a internet article that said 'drink a couple of spoons of cidre vinegar before your meal', and it...

Hello @Scubastu, Thanks for your info, So, I am now 3 weeks in and the main carbs have gone, and I have dialed up the insulin to 40 units a day, and do the empagliflozin. I have no idea what is a litttle or a lot in insulin dosing. My finger blood tests start at 7 - 8 in the morning and move to...

Hello @Liam8668 I am not sure that insulin is the answer to all diabetes problems, perhaps there is some good reasons a low carb diet and tablets might be also good. My doctor started me on insulin 3 weeks ago, and since then I have been watching every meal, and snack, and altered all my...

Hello @Peborgh, your lucky with the thymus, I still remember my doctor saying you must have that mass removed very quickly. I am pleased you have remisson, the twitches and cramps are sometimes caused by the Pyridostigmine. As you are doing a steroid, blood sugar resistance may be an issue, and...

Hello @Peborgh, I know this combination, I was sent to the diabetic doctor, just before losing my thymus, and starting out with prednisone a couple of years ago. I always concidered the diabetes to be nothing of consequence until, it went too far into the red. Now I do insulin and a flozin for...

Hello @ianf0ster Yes I belive that you are correct, I have looked at some GI charts and have see that some are AI based and others are a life's work collating as many items as possible. I see their use in choosing better alternatives, a simple example would be carrots and parsnips. I will...

Hello @ChasingRemission Sounds like you have got the carb reduction well under way, and with not doing meat you may have a good initial start to you diabetes control. I checked my pending blood tests they are for C-peptide, and antibodies. Is an antibody test a GAD test? So like you I have not...

Hello @JoKalsbeek At the moment I just need to bring things into some form of control, to bring my BG within a range of 4 - 8 mmol/l. Although I have changed my diet, with minimal carbs, and adjusted my insulin a few times I am still not hitting my BG target. So as you say short term 'do...

Hello @KennyA This is my 8th day into this problem, and yes I have reduced the things the contain high Carbs. With my doctor, over the phone, I have also adjusted my insulin 3 times, to initally bring BG down to an acceptable level. I have read a lot about Type 2 diabetes, and become aware of...

Hello @Chris24Main Yes you must be right, if the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin there will be other things that go wrong in addition to blood sugar levels. Things like DKA would also be a problem, and a prerson could have dangerous symptoms. Royjk

Hello @Melgar Yes I read about that, but what I read said that to get the pancreas working again it may need a transplant or controversial stem cells, to get the system working again. I did not see any accepted ideas on pancreas regeneration through a low carb diet. Royjk

So I have a question, I am taking a empagliflozinum tablet every morning to clear blood sugar from my system, and also taking a 24 hour insulin jab, on top of that there is a fast acting insulin jab before every meal, which when I get the hang of it will be titrated dependant on my carb...

Hello @Melgar Yes, the reason I went to the doctor was just for a quick checkup on a PET scan. He immediatly changed my medication and sent me straight off to the diabetic surgery. I had seen a couple of weeks at 26 and 29 mmol/l two hours after food. I had been happy with 13 but 29 was a...

Hello @KennyA I get where you're coming from. It is a bit like a balancing act, trying to keep track of everything you eat. But carb counting is about empowering a person to make informed choices that help manage blood sugar levels effectively. You must have a lot of will power, it all seems so...

Hello @mariavontrapp yes, of course covid jabs are done as soon as they come out. But I have not worn my mask for a long while now. Royjk

Hello @Chris24Main, you have summed up what I belive has happened. I was taking two types of diabetic medication, and everthing was ok in October. Then these medications stopped working, and the doctor changed me to Insulin and one tablet. Now in this last 6 days I have been trying to bring down...

Hello Jo, I was origanally told that I should have checks for diabetes as a precaution by my Neurologist, who had me doing a high dosage of steroids. I went for an appointment and before I saw her I had dropped into KFC for chicken and Pepsi, 30 min later she did a blood test and suggested that...

Hello @ Chasingremission, the high blood test can be the start of a change in life. But at least you are now doing meds to start dealing with it. I have not come across GAD, but I suspect my pending pancreas blood test will be C-peptide. It took only 8 weeks for my A1c to rise from 42 to 103 it...

I have just got over the shock of my doctors words about using diabetic insulin pens. I knew that my regular finger blood tests were showing numbers in the mid 20's and I had expected him to just give me another tablet, and say see you in 6 months. However he changed the tablets and added a...