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Thanks for starting this discussion @Jaylee . I provide respite for the full time carers fir two seniors with dementia. My mom also had dementia in her last few years. My mom had vascular dementia. It is such an emotional journey for loved ones, especially when they no longer know who you are...

Hi and welcome to the forum RN25. Your story is similar to a number of members here. The difficulty lies with the similar trajectory between T2 and LADA. So it can be hard to distinguish between them in the early stages. My brother was diagnosed T2 and was able to keep his blood sugars at...

Hi and welcome to the forum @Clairee72 . Your reference to Lean Mass Hyper Responder caught my eye. I thought I was a LMHR, I’m back and forth on it . I’m lean and fit. I was, up until about 10 years ago, a competitive runner. I have a bmi of around 19. I did the very low carb diet for 9 months...

If you start a new discussion @flakey rascal I will repost my comment, but for now I can tell you I had to stop drinking alcohol as my blood sugars plunge like a stone. The arrow on my CGM goes straight down, regardless of where it starts off and I always go low. If I do dare have a small glass...

Hi there @MillieT so sorry you are going through all this. Reading through your post it sounds like you are on the right path. And you have done well to get your HbA1C down to 75. I’m assuming, as you are on insulin, you were seeing an endocrinologist. Did you get any answers as to why you ended...

That sounds painful @Jo_the_boat. I second @AndBreathe ’s advise to get it checked out. Leg cramps can be so very painful. Your thigh muscles are a very powerful set of muscles so when they cramp, you know it. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a friend of mine about his father. His father...

Whilst I think it’s fantastic and much deserved for those of you who have driven your blood sugars down into the normal range with very low carb diets. Not everyone can. There are members on here, including myself, that are unable to. The very low carb eating barely made any difference to my...

Welcome to the forum and @missdingking. I’m sorry you are having a tough time if it with your medical team. I’m all for your body your choice , after doing your research. When your health is compromised, or ongoing it can be very stressful and draining. Steroid induced diabetes is a thing...

@fragrens, I am so very sorry to hear of your losses. I cannot begin to imagine your pain. It can be very difficult to break that cycle, those painful thought patterns. Your Prediabetes diagnosis is an opportunity, and it’s positive that you see it that way. It’s a wake up call for you to make...

Chronic Stress wreaks havoc with our metabolism. It causes the release of those flight or fight stress hormones. Glucocorticoids and catecholamines are the main stress hormones. Most of us deal with stress, it is part of life. However, when stress is at constant levels over long periods of...

Hello and welcome to the forums @cabbagequeen. If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you feel comfortable with sharing what type of diabetes you have it will help members, should you ask a question, to answer them. Feel free to peruse the site.

As well as the bread you may wish to consider your time change. New Orleans is in the Central time zone, so 6 hours behind of the UK. When I travel to the UK, I’m on Pacific time so 8 hours behind the UK, my blood sugars go to pot. My circadian rhythm system, which is very important for your...

I couldn’t get my blood sugars down either @Roy Batty Until my last HbA1c results came in at 5.8%. I am very pleased with that result. I was getting frustrated as they would not come down, until this last result. I’m lean. I do the equivalent of 3 marathons a week, and I’m on meds that lower my...

Hi and welcome to the forum @Maurice McNelis. I just wanted to welcome you to the forum. There are a few T1 members who do low carb diets or at least a reduced carb diet. I will leave it to them to offer suggestions. Again welcome to the forum.

That would stress me out too @Chris24Main , I would analyze it, argue with myself about and draw a conclusion about it to satisfy my own thoughts on it. You are not alone !

Stress and sleep. I can talk about that combo. I was diagnosed with ADHD, I also, more likely than not kiss the spectrum. So lots of everyday stuff can stress me out, from clothing and food textures, to a disruption in my routine, smells, noise, an unwashed cup in the sink, to a spec of dirt on...

Alcohol makes my blood sugars drop like a stone. My hypos, and they were definitely hypos, got so bad that I have virtually stopped drinking all alcohol. I sometimes have a glass of wine with a meal, but that’s very occasionally and then I spend the evening worrying I’m going to go low during...

I had unstable blood sugars @AnneRay, although I am quite a few years younger than your husband. My blood sugars would bounce around all over the place with significant hypo events , dropping into the 2’s mmol/ls and rises around 14-15 mmol ls . At one point I had to carry something sweet with...

This is in no way helpful to your situation @Outlier , but what a difference my experience is. All my diabetes stuff is on prescription, paid for by my insurance company. The prescription comes with instructions to test twice a day (unlike some people in the UK who are told not to test...

I am certainly not a diet expert, I do however, have a restricted diet due to coeliac, lactose intolerance and at the moment I am unable to eat fats, so I get how frustrating it can be. Eggs will definitely give you proteins and fats. Nuts are also high in fats and proteins. I personally would...