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Hi. Diagnosed in Feb aged 59 with hba1c of 87, weighing 9st 5lb. Didn’t take prescribed metformin but low Carb option and increased exercise. By May- aged 60 Hba1c 46. Blood glucose monitoring 4.6-8.3. Continued on diet. All seemingly going ok and feeling very well. Last Wednesday- started...

Brilliant to see how well you have done too. You are obviously very active and helpful here. Wonderful. I have a nurse appointment on 24th, so it will be interesting to see what advice she offers. Delighted to be making my own choices and taking control, rather than just accepting advice from...

I am so pleased to have found these replies to my message. I couldn't work out where the replies were and am absolutely thrilled to hear my eyesight may be regained. Very exciting, just as I was trying to get used to the idea. I will have to let my optician know tomorrow as he has already...

Yes, please do change from Low cal to low carb. Maybe you have already done this. It is SO encouraging to know my eyes mat improve again as I thought maybe they wouldn't and my optician didn't seem aware of that either. Many, many thanks.

Many, many thanks. I am really encouraged to hear that my eye sight may go back to normal. I thought I had mucked it up long term. I must let my optician know as he thought that now my blood sugars were in normal range it would be ok to get new glasses and just accept that my vision has changed...

Hi. I am a retired nurse who has gone from 58kgs to 60 kgs recently. In my youth was 54kgs. In February my optician was concerned about my eyesight and referred me to my GP. My bloods showed an Hba1c of 87 and I was prescribed metformin and told to check out the diabetes.co.uk website. Reading...