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I was on over 200 carbs a day before diagnosis . So I was put on Glimepiride and I cut my carbs to about 50 but my self testing readings were going below 4 so changed to metformin Sr 1000 , now down to 500 a day ( no Glimepiride) . I also lost well over 2 stone , I’ve put about half a stone...

Hi Have just received my third HbA1c results. When diagnosed at beginning of May it was 90 . Then beginning of September it was 40 . Yesterday’s results came back as no change 40 again . Do these results mean I am in remission or is it too soon to hope. Since being diagnosed I have cut my carb...

Since been diagnosed T2 I have hardly drunk any beer just the occasional coors light, but as I do like alcohol, brandy, whiskey, and gin with slimline tonic are all zero carbs. If I get peckish a chunk of cheese or a packet of pork crunch hardly any carbs . But I think I may relax the low carb a...

What 2 minutes of exercise LoL

Thanks I have been moderately low carbing about 70gms a day so not keto but in the last week I have been struggling to get it below 6 , my metformin has been cut from 1000 to 500 slow release a day , so I don’t know if that will be cause as I was getting low 5s a couple of weeks ago. I think I...

Wow thanks everyone for replying , I have only been diagnosed type 2 since April this year but with ignoring advice from nurse and taking advice from here I have cut carbs not Keto but to about 70 carbs a day and got level down . I am reluctant to give up my diet but temptation and still...

I know some people will say I can have a fairly low carb Christmas, but for just a few days I would love to be able to eat what I used to love eating at Christmas such as mince pies, Christmas cake, roast spuds, parsnips, chocolates, everything that I know I shouldn’t eat as a diabetic. I was...

When I was first diagnosed type2 I was put on Glimepiride which helped my pancreas to create more insulin. My surgery also gave me a meter mainly because of driving. The trouble was I also put myself on a low carb diet so I started to go too low down to 3.5 . I didn’t feel unwell but just a...

Thirsty all the time , Frequent urination , also very sweet smelling urine and stools . That made me go get checked at my GPS , blood test came back at 90 HbA1c, type 2. I was and still am 62 years old

It is certain that some people will have a reaction to any vaccine as some of us will be allergic to the ingredients that are used to make the vaccine. But that doesn’t make it unsafe for the vast majority of us . Just like most of us can eat nuts but a minority nuts can cause serious health...

Most GP surgery’s will prescribe the cheapest brand of medication first even if it is only a few pence saving, my surgery has changed my metformin brand to sucarto to save money. If you google the words rapipril cough it will come up with many users who have experienced it . You can try it and...

I was on Ramipril a few years back but it gave me a terrible cough, google will tell you all the hypertension medication that ends in pril one of the side effects is a cough,I also know of a few friends with the same side effects. My GP changed my medication to candersatan and no problem since...

Well I had phone appointment with GP yesterday he is one of the most knowledgeable and easy to talk to GPS at my surgery. First thing he said to me was to congratulate and praise me on getting HbA1c down from 90 to 40 in just over four months. After I told him I had gone low carb but not keto he...

Thanks everyone. I definitely will push GP to get me off statins

No not intentionally but I had not eaten since night before anyway. It was not a fasting blood test ,nowadays no blood tests need to be fasting I asked about that before I had it and I was told that testing systems had changed and fasting isn’t necessary, the letter they sent me also said the same.

I was put on Glimepiride 1mg the lowest dose when I was diagnosed with an HbA1c of 90 . I spent 2 months taking it and at the same time I was low carbing about 50gms a day , and after about 1 month with the Glimepiride in my system I was going hypo down to 3.5 levels ,but not ill with it . Make...

Thanks for reply I can access my results online but don’t fully understand them ,these are part of results I hope they are good so I can speak to my GP and know what I am talking about. Investigations Urea and electrolytes Serum sodium level 141 mmol/L [133.0 - 146.0] Serum potassium level...

Thanks for information I was not sure if 2.5 was very low so when I speak to GP on Tuesday I will ask him if I can stop taking it , but I can see him saying that the risk of heart disease is more important than my diabetes as that is the way of NHS . I was asking on here so I could speak to him...

2 weeks ago had my blood tests four months after been diagnosed type 2 with an HbA1c of 90 . The test results were an HbA1c of 40 , so I was quite happy. My total cholesterol was 2.5 My diet has been about 70 to 80 carbs a day sometimes lower, also 1000mg of metformin slow release. I have a...

Hi everyone Have just got my blood test results back having been diagnosed type 2 at end of April with an HbA1c of 90 mmol/mol . Started on 1mg of Glimepiride for 2 months but after finger testing I was going too low down to 3.5 , so doctor put me on metformin 1000 slow release for last 2 and...