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I only just saw this (must have scrolled past it too fast yesterday). That sounds awful, and I know just what you mean about never wanting to go through that again! (For me, was bad enough without the laser stuff.) Just as a matter of interest, did your doctors specifically indicate that nuts...

I suppose, in your place, it would be a question of deciding which order to do things. Based on the information in your signature I personally would want to try something like this: High HbA1c. Doctor prescribes Metformin and Diamicron (Gliclazide class). Strong effort with diet/exercise. This...

I have but it is copyright so I cannot reproduce it. It is in the book "Inspiralize Everything" by Ali Maffucci. She has a website with lots of recipes, but apparently not that one. The website is here: http://inspiralized.com/. In the book the recipe is called "Winter Lasagna with Brussels...

You are so lucky to have your "treatment team" in your corner. (So am I.) I didn't even find this forum until after I had used low-carb fully to "reverse" my T2D. But I wish I had found it earlier and you are in good company here as you continue your journey.

Congratulations. I am in the United States and was incredibly lucky that my doctor prescribed the low-carb, no-drug option for me as a first line of defense. It works, at least for a lot of people. Now is the time to apply it fully and reap the results (nudge, nudge....).

So about the only thing that my relative had going, compared to many other diabetics, is that he knew exactly what caused the disease! If you think about it though, that is not much comfort. Thinking about his condition helped me come to terms with my own T2D, whose "cause" will probably never...

You can fix it if you want. There is a discreet "Thread Tools" menu at the top right, above your first post. I love that feature!

For what it's worth, I have been doing low-carb, low-fat. For three decades before my Type 2 diabetes diagnosis I was eating "low fat" Mediterranean-style food and old habits die hard. So I just removed the carbs from the existing diet, and added new stuff including fun stuff to cook with...

Congratulations, well done!

Thank you very much for that information @hichamgsm. But it pertains to hepatitis C and on reflection I think it very unlikely that my relative caught that in Egypt. It is associated with sharing needles, that sort of thing. He was there as a tourist and does not "do drugs." In my experience...

Since the T2D diagnosis I have made a point to remind various doctors, during appointments, that I have diabetes. It is of course already in their records (all of the doctors work for the same huge hospital system here in America so have access to the same records). The reaction has ranged from...

A member of my family developed diabetes about 10 years ago. He was on a trip to Egypt and caught hepatitis (not sure what kind of hepatitis -- edited to add: I now think it was hepatitis A). After he got back to the UK, the doctors told him he had developed diabetes because the hepatitis...

Fantastic!

When I was diagnosed I looked at several studies that investigated the role of diet, and exercise, in reducing HbA1c. The overall conclusion was that diet is by far the most important factor, but exercise can have a useful (but smaller) role. On average, diet lowered HbA1c by one percentage...

Best of luck with it @Guzzler. For what it's worth, I had a benign (but spectacular) skin condition on my chest a few months ago. When I told the dermatologist that I was diabetic, she warned me that if I used the steroid/cortisone cream she prescribed, my BG could rise. In the end I didn't use...

Concerning those meter readings, I don't use a meter so can't help you. But there are some very experienced meter users here who will be able to help you make sense of this stuff! Take care.

Hi again @Hansenguy62. Great to hear from you. That meal you went out for doesn't sound so bad apart from the fries! It's great that you're working on taking control of this stuff. For those posting: the OP had a thread a while back in which advice to newcomers was given. It can be seen here...

The case of France. A new study by the "Santé publique France" agency, quoted today in Le Figaro, notes that in recent years the number of diabetics in that country has been increasing at an annual rate of 2.1%. As of 2015, 6% of French men and 4% of women were diabetic. More than 1 in 5 men...

Good luck!!! Well, luck doesn't have that much to do with it, but you know what I mean!!!

Plus, of course, coffee is a laxative so if I gave it up ... back to the "c" problem again, possibly. To my surprise, my consumption of coffee (which has always been high) actually increased since the T2D diagnosis. Even though I am now drinking it straight with no milk or sugar. I love...