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"Basically I was just sort of told to get on with it and eat nothing with sugar in it and get more blood tests in 3 months time to see how I am going." Got to admire the state the NHS is in these days...god love them, they are quite inept at a GP level seemingly.

Well, if its any help....i have very similar at the moment, and have done for at least two months now. Tried visiting local GP surgery to effect a diagnosis and help but all i got was general malaise and not that interested. Am now having to fund private ENT consultation (again) to circumvent...

Just go and enjoy it it as part of a normal balanced diet, and don't feel you have to skimp on sauces etc. if you would rather have them. We all react differently, and yes it may push up your blood sugars to those beyond someone who does not suffer with Diabetes - but once in a while we all have...

Have found that in my experience locally, in the last 6 months of needing GP's - they are generally (and sadly) pretty useless. Your better off finding a private consultant specialising in your area of concern as it avoids the errors and malaise of the GP. Of course there is a cost for this, but...

As has been said above regarding carbs, fats etc.....personally i wouldn't read too much in to this whole "don't spike more than 2 mol/mmol" stuff - i know it's been stated in some report somewhere (can't recall where now) but its generally rubbish as most non-diabetics and diabetics with good...

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/arsenic

Take a sample of your tap water (if used for drinking) and send for analysis. Arsenic exposure in drinking water has a possible link.

....and that's if you can even get to see a suitably knowledgeable clinician/GP. And then it relies on the fact they recognise the above facts as stated. Usually a new diagnosis will consist of merely trying to stuff metformin down your throat.

Thanks for that DCUK, have indeed in the past visited a private GP - may consider again. Just spoke with A diabetes helpline to query - messing with carbs this afternoon - 100g in one quick meal pushed my number to 9.1 mol/mmol testing approx 75 mins later. Went for some 25-30 min cycle ride...

Hi all, many thanks for replies thus far..... Further to earlier, i had a visit to doctors yesterday (booked a month in advance!!) to go over my issues with dizziness, tinnitus and head pressure. Sadly due to the way i feel and what i perceive as a lack of action over the past few months, i was...

Hi all, Sorry - i did have a previous HbA1c of 51 in August last year - this was also at the same time as i was in the process of “killing” a nasty parasite i picked up in West Africa some 3-years prior, a parasite that it turns out is a prolific sugar consumer. I was only told in August last...

Okay, not entirely sure how to word this.....but..... Back in January i was diagnosed as T2 diabetic, HbA1c was 58 mol/mmol. Subsequent 3 months spent using diet and exercise pushed the next A1c down to 26 mol/mmol. Now - over the last couple of months a bit of a “living nightmare” has ensued...

"I was given a HBA1C of 105" My advice FWIW - go back to the doctor and tell him/her to repeat the test, as unless something very odd is happening at times when you haven't self-tested (e.g. when sleeping - highly unlikely), then your GP should be seriously scratching their respective head at...

Have a word with the surgery and ask for their complaints procedure....from there (if needed) you can follow the guidelines in the following link: https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/how-to-complain-if-youre-unhappy-with-your-gp-or-gp-surgery Usually the first query should fire a...

"but I don't want to slide down the slope which my GP has called inevitable, but I intend to prove him wrong !" Good on you! Your GP sounds like a ****.

My comments were meant somewhat as a sarcastic lilt on my personal views to a degree. It appears i have offended at least one 'snowflake'. Get over it, its a sarcastic joke.

It’s actually very easy to work out whether or not you can consume various food and drink with Type 2 Diabetes....if it looks tasty and enjoyable, then you can’t eat it in the main. :banghead:

Sadly my GP wasn't the one to diagnose the parasite either! they missed that one too somehow, and it was only by paying privately with a Gastroenterologist that it was identified and treated. It was somewhat "explosive" in as much as i sometimes needed to go up 5-6 times in an hour and was...

Well, don’t know - but my diet prior to wasn’t great as in the space of 3 years, looking back I had put on at least 2+ stone in weight due to a large increase in high carb and sugar items I was consuming, which may have been a reaction to the parasite possibly....who knows lol. I’m also mindful...

Thanks all....was just diet change, coupled with brisk walks 5-days a week (usually between 4-8 miles a day). Was curious if the figure seemed too low, although there admittedly was a complication to the original T2 diagnosis, in as much as I was harbouring a sugar consuming parasite for a few...