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I have been type 2 for about 6 years well controlled on metformin until I was put on steroids about 3 years ago. This caused my bs to go sky high and I was started on insulin. The steroids and insulin caused weight gain and even after I was weaned off steroids my bs remained high. I started to...

I am a very keen shopper and love a bargain.Before lchf I was a size 20/22 top and 18 bottom. I am a proper apple shape. I am going on a cruise at the end of April and had bought lots of tops in a previous m&s sale. Needless to say most of them are far too big now that I'm a size 14/16.I have...

On the 20th of February this year I had my annual diabetes blood tests and various other blood tests. I was asked to go to see the gp about the results. She started by saying that there were quite a few annomiles with my results including anaemia and protein in my liver. She told me to repeat...

After losing 2 stone in a couple of months I am struggling to lose any more. I always have porridge for my breakfast as it's the only meal that I really enjoy. I used to have it with some sweetener and some honey but I have stopped the honey. It's strange because I don't have a particularly...

I have reduced my insulin from 60 units twice a day to 20 units twice a day since the beginning of January. When I had my hba1c results about 5 weeks ago I was at 37 so under the diabetic range. I watched a couple of videos last night of Dr Jason fung which made me decide to try not using...

My eldest daughter did mother's day for all the family today. She made a huge curry and rice and my younger daughter cooked a delicious leg of lamb. I made a blueberry yoghurt cake and a lemon cheesecake which my grandson helped decorate with raspberries and blackberries. My sister provided...

I know that non of us forum users are medically trained but I would like some advice from anyone who has managed to get off insulin with weight loss and diet. I started lchf about the 7th of January this year and was injecting 60 units of insulin twice a day plus 400mg of metformin daily and a...

I have been doing the lchf since the beginning of January and so far have lost about 17lb. I have reduced my insulin from 120 units daily to 44 units daily. Feeling happy about that. I still need to lose about 4 stone though. I have fibromyalgia which is really bad at the moment and am...

I had to go back for more blood tests today so I asked for a presciption for the cassettes my meter uses. I requested two cassettes with my monthly prescription but was only prescribed one. Each cassette does 50 tests so last less than 2 weeks. The nurse asked me if I would change my meter as...

i went to see my gp today to discuss some blood tests I had taken a couple of weeks ago.She was very impressed with my results HbA1c level 38 Serum cholesterol 3.4 Serum HD cholesterol level 1.1 serum triglycerides 0.9 serum LDL cholesterol 1.9 serum cholesterol/HDL ratio 3.09 se non...

I have been lchf since the beginning of January. I'm sure that I will horrify you by telling you my guilty secret . Yes I eat porridge for breakfast . There I've said it. I have reduced my insulin from 120 units daily to 50 units daily and have lost well over a stone. I don't have much...

I took my 84 year old mum into hospital today for her to have stents fitted. She has had angina for many years and had a heart attack 16 months ago. When I originally took her for her previous op assessment the nurse said that she would definitely be out on the same day as her procedure. She is...

I went to see the dn this morning after waiting for a month. I wasn't feeling very optimistic as when I rang for advice at the beginning of January the dn was very anti low carb. Luckily I saw another dn who was really on the same page as me and although she isn't diabetic she'd done lc and...

I have been doing the lchf diet for about 4 weeks and am happy with the reduction in insulin I've been able to make. I enjoy my breakfast which is porridge (not low carb I know ) but it isn't pushing up my bs by too much. The problem is I have no appetite for the rest of the day. I am married...

I have been doing the lchf diet for about 4 weeks now and my bs has come down from between 7 and 9 (sometimes a lot higher ) to anything between 4.6 and 6 which I'm really pleased about. Plus I have reduced my insulin from 60 units twice a day to 25 twice a day. I'm struggling with eating high...

My husband decided to have some cheese and crackers for his supper and although I know that I can have the cheese I can't have the crackers! I didn't want to eat cheese on its own because I need to lose weight. I decided to have some watermelon instead. I had quite a lot and worried about my...

I have been doing the lchf diet for about 3 weeks and I'm not sure what to do with the low blood sugar readings I'm getting before bed. Usually around 4.1. I'm still having porridge for breakfast 5.4 before breakfast 7.4 two hours later so I'm sticking with that. I tend to eat it around 10ish...

Eight years ago long before I became diabetic I had a lot of gallstones and needed to have my gallbladder out. I was admitted to hospital initially because my gp was concerned about me. I was in for a couple of days, had various scans etc and told that I would need surgery but I had to wait 6...

I have just read Michael Mosleys blood sugar diet and I feel like a lightbulb has just gone off in my head! I am type 2 and inject insulin twice daily. My readings have been a bit erratic the last 3 months or so anything from 6..5 to 11. I rang my diabetes nurse today to tell her that I have...

and I'm convinced that this is the way to go. I was diagnosed about 5 years ago as type 2 and started on metformin. Everything was fine until I was diagnosed with polymyalgia [I was already suffering with fibromyalgia] and put on steroids.The steroids really helped the pain but had horrendous...