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Hi, I’ve not been back to the forum for several years. In 2018 I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer (spread to bones). Straight onto hormone treatment then full course of chemo got it under control in 2018. This year it started growing again but we caught that early and it’s even further...

This is my last day on 4*500mg (2 with breakfast, 2 with dinner) as I'm moving down to 2*500mg (1 and 1). I read here somewhere that I can expect 80% of the benefits on the reduced dose. I'm not sure my control is that consistent that I'll be able to tell if BG goes up as a result. Anyone got...

Three months ago, my HbA1c had come down from 65 to 48 and I felt there was scope for more improvement. Over the last three months I have been following a lower carb regime (not low by some standards at 130 to 150 grams per day) and testing fasting, 2 hours and 3 hours after dinner as a minimum...

Great day yesterday and kept to all my targets. After dinner readings were excellent for me, 2 hour 6.2, 3 hour 5.6.....marvellous! Go to bed, good nights sleep, fasting reading at 0910 8.6! So while I'm sleeping, my body manufactures a rise of 3.0. Fortunately, it's not consistent but it does...

If you have a two or three day lapse and your BG levels go up a bit, how long do you feel it takes for them to come back down again after you've returned to your regular (lower carb) eating? I've had a very controlled day today after a lapse and hoped my reading would be back down to good levels...

So I've been trying to get to this stage for a few weeks now. Came back from a short holiday on Saturday and have spent the week trying to achieve 130g per day with mixed success. My first conclusion after intensive testing at two and three hours after eating is that I can get reasonable BG...

So I go along to my doctor, who is generally quite helpful and collaborative and I tell him I'm adopting a mild version of LCHF (130g) and that it is recommended that I tell him about it. He frankly admits that he doesn't have enough knowledge of this style of eating and asks me to see the...

I know there is no true definitive answer to this question but I was hoping that there was enough experience in the forum to give an indication. I am looking to get back down to an HbA1c level as near to 39 as possible by fully adopting the low carb approach. Obviously, I can't get my doctor to...

Many thanks to Louise (sorry I don't know your full username) for emailing me the low carb programme each week. I can't remember asking for it and haven't been very interactive with it. But....I did watch all of the videos and I did slowly drag my carb intake down from (I thought moderate...

Can anybody tell me how to see people's signatures when using the IPad app please?

Hello everybody. I was diagnosed type 2 in April 2011 and my aim was to control through diet and exercise and avoid medication for as long as possible. I joined this forum and learned a lot from the membership, including answers to my many specific questions. My diet would be considered moderate...

Hi all. I'm returning to the forum after a couple of years absence. Pleasantly surprised to find I'm still a member and can already see some of my earlier postings. Have downloaded the iPad app and will be using this. Registration seems to be blank, as is my signature. Is there any way to...

I have been using my Accu Chek Compact since diagnosis (a couple of years ago) with few problems. I got a bit lazy as nothing was changing very much and had a break from June till late November where I did no testing at all. Since mid November, my readings have been higher than they were up...

Need to do a bit of a refresh. Would like a new book on carb control, etc. I have already read: The First Year, Type 2 Diabetes by Gretchen Becker, and Blood Sugar 101 by Jenny Ruhl. The latter recommends Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Is this book respected on the forum? Thanks.

Hi. Haven't been on the forum for ages and in the meantime I've had many lapses in my diet. My HbA1c had gone from 39 last June to 62 in February. Just awaiting the next set of results this week but not sure It'll be much better. I just find it very hard to control my intake. It's not lack of...

Well I finally got round to doing something about this and it went quite well. As some longer term members might remember, I was really getting fed up with my doctors attitude which was basically that laymen shouldn't try to educate themselves, doctor knows best, take these pills for the rest...

Hello again, Just been to the doc and found out that I've reached the 5% club with an HbA1c of 5.7 (39)! I'm delighted and very thankful for all the advice and help received on this forum. Once again, though, totally disappointed in my doctor's reaction, a mumbled good followed by a long...

Hi again, I haven't been on the forum for a couple of months, so here's an update. Well after struggling through Christmas and a very depressing Scottish winter, I've got mixed progress to report. * The battle with my weight continues. After getting down to 110.6 kg in September, I was 114.0...

The story so far. Diagnosed at Easter and reasonably successful so far at getting HbA1c under control. have been on this forum since diagnosis, read a couple of books and been on DESMOND course. Frequently self testing but paying for my own strips. Happy that my understanding is growing and I...

HI, Just trying to accurate track my carbs (first day) I've got 140g of potatoes which will be boiled at 25g carb .... but two average tangerines (afternoon snack) at 24g Is this right? If so I'm going to be eating fewer tangerines!