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Would that be because I didn’t exercise yesterday? I am on metformin 2000mg and Januvia 100mg , the latter I started 10 days ago. I’ve been seeing 6.1 and 5.9 lately so this is disappointing. I feel smashed and stressed with end of teaching term here in Australia, I just crawled into bed. I...

Endocrinologist said I am probably type two but just did a test for type one markers . My insulin level was 2 and my bgl was 100.8 . That’s on 2K metformin. Anyway I can’t eat just 12 g of carbs meal while travelling so I asked for some additional help. She prescribed Januvia. Normally I am 117...

I would love any advice or support on how to manage in southern Italy. The food relatives eat is high carb . I wonder if I can get low carb bread down there. The one I eat in Australia has 3 g carbohydrates for two slices. I have been avoiding pasta, potatoes, chickpeas , pizza , rice on my 30g...

Hi, I have been diagnosed as pre diabetic by HBA1C but not Diabetic. I saw a doctor to check up on some other thing and he could not believe that in his eyes the proper things weren’t done for a diagnosis of diabetes. His view was that fasting blood sugar level of 8.8 warranted a glucose...

Hi I am only prediabetic but on metformin 500mg twice a day due to spikes that show my blood sugars do rocket up in random blood sugar tests and me always feeling hungry and tired from food. It has helped and now I eat about 70g carb a day . Feel good. I am slim. 60. Like exercise. So last...

Hi, I usually have a fasting blood sugar level of 6.1. I am keeping my blood sugars under 7.8 at all times and actually manage to have them mainly under 7.1. Thank you all who said to ditch the carbs and not be afraid of fat. It has turned around my life. I eat cream cheese, avocado, nuts...

I started metformin about 5 weeks ago. I am grateful it fixed my chronic constipation. I switched from a mainly plant based whole food diet ( with some meat etc, I was flexible) to a diet low in carbs . I seem to handle about 15 to 20 max carbs a meal. I’d like to eat more carbohydrates like...

Doctor says I am not diabetic just pre diabetic so these spikes are normal. I can usually get it down by two hours by a balanced meal and or walks. I am just worried I am burning out my beta cells from that leap. The meal over all will result in 6.6 after two hours if I do 20g carbohydrates but...

So one hour after eating , if my blood sugar is 7.8 I am incredibly fatigued and often it can get to 8.9. (7.8 is like 140) Usually I try to walk after eating but I can’t every time now that I am back at work. So I suffer. I am ‘skinny’ and have good muscle for aged 60 and highcardio fitness on...

Hi Bit sad. Newly diagnosed prediabetic. My HbA1c is 5.6 but a random glucose test was 8.5 ( I had eaten an apple ) My bmi is 19.5. I am always hungry but eat about 1600 calories a day , steady weight. I exercise swim or walk or both every day. I have been put on metformin 500mg a day . It’s...