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Hi everyone, ive been diagnosed with T2 for 10 months now and manage on diet and exercise alone. I refused medication on diagnosis even tho my hba1c was 97. 3 month later I had it down to 40. However 10 months in and I'm soo fed up with low carb diet and I'm struggling. I'm on a very low...

Hi everyone, I posted last year about being diagnosed type 2 in July. It was a shock but I dealt with it. I lost 2 stone and reduced my hba1c from 97 to 40 by going low carb. However I'm now really struggling with low carb. Esp t lunch time. No bread, no white potatoes, no rice, no pasta. What...

Hi everyone, I'm a little confused. Since going to my doctors last month for a diabetic review which was all good. lost 26 lb and went from 94 to 50 on my hba1c. The nurse told me my bad colesterol had risen from 5.4 to 5.9. So I reduced my cheese intake although still maintaining the lchf ...

Hi everyone! I have some excellent news! I went to my review this morning (I'm type 2) and my hbac1 has come down from 94 to 40 since diagnosis on July 12 this yr 2016! Im so happy! This is with a lchf diet and i have gone from 12,3 down to 10.6 this morning! I'm so happy! But there is a slight...

Hi everyone, I'm furious! My mum has been diabetic since 1997. She told me today that her doctor has never taken a fasting blood test from her . She has to go for a review next week. So I said have u had ur fasting blood test in preparation. No she said. My doctor says he knows I'm diabetic so...

Hi everyone I just wanted to share my happy news. I was diagnosed with diabetes and fatty liver in July 2016. Hadma scan on my liver it was fatty. I was 12st 3lb. I immediately went onnthe long diet. Today I went for a fybro scan on my liver and they said itvwas completely normal! I have lost...

Hi, everyone. I'm New to diabetes having been diagnosed only 4 weeks ago. I'm confused as last night going to bed my blood was 131 and this morning 141. I have had nothing to eat and cannot understand why. Any ideas or explanations please. I cannot ask my nurse because she told me not to test my...

Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 3 weeks ago. My blood glucose was 9.4. They wanted to give me medication but I refused and said i would try low carb and exercise first. I asked about a monitor but they said i didn't need one!,reading some threads on here I'm wondering if I...

Hi I've just been diagnosed with type 2. 2 hours ago. I will be honest I'm in shock. I was wondering. Can I still eat porridge with skimmed milk for my breakfast?

hi everyone! as you may know i look after my mum who is type 2 with insulin and had many many problems with her and the general medical fraternity. anyay about six weeks ago mum was put on byetta and has now moved on to he 10 pen. but what is confusing me is the fact that she is still taking her...

hi everyone, mum went on byetta on thursday night tea time and so far she has had no nausea and her bg levels have come down but not too drastically just enough to keep her positive. also we may have found the cause of her awful wobbles SALT too much salt. when she has nearly no salt she feels...

hi everyone, as you all know im helping mum with her diabetes. things are not going well. mums wobbles are getting worse. she can hardly stand now and she is soo dipressed that today she told me she is and has been for some time considering suicide!! i was distraught i dont know what to do...

hi everyone, ive got a ongoing problem with mum and her bg levels as you all know, but i cannot work out the fact that she feels ill all the time. since taking over mums diet and insulin mum has had a headache all day and during the night and although she is doing really well where her bg levels...

hi everyone its me again! i know im a pain but as you already know i have no medical expert to consult so i have to ask you ( sorry ). anyway i have been helping mum with her bg levels she has gone on low carb and is losing weight and her bg are now almost always below 10. her legs are no...

hi everyone, you all prob know mum now from my previous posts, but today somthing surprising happened! she got up as normal and had her usual low carb breakfast then she had her insulin 16 units ( seems to be working well at mo), thenshe carried on her normal day, anyway about 2 hrs after lunch...

hi everyone, ihave a problem. my mum who is type 2 with insulin and has been struggling with her bg,s for years. anyway we have got them to a reasonable level although they do seem to go up and dpwn no matter what we do. she has been offered byetta, now mum was told about this drug ages ago and...

hi everyone, i would just like to update you all on my mum. so far she has been doing really well we have got her bg levels down to an average of 11. sometimes they are great at about 6.7 to 6.9. she feels quite well at these levels but they fluctuate sometimes they will go up to 8.00 or 9. and...

hi everyone its me again! i have had problems as you know with mum and her insulin and high bg. however i have managed to get her bg down and sorted her diet by putting her on a low carb regime.she g]has now an average bg of 8.9 and has lost 6 pounds in weight! had many problems on the way ( as...

hi everyone, ive posted before about my mum who has type 2 with insulin. iam currently trying to get mums bg levels down and the low carb diet is working and her bg,s have come down from highs of 15 to 27 to a low of 9.6 and 11.1. but she has had some unusual lows of 3.9 which made her ill and i...

hi, iam writing concerning my mother who is type 2 with insulin. i have posted before(mum with type 2). i am trying to reduce my mums bg level by reducing her carb intake which is proving difficult since she is the old school white bread and potatoes brigade! however in two days i have managed...