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I've been T2D since 1998, until about 3/4yrs ago the NHS dietary advice was high carb, low fat, so I ate pasta/rice/potatoes to get my energy levels. I found it impossible to lose weight. At one point I queried the low carb diet/high fat. When I discussed with the practice dietician, she poo...

The only risk I know is when I was prescribed rosiglitizone then pioglitizone, many years ago. It was brilliant at keeping my bloods under control, but I experienced a couple of very minor fractures then a broken ankle in a space of two years. I'd never had one before. On examining the info...

Hi. I've been diagnosed T2D for 20yrs and like you wasn't hugely overweight. I'm surprised you're only on metformin with that level of HBA1C, sounds like this is a necessary wake up call to take your condition seriously. I was put on a combo of met. + glipizide at the time, (now replaced with...

Courgette & mint soup (or corriander) is a great one to put in the freezer. All you need is to saute chopped onion, courgettes in some oil, add stock (veg or chicken bouillon) and herb of choice fresh mint or fresh corriander and whizz it up.

I've had some delicious courgette cake in the past, most recently my birthday cake, but never made it myself. I now use xylytol as sweetener, I found stevia sometimes has a bitter aftertaste if you use too much. I wonder if this was the cause of the aftertaste.

Yes it's heavy carbs like rice/potato/bread. That's quite a high blood sugar too.

I was diagnosed in 1998, at which time my blood sugar was over 30! (in old money). I was on the usual mix of glicazide/ metformin & advised to eat high carb/low fat. This is the case until a couple of years ago when medics finally recognised the opposite is needed. I appealed to the NHS...

I've just got some celeriac chips cooking in the oven, sprinkled with tarragon. Yum Omelette to go with it.

This is interesting as I've been on metformin around 20yrs and recently on Sukarto (see another thread), so I will investigate this. My point however, is to do with a friend's husband (mid 70s) who is diabetic but not on tablets. For about 5yrs he has been developing dementia and deteriorating...

Update, the mountain rescue team apparently rescued the owner of the clothes successfully, six months ago. My friend still has the phone that was left at the site.

Indeed he searched the bottom of the gully and has followed all avenues incl. police.

He's an experienced sensible man and has followed all the avenues he can, including police and fellwalking sites.

Yes he's doing all of this.

He's following up all other avenues, this is just one of them.

A friend found this on a walk today and asked if I could post on a diabetic forum. 'Hill-find weirdness. While slogging up Blue Gill on Frosswick this afternoon, I found a pile of clothes, wet and chewed by animals, next to a wrecked looking rucksack and scattered diabetes paraphenalia, as if...

I stick to walnuts wrapped with undyed dried apricots (supposed to be low GI according to Montignac

For years I've know that the adrenaline in dental injections trigger hypos in me. My dentist has it on my records. There was an incident a few yrs ago when a temporary dentist, didn't read my notes and they had to rush for orange juice. Today I saw the periodental hygienist, who I only see...

I don't use it personally, though several friends do. CBD oil that is legally sold does not have THC, as far as I know. I thought that's the illegal bit. You'll have to do the research re the strength. I've also heard that H&B is too weak to be of use.

There's plenty of online sites. Ammalife in Bristol is a good one.

I also have had hypos on metformin. I always seem to react to new meds at first, have been on several different ones. I recently went onto sustained release version, had hypos for about 2wks, then settled down. I'm much more stable on s.r metformin.