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    T2 and antibiotics

    I have to do a week's course of antibiotics as a result of some dental work. Do antibiotics have any effect on blood sugar levels that I should be prepared for?
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    Neuropathy and cold weather

    this is an odd question, but does anybody know if this very cold weather aggravates neuropathy? I have slight neuropathy sometimes in my left arm and left side of my face - generally pretty mild, and most of the time I'm hardly aware of it, but these days it's a bit worse. I've had to be out a...
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    how do you know what type you are?

    Following on from the recent post by DiabeticAl, I'd be interested to know if other people, like me, were NEVER told by their doctor what type of diabetic they were. Mine never said if I was type 1, type 2, or anything else; he just said "you have diabetes". I tried to figure it out by looking...
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    blood sugar and money

    I've noticed a remarkable similarity between my blood sugar level and my bank balance. If I go for too long without checking either of them I tend to get an unpleasant surprise when I do! Last week I was away for a few days and managed to leave my meter at home on the kitchen table (OK, it was...
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    Dr Neal Barnard

    An American friend of mine who is type 2 did a low-carb diet for about five years, with good results. A year or more ago he read Dr Neal Barnard's "Program for Reversing Diabetes" book and switched over to the diet Barnard recommends, which is a vegan, low-fat diet, but allows things like rice...
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    varying the amount of Metformin

    Interesting post by hanadr today (viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9530#p89648) about varying the amount of Metformin between 2x500 and 3x500 per day depending on what she's eaten. Is this a normal thing? Do other people do this too, and does it "work"? Some months ago I asked my doctor this very question...
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    nutrition

    I've come to realise, partly from browsing around this fine forum, how deplorably ignorant I am on the subject of nutrition in general. I've been low-carbing happily and without notable difficulties for a few months now (eating the occasional bag of Wotsits in moments of crisis :twisted: , they...
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    fruit in the morning

    In these hot days my favourite breakfast is berries with full-fat natural yoghurt - even better, stewed rhubarb or gooseberries chilled overnight with natural yoghurt and/or a bit of cream. However, my Collins Gem Carb Counter says: "Fruits should be eaten after a meal high in protein, not as an...
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    whiskey

    I've made the alarming discovery that a glass or two of whiskey of an evening lowers my blood sugar in a very pleasing manner. I read someone's comment to that effect on this forum a few weeks back but didn't really believe it - I gave up alcohol entirely for four months thinking that was a good...
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    arthritis and improved blood sugar levels

    Stupid question time, possibly, but I have been wondering... I've read a few sources that reckon there's a link between diabetes and arthritis. I discovered a few months ago I have some arthritis in my neck ("not major", my GP said) but in the past couple of months, as my blood sugars have come...
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    grazing

    A friend of mine who is a sports physiotherapist, in his early 50s and in excellent shape (though with appalling taste in music :wink: ), swears by "grazing" - eating small meals or healthy snacks often throughout the day and almost never eating a full-sized, normal meal, much less a big meal...
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    blood pressure

    When I was diagnosed with T2 last summer my blood pressure seemed to be normal. A couple of months after diagnosis, and after starting Metformin, it appeared to have generally raised itself a good deal (no idea if there are any connections there, with stress, Metformin, or whatever). So my...
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    fasting numbers

    I have a question about early morning fasting numbers. Since beginning low-carbing lately I've been measuring mine. Over the past week I've had results like 6.1, 6.2, 6.5 etc, with one blip of 7.1 :roll: . Everything I've read suggests they should be lower, i.e. under 6. Jenny Ruhl in her book...
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    reducing Metformin

    I've been on 2x 500mg Metformin since dx last August. I've recently bought my own meter and am trying the low-carb approach, with good results so far. Therefore I'm (maybe a bit prematurely) thinking of reducing my medication. So I wondered: has anyone experienced going from 1000mg Metformin a...
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    very low fasting numbers

    I've been following a strict low carb approach for the past week. I've seen my numbers drop, as I expected them to. However, before bed last night I was 5.7 and when I woke up this morning I was 2.2. This seemed a little scary. Should I be worried? Obviously my "dawn phenomenon" is a bit...
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    numbers confusion

    Being still fairly new to this diabetes thing, and new to this great forum, I wonder if someone could help me make sense of a numbers problem. My latest A1c was 6.1%, which I believe is good (OK, in the 5% bracket would be even better). However, using the conversion programme found at...
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    twitches

    I wonder if anyone can advise me - I'm increasingly having what I assume is a diabetes complication, namely slight muscle twitchings. They began in my feet and now happen pretty much anywhere. It's not all the time, and seems to be worse when I'm tired. It's not painful but it bothers me...