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Hi. My hba1c was 74 mmol Oct 20th 2021. Weight 82kg. I started intermittent fasting (16/8) and lost 5kg from October to March. My diabetes nurse was pushing all this time to put me on Ozempic .5mg. In March I agreed but she wouldn't do a new hb1c. June 8th 2022 hba1c 43 and weight 75kgs but I'd...

Has anyone any thoughts or views on going onto either of these drugs. Not having any faith in gps practice. I've high insulin resistance. I fast for about 12 hours. I don't lose weight etc when carbs are around 100. Only seems to work when carbs are around 20g My BG raises in the morning. Even...

Hi. I'm T2 and my BG is going in wrong direction. Gone back on low carb 25 -35 g (only range that worked in past) but cannot get BG below 10. Most days range is 12 - 14. I do suffer from dawn effect. I'm not sure what to do . I've just bought a monitor as Dr surgery wouldn't issue one. I've been...

Not sure if this has been covered before but do people's meter readings react differently when using beet or cane sugar? Just asking.

HBA1C Steadily coming down with LCHF. Yeay! 49 today. And I no longer look 9months pregnant.

I'm wondering about using St John's Wort as an anti depressant. I've been told you can't use it in the UK if you have diabetes. But it's one of the main drugs in Germany so diabetics will be using it. Is it just a sales pitch by drug companies to make you have their medication. I'll use it...

I'm losing weight and my body shape is changing on LCHF. BG coming down nicely. But I do wonder about the carbs. Years ago I lost weight using the Hays and Atkins diets combined .( My choice to combine) Hays is basically not mixing proteins with carbs. I've been trying a little experiment of...

These last 2 days my eye sight is very blurry. I can't seem to focus. Bg is 6.8. Even if I eat nothing seems to work. It wears off after a couple of hours. My carb intake is btw 10 to 20g. Any suggestions? Sent from my SM-G935F using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

I have just started on sitagliptin 50mg- 2 days. I was on 1000mg metformin sr but finally gave up on the explosive bowels after 2 years. I'm shaking a lot and my bloods were 6.5 bedtime last night 9.7 on waking Tablet at 9am 10.2 2 hours after eating 2 egg omlette 8.7 2 hours after lunch. Still...