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Just really annoyed with myself. On 2 Metformin a day, diagnosed 8 years ago, could probably go down to 1 or none. Very strict low carb diet, libre estimates hba1c at 39 for last 8 months. Yesterday went out for lunch and just suddenly felt so fed up with it all and had a cheeseburger with a bun...

I'm beginning to think this elevates my blood sugar - not in a sharp way, just over time

Anyone take berberine as well as Metformin? Just curious.

So I've been managing my T2 diabetes with low carb diet and 2*500mg of Metformin. I'm wearing the Abbott freestyle libre. Blood sugar ok, last week was 6.3 mmol/l average. I just started using the carb manager app. I'm trying to keep my grams of carbs below 24g a week. It's been fine this...

Hi all So was diagnosed type 2 7 years ago. Since then I have kept my hba1c under 42, often under 40. I now take 2*500mg Metformin a day but was thinking of reducing. I'm a bit puzzled about the criteria for prediabetes diagnosis. Some say under 42 (mmol/mil??) and some say under 100mg/dl. If...

Hi I was diagnosed type 2 7 years ago. For 6 years I controlled it with diet only. Then it just felt really difficult and for the last year I've taken 2 X 500mg Metformin a day. But it seems more difficult to control it. When I was first diagnosed, lowering the carbs made my hba1c drop like a...

Hi I'm type 2 , 7 years since diagnosis. Controlled with diet (low carb) for 6 years, taking 2 X 500mg Metformin for last year. So every few months I wear the Abbott freestyle libre to check all going well. We moved to Italy a year ago and I haven't worn the libre since January. Have the...

Around the menopause (joy of joys) I was diagnosed with type 2 DM. I then low carbed my way from an hba1c of 63 to 39. But at the same time I developed extreme exhaustion which got worse and did not improve at all with the keto diet even though I lost over 40lbs and maintained an ok hba1c. It...

Was diagnosed 3 years ago and overall have kept bs down with keto low carb. Lost 30lbs to start with but put a stone back on. Have kept 16lbs off. Have been pretty strict the last few months but am struggling to maintain good bg control and am not losing weight. Have at least 30lbs I need to...

I eat a keto diet and usually control my type 2 diabetes by diet. I also have chronic fatigue syndrome so my opportunities for exercise are limited although I do a structured weights routine for 10 minutes each morning. Just recently I had a university essay deadline followed by a family party a...

Anyone used this? Can't find out the cost or how long the transmitter works before charging.

Hi Recently I have been tapering off 40 mg fluoxetine per day to 20mg. Im not depressed at all. But I've noticed my bg rising inexorably by 0.2 mmol/litre each day and I don't think I've changed my lchf diet. Any ideas???

Anyone got any keto/low carb recipes for Yorkshire puddings, please? I tried using almond flour and it was awful! OK if you want marzipan with your roast!!

So went on holiday, my libre ran out 5 days in and didn't have test strips. Im a nightmare when I don't test, I don't know why but the libre just makes me much more accountable. I know it's expensive - superdrug just raised the price from £35 to £40 . I am such a wimp about finger prick testing...

So going on holiday to Sicily and panicking about the food... It doesn't help that my favourite things are cannoli (e.g. Godfather: leave the gun and take the cannoli) and arancini!

Wondered what your experience with diet drinks was .... asking for a friend :)

Really struggling with this combination. And told I had glaucoma in one eye last week! After first year of diagnosis had hba1c of 39 (down from 62). But now it's about 47 and I'm not sure why except I had to give up work due to the CFS/M.E. Find it really difficult due.to the CFS to incorporate...

So I take a truck load of supplements for my chronic fatigue syndrome and then put on my libre - which I do every 6-8 weeks or so only to find that my bs had rocketed despite my low carb eating. I mean really rocketed, between 11 and 15. Couldn't figure it out until I thought of all the...

I am having to take large doses of vitamin c for another condition. But my average bg seems to have risen and this is the only change I think I've made. I've looked up research papers and some say large doses lower it and others say the opposite! Any help gratefully accepted!! Angela xxx

After reducing my hba1c from 62 to 39 shortly after diagnosis, i have fallen off the wagon a bit and thank god I started wearing the libre again and am sending off for test strips. Imagine my horror when the average bg showed up as over 11 mmol. So 3 days later its down to 9 and also fluctuating...