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Hi All, Hope we are all fabulous on this Sunday morning. [emoji3]. So anyone here wear the libre sensor long term. If so how accurate are they with respect to daily readings and their long-term predictions of Hba1c compared to A traditional blood sugar monitor and a doctors blood test for...

Hey all, Hope we are all keeping well. So has anyone noticed that over the years blood pressure just increases no matter how hard you Low Carb or how hard you fast. As mine is now 139/90 first thing in a morning… May need to visit doctors & think about some pills for it… Just wondered...

Hi all, It's been a few years since I hav been properly active on our forum, how is everyone keeping. [emoji3] Cheers simply_h

Hi All, Has anyone tried Cialis daily for ED issues. Does it work , side effects etc. Cheers Simply. [emoji3]

Hello All, Need some help for someone else. My friend is 65 year old male, who has type 2 but is using insulin; he also has cholesterol and has rheumatoid arthritis. He has also had a heart by-pass around 16 years ago. Now I have been chatting to him about low carb, but as he is of Indian...

Dear All, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL ARGUING ABOUT! We are all different types of people, we all have our own minds, this is a faceless (by faceless I mean no one is going to turn up on your door step, telling you what to do) forum, if you don’t agree with a person’s view, then you don’t have...

Hello All, Hope we are all keeping well. I have been thinking that I have had the dreaded D since feb 2011 and at some stages it really did take over my life, it simply consumed by waking thoughts (sound strange I know) I guess the stress of it all did not help and the massive learning curve...

Hello All, Just something I found on the BBC.com website, may be worth a read ect. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19517219 CHeers Simply

Hello All, Hope you are all well. I have some strange happening going on recently. I have not changed the way I eat, but recently nocticed that when I test about 45mins to 1 hour after starting eating, my BS is around 8mmol to 10mmol. Then after 2 hours after eating its back down to around...

Hello, Hope you are all well, been to doctors this morning for somthing tolally non related to diabetes. Then, as he was checking his screen and hum-ing to himself he said, ohh yes cholesterol, yours in high. I said yes but my HDL's and Trigs are all very good, so I am not taking your...

Hello All, Hope we are all well. My doctors and nurse both said to me, that Diabetics have weakened immune systems and can’t fight infections: e.g. where they will catch the common cold and any viral infections faster (just get ill quicker) than non-diabetics and they will heal more slowly...

Dear All, How are you all. I have a question, which is a little embarrassing and strange. My last Hba1c was 5.7% which i am told is good, before that it was 6.3%. But I seem to keep getting thrush (as a male its not good). Which I can't understand why I am getting this. I had it about 30...

Hello All, I have just done (10:10am) a BS test and got a 4.7mmol which is very good and all that. Now I know from what I have read on this forum and other books and internet that a level of 4.7mmol is not an hypo at all. But I feel really odd, light headed, no energy and my brain will just...

Hello All, Hope you are all well. How does Blood pressure tablets offer diabetics kidney protection. As from my personal view my BP is normal, but I am still told I must take Blood pressure medication, as it will protect my kidneys.. How does it do this? Cheers Simply_h

Hello All, Hope we are all well. I have just had my latest HBa1C back and its at 39 (5.7%) which put a big smile on my face, as now I am in the 5% Club..  The doctor told me I was now at non-diabetic level now… I still know I am diabetic like..lol. Anyway my next target is either less than...

Hello All, Hope we are all well and fighting the fight. When we low carb what is classed as good fats that work for us diabetics. I know trans-fats are not classed as NOT a good fat. How much fat should we be eating if we are say very low carbing (less than 30gram per day) opposed to say...

Hello All, I think I am loosing the battle against cholesterol. Here are my latest results June 2012 HDL 1.46 % LDL 5.7% Trigs 1.1% A total of 7.7, which I am told is really bad. For history below are my previous results. March 2012 HDL : 1.3 LDL : 5.3 Trig : 1.0 Nov 11 they where HDL –...

Hello All, I have been thinking and have more questions, aimed for TYPE 2's. 1. When does 1st phase insulin process start? 2. Does it start from the 1st mouth full of food or does it start from when food is processed by body. 3. How long does the 1st phase insulin response last for? 4. How...

Hello All, Dawn phenomenon – As type 2, how can we combat this natural occurrence? Is there anything we can do, to stop it having such a big effect on our blood sugars? As I can go from 5.5mmol up to 7.5mmol in the space of an hour and I will not have even eaten, not a breakfast person, so my...

Hello, Well went to bed with a lovely 4.8 mmol, ( ITS NORMALLY around 5.2 - 5.5mmol) woke up with a 7.1mmol... GUTTED.! I did wake up a lot later than normal, then had shower and thought i would test, i wished I had not bothered.! Anyway had single slice of brown bread with egss and bacon...