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    Feeling ashamed

    Hey Lily, what a great thing you have done by putting this feeling into words. It draws an echo in many, judging by the supportive replies. It has been one of the great scandals of our last 50 years how the 'diabetes epidemic' has been encouraged by wrong advice, guilt should be laid at the door...
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    High morning readings

    As I say in my comment the idea that one's own body may have a (poorly understood) reason for boosting glucose levels is simply my own surmise. The study that shows medication may be more harmful than a higher hba1c (up to around 10) is the Accord study...
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    High morning readings

    I was invited to follow up the reference my dn gave me to the Accord study. I did so and it was clear that the low hba1c targets might not be worth aiming for if more and harsher drugs were needed to achieve them. The work of Dr Jason Fung also shows that the benefits of lowering hba1c levels...
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    Feeling cold when it's not cold

    I have just started insulin - my blood sugar is way lower than it has been for years and some ways that feels better. I have LADA and had got thin recently, but until I started the insulin had no problem with temp control and having been extensively blood profiled, no thyroid problem has emerged...
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    Weight gain after starting insulin

    The whole calories/weight/fat paradigm is becoming outdated now and clearly this person has not been devouring 3.500 calories a day over her needs and the new insulin regime is affecting fluid balance as the body restores what it has lost through a disordered and sugar over-loaded bloodstream...
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    High morning readings

    So many people do seem to have this high BG first thing. It is attributed to the liver providing a glucose boost during the night (unless midnight feasting!) and as such I see it as a natural way that the body protects itself. Known as dawn phenomenon, it is not well understood, like so many...
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    Is my blood glucose attracted to 8mmol/L?

    I think this question of why your liver adjusts BG to 10 day after day, regardless of bedtime levels is crucial. I read that a BG of 6 or seven represents around 5g total of glucose in a whole body. So if you ate even 30g of carbs total, and you might on occasion have consumed eg 100g of sugar...
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