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I am two years and seven months into my diabetic journey, and have lost two stone over that time, bringing my weight to normal levels for my height, and putting my medication (Metformin) to only one per day over the last year. I feel well, eat low carb, and rarely experience my only ever...

Okay ... so I cannot have ice-cream to cool me down in the hot weather ... but I CAN have ice cold plain yogurt, mixed with double cream and yummy sweet British Strawberries and Raspberries! Mmmmm But has anyone tried maybe blending this all together and trying to freeze into ice-cream, as I'm...

I have just seen on my local news that supplies of B Negative blood are running out. I am B Negative and did used to give blood in my 20's, but I am now wondering if I can put myself forward to donate, with having a rare blood group that is being sought? Does having Diabetes Type 2 prevent my...

I see many posts where in the write up the person will say they are in remission. Yes ... I do know what that means ... but how do you know when you ARE in remission? Is it by a certain number that you get regularly when doing a fasting blood test or is it something else? I would really like...

Do most of you still eat if you don't feel hungry? I had my usual breakfast ... a little later than normal for me .. at about 8.15. Then I did intend to cook something for lunch, but ended up with a few nuts and a piece of cheese. It is now about five hours since then but I really don't feel...

I had a greek salad of plum tomatoes, salad leaves, feta cheese and black olives. Never eaten it before ... and when I tested after an hour and a quarter (eary with it being a new food) I had gone up to 8 !!! I thought salads were okay? Does anyone else have an idea why my bg levels spiked?

I have tried almost every online British supermarket ... trying to get Full Fat Greek Yoghurt but they all say No full fat ... and begin to show me ll fat free ones!!! H E L P ???

Does anyone know if taking these little drinks (to lower LDL) are okay for we diabetics? I am just curious as my non-diabetic friend lowered her cholesterol within 5 weeks with then

Following a discussion yesterday with other forum members, I took the bull by the horn (well... sounds dramatic) and I missed breakfast for the very first time ... not eating until 1.45pm. My blood glucose just prior to the meal was 4.6 ... NEVER seen a 4 before! and I have tested .. out of...

I have one of those Diabetic Tape Measures ... you know ... the ones with Asian on the one side and European on the other. I find that it never seems to shift out of the 'pink' zone ... although I'm never in the red zone. According to that, it seems I need to lose an inch and a half to clear the...

I saw my DN at the end of last month and she mentioned that my cholesterol was high ... when in fact it was down from last visit a year ago. At that visit it was 7 but this time it was 5.86. I asked for a copy of results, and what she wrote down was ... HDL - 1.63 LDL - 3.79 It wasn't until...

I am somewhat confused by the question "What were your fasting blood sugar levels this morning" Does this mean taking a test while still in bed, and before doing anything?

Today I took my waist measurement ... 32 inches, so right on the borderline I was 30 inches this time last year, and weighed 10 lbs less, and I want the best advice out there for getting back to my Summer 2016 weight of 9st 7lbs. I've had a difficult '2017' emotion-wise, with two family losses...

Hi everyone. I haven't posted on here for a while as I've been trying a 'reverse your diabetes' site and trying to eat loads of fat, and less protein. It has been a disaster!!! I've put on 10 lbs ... even though my blood glucose readings haven't risen too much ... I'd say from about 6.3...

I thought I had gotten the hang of eating correctly (after so much trial and error) and my BG results are mainly in the 6's, but then I took a look on a site all about reversing diabetes, and almost everything I said I was now eating is 'apparently' wrong! According to them I shouldn't be eating...

Can diabetics eat Tapas?

I know this sounds silly but I have ten fingers yet can only get blood out of one! No matter how high I turn my lancing device to, I can't draw blood from any of my fingers other than my left hand little finger (which oozes out easily and quickly!!! I keep trying my ring finger and it does...

I've known that I had Type 2 for almost a year and a quarter now ... was immediately put onto 3 Metformin per day, immediately lost my appetite for all the sweet and chocolatey things, and went down (without really noticing) from 11 stone to 9st 7lbs! However, four months ago I had my Metformin...

My year with diabetes type 2 has resulted in a lot of changes, but perhaps the most upsetting ... as a woman ... is my hair falling out in handfuls during last Summer ( which is when I noticed it first. Has anyone else had this happen, and do you think it IS the actual diabetes itself, or could...

I have had a dreadful shock to find that someone special to me has suddenly died, and it has completely thrown me off my track over the last few days with eating. I'm forgetting to test ... forgetting to eat sensibly ... feeling so out of sorts. I cannot seem to take in this awful news and of...