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  1. Swiggy

    C-peptide test result and a chat with my GP

    Thanks@searley, when I mentioned that I had a cyst on my pancreas as a child the GP suggested the c-peptide test just in case.
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    C-peptide test result and a chat with my GP

    Thanks @oldgreymare I will keep on with the low carb and try a few walks around the block. I may try the Metformin, a helping hand might do me good. There's no way I will go down the surgery route and the Orlistat side effects sound worse than the Metformin ones.
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    C-peptide test result and a chat with my GP

    I have just had a chat with my GP about my latest results. Hba1c 61, unchanged for last 12 months. It was 143 at diagnosis so I have done well on low carb, just not well enough. C-peptide high at 1791. I don't know how I feel about this. Doc didn't know why that test was done as they know...
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Thanks @Fenn . Yes I'm finding it very frustrating. I'm really sticking to lchf and enjoying it but I would enjoy it even more if my weight and blood sugars were moving in the right direction.
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Thanks@KK123. I'm going to pick the blood forms up from the surgery this week and I will have the test as soon as possible after that. I haven't tested for keystones for ages, I bought a tub of urine strips about three years ago and they went out of date.
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Thanks @LittleGreyCat
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Thank you @Mbaker this sounds very interesting. I'd miss cheese so much but I'm happy to try.
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Update. hba1c 69, very disappointed but expected as I monitor after every meal. Weight loss 8lbs not good after year of lchf. LDL 3.4 HDL 1.0 Triglycerides 1.2 Doc didn't want to give me the figures but I pestered her for them. I have no idea how to interpret them. Good news is that...
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Thanks @Daibell. I didn't even know it had been a serious problem until I filled in a medical form when I started a new job and had to get the GP to sign it.
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Thanks@Daibell. I'm not slim and I have only lost 5lbs in 14 months of low carbing. I was having cream in my coffee but I cut that out because I thought it was the calories from the cream that was preventing weight loss. My sugar levels never went below 8 but they rarely went above 10 for a...
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Thank you @AloeSvea. Thanks @rosemaree. A few people on the forum have mentioned insulin resistance which will improve in time with low carbing. I'm just being impatient I suppose, I have stuck to my new way of eating religiously and I'm just not seeing the results I expected. I don't post...
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    C-peptide and circulating insulin tests

    Well after more than a year of low carb diet, less than 50g a day my hba1c is 61 and I've lost 5lbs. At diagnosis my hba1c was 143 and I've reduced it without any medication. My GP has referred me for C-peptide and circulating insulin tests. Forum members have encouraged me to keep going and...
  13. Swiggy

    Let's play a positivity game...

    Having a place to ask questions without worrying that I will look stupid. X
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    Advice about increasing calcium while on low carb diet

    Thanks Brunnaria, my GP is very supportive of my efforts and I am sure that I will be able to get my vitamin D tested. Do you think that a multi vitamin tablet for 50+ would be a good idea? I know that prevention is better than cure but my spine is normal so maybe I will be able to reverse the...
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    Advice about increasing calcium while on low carb diet

    Ooh I bet I'll find it in my local Morrison's, thanks Iessci
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    Advice about increasing calcium while on low carb diet

    I will ask the butcher if he stocks oxtail, I like Heinz oxtail soup but I doubt that that will be as beneficial.
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    Advice about increasing calcium while on low carb diet

    Thanks JohnEGreen, I will ask.