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After receiving a considerable amount of flak this afternoon and having to defend myself and what I have posted in good faith on three separate occasions, I have decided to quit. I can't beat (or be bothered with) the posting police any more. Since joining the forum I have tried to help, support...

Hi @Dmcc0 .. and welcome You have certainly made a good move coming here. Since joining this forum, the folks here have given me so much info, advice and support that I am now much more confident about the journey ahead. So ask your questions and be assured that you will receive the answers that...

Hi @Hotlic .. and welcome Assuming that you are diagnosed T2, you have certainly made a good move coming here. Since joining this forum, the folks here have given me so much info, advice and support that I am now much more confident about the journey ahead. So ask your questions and be assured...

Hi Folks .. Three monthly review today and I am pleased to let you know that my HbA1c was 34 Weight & BMI down : Cholesterol & trigs all good : Blood Pressure & Pulse stable (see sig block below for details) A huge thanks to everyone here for all the help, advice and support ..

Hi @Macgoo .. and welcome Re: your post on "What was your fasting Blood Sugar this morning" .. you have made a good move coming here. Since joining this forum the folks here have given me so much info, advice and support that I am now much more confident about the journey ahead. So ask your...

A rung higher on the low carb ladder ?? Pasta falling out of favour

Following on from my post of a few days ago I had my review today and .. my Diabetic Nursie was lovely. I told her I was committed to LCHF, 16:8 intermittent fasting and my daily exercise regime. Her response was simple "Well, it's obviously working so carry on doing whatever you're doing" ...

A few weeks ago I was given a formula for calculating HbA1C from average BG levels. I have applied this formula for the past two months (see my sig block). I was advised, though, by a number of folk on here (thanks all), that this would probably not match my subsequent lab-tested HbA1C reading...

I have my annual review with Diabetic Nursie on 25th but the results of my recent blood test for this appointment are now on-line .. so I have had a sneak peek. Compared with my numbers at diagnosis on Feb 7th, the results show: 7 Feb HbA1c 98 : Random BG 12.5 : Weight 106.1Kg : BMI 34 ...

Friday 12th May: Day 1 of my 2 day structured education course - "Diabetes and You" .. runs for 2 hours today and 2 hours on 19th. I'm not sure how much can be covered in 2 x 2 hour sessions .. but, hey, I go because that's what the letter from the "expert DB team" told me to do. So, 12 people...

Two recent articles (or new book plugs) by well-known doctors Muir Gray and Michael Mosley focus on pretty much the same thing, ie. Type 2 diabetes is largely self-inflicted. Gray wants to rename T2D as "walking deficiency syndrome" .. for Mosley, it's about being fat, "particularly around the...

From diagnosis on 7th Feb to readings on 4th April .. HbA1c : 98 down to 33 (calculated} BG : 12.5 down to 5.6 Weight : 106.1k down to 92.2k BP : 149/101 down to 121/74 Signature below tells the rest of my story .. a testament to my LCHF lifestyle, exercise and testing Huge and heartfelt...

Earlier today, looking for information to answer an interesting question from @wiseowl_123 , I found a post on the forum describing how HbA1c is calaculated from BG readings . This includes a converter which I have used to calculate my own readings as follows .. I have been testing my Fasting...

Received a letter today outlining the course - Diabetes and You - to which I have now been invited. I had been told that this would be happening but I wasn't really sure what to expect. Unfortunately, both the letter and the accompanying single page leaflet were pretty short on detail .. other...

Since my T2 diagnosis in Feb .. and a pretty steep learning curve into LCHF, 16.8 intermittent fasting, testing and eating to my meter, I have now completed my first full month of my new lifestyle. Here are my numbers to date ... At diagnosis 7 Feb 2017 HbA1c 98 : Random BG 12.5 : Weight 106.1k...

More material for the advocates of the High-Carb, Eat-well Plate doctrine .. Find out here why Carbs Really are Good for You Based on a study published in the Lancet (so it must be right) .. and linked to the sale of his new book .. the author shows us how to become one of the "Mindspan Elite"...

Had first appointment with Dietician today. She's a lovely young lady and seems to be keen and knowledgable. Just a shame that her knowledge was not particularly relevant to me. She spent about 20 minutes, with a beautiful coloured diagram, explaining all the do's and dont's of the "Eat Well...

Hi Folks, I guess this may have been asked (and answered) previously but I'm wondering why we have two separate forum threads that seem to be asking the same thing. 1. what was your fasting blood glucose number this am 2. type 2s what was your fasting blood glucose in a morning It isn't my...

I had a feeling that today was going to a good day .. and how right I was .. ;) Following on from the saga of my cancelled appointment with the DN and my first appointment with my Doc, I'm pleased to say that today, it all went the other way .. BOOOOOM!! I had an appointment with another Doc...

Hi Folks, There is a lot of debate on this forum about whether or not Type 2 diabetes can be reversed. This has been highlighted with the recent study claiming that T2 can be reversed in just 10 weeks by following an LCHF diet (thanks to @Mbaker for bringing this to our attention) If, as many...