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Hello all, last Thursday I had my 3 monthly review with diabetic nurse who proudly announced my hba1c was 31 . She asked me how I was doing this as I had stopped metformin months ago, so I explained about Lchf and intermittent fasting, she appeared less than impressed. She then told me my...

Hello all Went to Drs today for my latest hba1c and pleased to announce it came in at 35, slightly up on last one but with all the stress I have had in the last 3 months I expected it to be higher. Receptionist loudly announced your not diabetic, so I loudly replied yes I am but control it...

Hello all. Feb 7th is the day I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic with a hba1c of 52, was put on 2 x 500 mg a day of metformin and sent away. At this point I was upset, angry and totally lost. Was never a big fan of sweets, biscuits and cake although I did like the odd bar of chocolate, ate a...

Hello all. Diagnosed type 2 in Feb and have been following Lchf diet ever since also take 2 x 500mg metformin twice a day. On Friday I went for the first blood test since diagnosis and am seeing dn on the 22nd. However I cannot wait that long so being proactive I have been to the surgery and...

Hello all Yet another diabetic dilemma. Was diagnosed type2 7th Feb 2017 ( not a day I will forget). Told to take metformin 2 500mg twice a day and left to get on with it. Have gone Lchf and lost 1 and 1/2 stone. The problem I am having is the need ( to put it politely) to pee all the time. I...

Was diagnosed T2 at the beginning of Feb hba1c 52 and put on to 2 x metformin twice a day (500mg). Told not to test bg and left to get on with it. Thankfully found this forum and straight away went Lchf, within a few weeks started to feel better and noticed bg levels were coming down( borrowed...

Hello all, am coming into the second month of being diagnosed type 2 and thought I had every thing under control. Went straight onto Lchf diet, have already lost 11lbs in weight have managed to go into ketosis and stay there and bg levels were averaging 5.9 and less. Have had eyes tested, and...

Hello. I was diagnosed as type 2 just over a month ago. After the initial shock I decided to take control, after all it's my life. GP put me on metformin 2 x 500mg a day and gave me a diet sheet for type 1 diabetics, he also put me on a high dose of vit d as I was low in that area. Needless to...