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Hi Folks, I joined this forum about 6 months ago and I thought I would update on my success. I went to the DSN there in Nov/Dec and had my HBA1C taken and my weight. Thanks to the people here for advocating carb reduction I have restricted myself to a diet of 120 carbs per day but they can be...

Hey, I am wondering - Why does the Doctor not prescribe Insulin to a Type 2 diabetic with good control to allow their pancreas a rest or to at the very least reduce the blood sugar with a small long acting dose? I have fairly good control but I am aware that my levels still get up as high as 7...

Hi Folks, There seems to be this year a massive number of successes in Diabetic cures and I believe with the Crispr being able to modify all cells that we might just have a chance of us all being cured. Heres something promising ...

Hey Folks, Went to my First Appointment with the Dietician she was a young girl early 30s and she started asking What type of Diet are you on presently. I said that I was on LCHF and she looked at me as if I had two heads. I explained to her that given that I am 29 years old and will live...

Hey, Im 29 and have T2D for 9 months now I know its hard and its difficult but perhaps if I met some people here who we could encourage one another and just be general friends would be awesome. I am a computer programmer by trade so its not a shock that T2D would come to me but I am sad by it...

Hey Folks, Although this is not an HBA1C result I did get other tests. Calcium, Phosphate, B12 and Foliate == Normal CBC == Normal Cholestorol == 3.44 LDL == 1.1 Ferritin == Normal 67 I was (Iron) == 6 Level and 7.1 Saturation Now (Iron) == Normal! I was anxious after reading about kidney...

Hi Folks, My HBA1C was 55 in March and to be honest I kind of brought it on myself when the Doctor told me it was 48/46 I thought to call his bluff that I was diabetic so I consumed lots and lots of sugary foods and drinks for a period of about 6 months between the first HBA1C and the second...

Hi all I posted about this before yesterday I had strawberries and chocolate in a cup from a chocolate fountain at a fair event I was at yesterday My 1.5 hour was 5.3 from 4.8 resting what the heck I've notced so breads shoot like a rocket but chocolate stays relatively constant could it be...

Hey Folks, This looks promising, They are currently in Clinical Trials in the US so heres hoping this will be one of many cures. Interestingly lots of research is being done in diabetes because its such a problem now that even putting a cure at a high price point or a recurring pill it has...

Hi Folks, Ive have been using CodeFree for a while now and Ive been getting readings in the 5s to 6s I then decided to buy the AccuChek Avia and run the tests at the same time. So far the AccuChek seems more stable with blood sugars being 0.1 0.2 different across several tests / fingers Where...

Hi Folks, Can someone please share with me what cures there are for T2 people under way. I know lots of movement is affecting T1 patients but T2 becoming a global problem what cures are there in the pipeline? What community trials and has anyone been cured by the means of Surgery or a...

Hi Folks, I ran out of Code Free test strips but I kept two open in the little packet where I keep my lancelets as a spare 2 just encase. This morning I tested using both of them and the results came out at 17.2 and 23.4 I paniked considering last night I was sitting at 5.2 - I went to my...

What the heck tonight like a guy who is completely blind one missing a leg and the other missing toes. To say I'm traumatised is an understatement though from what I've read 95%+ of retinopathy can be treated if caught early enough Like what on earth! Edited by mod to remove offensive language

Hi Folks, I went to the Doctor this morning to ask about getting a referal to the Diabetic Eye Clinic in Northern Ireland. He laughed and said I don't need to go there and only if I noticed fluid inside my eye. I said but what about the screening. He said they run the screening once per year...

Hi Folks, I have been reading about the Artifical Pancreas but how does it differ from the Pump. It appears the Pump is an older technology? But searching for them both on the internet yield the same device? My brother in law is T1 and he said that he does not like the pump but is waiting...

Hey Folks, It feels like I am kind of alone on this forum and having T2 at 29 seems rather young to me and I am in need of some encouragement perhaps a buddy / friend who we can encourage one another e.g. pen pals. I think having it at 29 means I will have it a very long time. How long have...

Hi Folks, Sounds like a ridiculous question but Metformin works on the Liver and Insulin provides additional stuffs to break down sugar. My big question is that why would the Doctor put you on a second pill that pushes the Pancreas to work harder thus burning it out vis using insulin to give...

Hi Folks, I decided to say to my self screw it and eat about 3/4 of an Easter egg I was given. (72 carbs (100% sugar)) Heres my bloods 5.8 Basal 7.1 (30 Minutes after eating0 5.8 (90 Minutes) I took a Metformin 500mg around 10 minutes before I started eating. My question is why is there no...

Hi folks, I am T2 as you all know but my partner is not a T2 so I am wondering what type of Diet we can both share. I would love to go to Keto Diet however it would be unfair on her to push her towards the same style of meals. On a side note for a Sunday Roast what do you guys have?

Hi Folks, Does it stand to reason that if I did not eat for long enough my blood sugar level would reach zero? For some reason I have been on around 100 cals per day and my fasting is around 5.6 and about 6.4 - 2 hours post meals. I have even gone as far as eating only two meals per day now...