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Hi all, I haven't posted in this forum for a long while, but I have finally - after years of struggling with trying to get tested - been diagnosed with MIDD (Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness - I think they put diabetes first in the name... so I got the title wrong!)). So if you are...

I know this year's been crazy but just called my doctor's surgery to schedule my annual review in case they forgot and was told I'd have a virtual appointment and the nurse would evaluate if I needed bloods taken. I've been diagnosed type 2 for four years with them and last HBA1C was 55, but not...

I saw someone alluding to this on a different post and realised I don’t know the answer. Is it a cause or an effect? Or both. And how do you minimise it? I have been asked dozens of times since teenagerhood whether I am pregnant. Because I look it, always, exercise or no exercise. I’m a short...

I've been kind of confused recently as my general BG results have been higher than usual, about 1.5 - 2 mmol higher. I've been very low carb recently, so I've been flummoxed on how to keep reducing carbs when there's nothing much to take out. I'd started to be resigned to the idea that I just...

I just visited a friend in Germany and had sort of pre-planned in my head that this is a holiday and I deserved a week of slightly more relaxed eating of German things. But, we told my friend I'd be low-carbing where necessary. And she was a star and didn't bat an eyelid, and found me special...

Just back from my GP appointment. Jul 2017 HBA1C 89 (because overload of biscuits (my self-diagnosis)) Nov 2017 HBA1C 76 (addition of exercise, reduction in biscuits) Feb 2018 HBA1C 48 (Christmas. But then 2 months LCHF and meter readings and ...ahem... less exercise) So happy with progress...

Grrrr. Had HBA1C done this morning. GAD test was ordered but not done at last blood draw, so GP said he'd add it on to the next 3-month review. It wasn't even on the blood draw order this time. When I asked the nurse why, she said I can ask the GP when I see him... in 3 weeks.... it'll by then...

I am naturally a sloth. But a reasonable weight, so I could be mistaken for a non-sloth. I do the walk/pick up from school, which is 50 min walking a day. And that is my exercise covered. However, I went for a 25 min run yesterday lunchtime - though it could have looked like a jog and there...

There's a similar thread just posted, so sorry for the repeat, but I'm not on meds and not having high carb breakfasts, so I didn't want answers to get confused. I've had a meter for a week, but been following general low-ish carb diet for about a month (40-80g normally). Testing pre meal/2hrs...

For those of you who had diabetes in the 1980s/1990s, how well could it be controlled? My mum had type 1 diabetes, and sadly passed away 20 years ago, from what we've always described as a stroke caused by diabetic complications when travelling abroad and flight/time differences/jet...

I've realised I need to be more controlled with my diet than I have been and actually count carbs instead of just avoiding pasta and eating brown bread instead of white. Is there a certain number to start at to work my way into it and not go 'cold turkey' (excuse the festive pun...!)? I don't...

... any good recipes/foods? I've been only vaguely sticking to a carb counting diet, but after recent dr visit have realised I need to do much more. Right when the holiday season begins :( I've never actually included Christmassy foods (so all of December) in low carb thoughts. Need advice on...

This is possibly the most basic question of all, but I don't understand the fasting testing numbers I was told by my GP. I'm 40 yrs old, 5ft, 51 kg, cholesterol/blood pressure normal, no diabetes symptoms, and UK numbers mean nothing to me, as I'm used to a US system. I have a family history of...