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I’m almost thinking Levemir didn’t work at all for me. Considering I used to take 65 units at bedtime, and in the morning my readings were still between 8-10. I didn’t take any Tresiba today. Am going to go down to 15 units and if have to go up by 2 every 4 days. I don’t want to go off it...

I should also mention, I have not changed my diet or exercise since being on Trisiba. I did gain 3kg since being on it. I’m 46.

My doctors have guessed that I’ve had diabetes for 10-15 years prior to being diagnosed. Due to diabetes I now am at almost stage 4 kidney disease, have to get eye injections every 8 months. As for novorapid. Say I’m about to eat 30 grams of net carbs. I would normally take 4 units of insulin...

Ok, so I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a bit over 4 years ago and was put on insulin. I was prescribed Levemir as long lasting insulin and novorapid for fast acting insulin. My last A1C was 11.8%. At that point I was taking 65 Units of Levemir and 2 units of Novorapid per 15g of carbs. My...

I’m 44 and sometimes they use the drops and sometimes they don’t. The drops aren’t as bad as some people think. Worst thing about them is the light sensitivity afterwards for a few hours.

My BS always start off very high in the day. At bedtime (5-6 hours after eating) they are usually in the 6-7 range.

I was diagnosed in July 2017. At that time my A1C was 13.8%. I saw and endocrinologist who diagnosed me with type 2. I was put straight on metformin and insulin. I’m 44 years old. I only eat once a day at supper time. Usually have some kind of meat, dark green vegetables with butter and salt on...

I should also mention that I’m type 2. My A1C after 4 months (September) was 6%. Have to do another one soon. It’s been about 2 months now with horrible blood readings.

So I’ve been on a keto diet for almost 8 months. At first, my blood sugars were great. I did only loose 15 lbs in all this time. My total carbs per day I keep under 20g. My protein intake is moderate. My total calories around 1500 a day. My diet hasn’t changed much at all in the almost 8 months...

I have the same problem with my mother. I always get the “a little bit won’t hurt” or there is no sugar in this, or it’s honey it’s not sugar, it’s good for you. I’m on a keto diet, so no carbs are good, but she doesn’t understand. Well, now she does a little. Last time I visited I gave in and...

I do have a doctors appointment on the 29th and have to get blood work done before my appointment with the endocrinologist on September 10th. I haven’t told my doctor about me being on a keto diet yet, so hopefully she will have some advice and maybe additional tests for blood work. My last...

Hi Derek, how do they properly assess bp? What are u&e blood tests?

I’ve been in the keto diet for just over 2 months now. My average calorie intake a day is around 1300 calories. So far I may have lost 2 pounds, if even that. I’m not very overweight. I’m 5’7, 170 lbs and do have quite a bit of muscle. My blood sugars range anywhere from low 5’s to low 8’s. I...

Just an update. It’ll be 2 month since I started the keto diet and have been off insulin completely. The odd time after eating I get a bg reading in the low 8’s. The highest so far has been 8.4. I did cheat on my diet last weekend when I had to go to a wedding. Surprisingly though, even though...

Most my problems started about 6 days after I stopped metformin. Not sure how long it takes to completely leave your body

Not sure. I don’t think I had adapted to being in ketosis. My heart rate even at rest was near 100 bpm and didn’t have a blood pressure reading under 159/90. Now that my blood sugars are high and I don’t think I’m in ketosis anymore my blood pressure is 121/70 and my heart rate is down to 68...

My blood pressure has come way down though. Weird how when my blood sugars go up, my blood pressure comes down.

My keto diet hasn’t been going so great the past 3 days, especially today. Was very busy and out all day and hungry as I hadn’t eaten anything so went to the store and thought I would just get a coleslaw. It didn’t have any ingredients etc on it but thought it would just be a vinegary dressing...

Up until last Friday things were going extremely well. I didn’t have any bg readings over 7, and my fasting bg was in the low 5’s for over a week. Friday I started feeling very nauseous and light headed and did some research and found I could be lacking salt and be dehydrated. So for 2 days I...

I do add quite a bit of salt to everything. And I did buy some urine ketone test strips. They always come back with moderate ketone levels. I know they aren’t as accurate as the blood testing, but it some indicator that ketones are present. My gf tried the strips and hers came back negative(...