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My cholesterol has incresed not as drastically as yours but i was following a similar diet. ive decided to sod it all and eat normally again. i bet my cholesterol comes down again.

It's that time of year again, christmas round the corner, car packs in, early mornings and dark evenings, money worries and the dishes need doing. just seems as if things get on top of you a bit. then you get a bug,feel ill :sick: and have to go to work or lose out on the money to pay for...

I have noticed its rather clunky or loose feeling. ive moved from a freestyle optium which was fine. but i have now sent off for a free stylish :oops: wallet and a wall charger for it.

Just received my new contour USB blood glucose monitor. lovely lady asked a few questions regarding my older monitor and got me one sent 1st class. it's nice. as they say up here "shy bairns get nowt" :thumbup:

Lost another Pound! woo! :D on a bad note my HbA1c result came in at 90? not sure what that means to be perfectly honest. but my nurse whacked my meds up because of it. :thumbdown:

WOO! keep it up, i weigh myself again on friday see how thats going. lost 5lb so far myself.

Gliclazide 50mg (i think), 1 tablet per day. metformin didnt agree with me at all.

Just as an update to this, im now finding that 2 hrs after my meal today ( i eat funny times due to work ) that by blood levels are dipping low (3.7, 3.9 and 4.0 today) am i cutting too much out? i dont feel too bad maybe just a swoon here and there.

I shall have to research into this!! :D i'll get some sugar free angel delight and try it out!

Cheers for the replies, makes total sense now that ive looked into what you described as atkins flu. still going well with the diet and discovering new stuff like Greek yogurt! with strawberries yum! also devouring tons of salads and spicing up with some dressings etc. also feeling a bit...

Hiey guys, after the kick up the bum off the doctor i've been on a low carb diet (with some help from you guys) and i'm finding im feeling shaky etc like i'm a bit hypo but my readings tend to be "normal" levels i.e today its 5.7 on my meter as we speak 3 hrs after my meal, but it has been...

As an update, i saw my doctor then a diabetes nurse, all very helpful. i have changed tablets to Gliclazide and have a monitor now. hopefully i can progress forward with these. she did sayhowever that a side effect can be weight GAIN through larger appetite. this is my only worry as im a large...

Awesome replies. Great advice from you all. I'll be asking my doctor for a meter when I go on Friday. And I just have to train my missus to buy the different foods. Thanks again.

hi all, type 2 diabetic here, been diagnosed since Dec 2010, been on metformin since around october 2011. thought i'd say hi and stuff. loads of good reading on here, similar experiences. recently had an issue with diarhea (or however its spelt) and ive been taken off metformin for a...