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So I switched to LCHF over the course of January, and the past couple of weeks have added some fasting as well. I am determined now to maintain my weight at a much lower level, and if it is humanly possible, to put my type 2 diabetes into remission and keep it there. Neither of these will be...

I’ve had T2 for more than 25 years, currently on metformin and Trulicity. Over 10 years ago I lost a ton of weight and got off all medication, and HbA1C stayed in the prediabetic range for a few months. Unfortunately I couldn’t keep it up. About 8 years ago I tried again with LCHF, then keto...

OK, potted history. T2 over 25 years, on metformin most of that time, other drugs off and on (depending on the state of my diet and weight, basically - I have issues with binge and compulsive eating, I am never going to be thin). Have been happily on Trulicity for 5 years. Last year HbA1C was...

I’ve been diagnosed with T2 for 26 years. Been on metformin over 20 years and Trulicity for 5 years. Annual review last month and HbA1C had gone from 56 the previous year to 71. No significant change to weight, diet or exercise, but I had been started on a statin the year before. My...

I have always been very overweight/obese (I have issues with compulsive/binge eating) and was diagnosed T2 at the age of 34. I am now 60. After a couple of years of adequate control through diet, I was put on metformin, so have been on that more than 20 years. I have lost and regained weight...

OK, very brief history. I was diagnosed with T2 aged 34, I am now 60. I have a long history of weight cycling through alternately strict dieting and binge eating. I no longer “diet” as it presses all the wrong buttons mentally. I periodically have periods of eating better and doing more...

I’m interested to know how you’ve got on. What has happened to side effects.... appetite.... and weight? Has anyone come off it.... and been able to maintain a lower weight without it? What has happened to your BG.

Quick backstory: T2D for 20 years but also a binge eater, so I have had my ups and downs with control, been on various types and levels of medication depending on how well I was controlling my diet. Discovered low carb 2.5 years ago and did really well for a year - losing 4 stone and having...

Uh oh! Just started my fifth Libre Sensor, and after the first couple of scans, it is now reading 3.6, repeatedly. Dodgy sensor? Just had lunch and don't feel low (metformin only, so shouldn't be) - finger prick says 5.9. I put it on yesterday evening, so it had had 18 hours before starting it...

On BBC2 right now - a programme arguing that many more surgeries for weight loss should be carried out, and that prejudice against obese people is a barrier. First patient they showed is T2D, and the morning after surgery his BG was between 5 and 6 (they didn't tell us what it was before). He...

The tweet from diabetes.co.uk announcing the updated low carb program attracted an incredulous response from someone who is actually a vocal advocate of low carb for T2. He suggested the figure of 1.8m kg lost was an April Fool. I responded that it worked out at 9kg lost per participant, in line...

I'm wondering if anyone has any insight into the following.... I don't know whether to be excited or scared. Apologies for long post, please scroll over if not interested, but I'm hoping someone will be able to respond. Maybe the very knowledgeable @Brunneria I've had T2D for 19 years and...

Because one glucose meter is never enough..... If you have either of the above, plus a different sort of meter, do you see one reading consistently higher or lower than the other? My Libre is telling me my numbers are excellent (apart from the leek and potato soup at lunchtime) - but I...

My first sensor expires approx 11.30 tomorrow. I'm going to attach the new sensor tonight so it's got a while to settle. But do I start it 1030, so it's ready to take over at 11.30. Or, once I've started it, will the reader stop listening to the old Sensor anyway, so there's a missing hour no...

... would include all the features of the devices I currently use, plus more. It would: - be implantable, like a contraceptive implant, in a 30-second procedure - measure glucose like a Freestyle Libre and activity like a Fitbit - have a mitochondrial power system, so it would use glucose to...

Squeal of excitement.... I've had a Freestyle Libre attached to me for, oh, 9 hours now and have already scanned it a gazillion times. But the purpose of this post is to ask what people's experiences are of how the sensor performs for the first 24 hours? I did find several posts about this...

I've had a hunt through the documentation - and I can't find anything that tells me what the expected accuracy of this meter is. Can anyone help?

Considering getting some of these - to use with Android phone. For those of you who've been using it a while: 1) what is your recent experience of delivery time after ordering? 2) how well does the predicted A1C match what you get from your lab tests? 3) Do you alternate arms when you change...

Some background. I've been overweight since I was 8, obese since my teens. Obviously I tried many times to lose weight.... sometimes successfully.... never kept it off. Diagnosed T2 in 1998, aged 34. My all-time high weight was 22 stone at 5'7". A few years ago I took up exercise and started...

I went to HomeHealth UK to order some more test strips as I was running low. Bad news - they have gone up to £7.69 for 50, a 10% increase :-( Good News - the discount code works - 264086 gives you 20% off when you buy 250 strips (which comes as 5 packs of 50). There's also a code if you buy 10...