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I was delighted to be prescribed a libre 2 device but keep knocking out the sensors. I almost never keep a sensor in place for the 2 weeks it is supposed to last. Just had someone bu.p into my arm in a supermarket, damaged the sensor and it has only been in for 2 days. They send a replacement...

Hello, I use insulin and am lucky enough to have a Libre 2 device which means that I have a round sensor on my upper arm. The problem is that it is now obvious that I am diabetic and now I cannot get a decent massage because they have been taught at college that diabetics "bruise easily" so...

Having been a type 2 diabetic for 11 years, I suffered a bout of pancreatitis and some sort of kidney problem in late November which resulted in me being put in the ICU in an induced coma for 10m days and then another 12 days in hospital. I have from the start had very high triglyceride...

This is a very interesting article, but it states that one should entirely give up bread, pasta , rice, potatoes and sweet stuff. It does not say what level of carbs low carb means, though. My GP has told me to stay under 130g of carb a day which means that I CAN eat a little of the banned items...

Hello everyone - i am a little confused having read the info on this website regarding a ketogenic diet. It advises no more than 50g of protein per day - it is such a tiny amount, shouldn't it be at each meal? Wouldn't 50g be something like one egg per day?

Just had a panicky phone call from my surgery following a blood test this morning. Apparently my triglycerides level has risen to 44.8 (it should be about 1.7.) Anyone else experienced such a high level? I am eating healthily - lots of fresh food and trying to keep the carbs down, losing weight...

Went to see a new doctor at my GP practice today about another matter and started talking about my type 2 diabetes. I was gobsmacked when she asked me if I knew about eating low carb and then recommended that I try the 800 calorie a day diet for 8 weeks in order to reverse my diabetes! I have...

Last Saturday I had a gastric band fitted privately because I was unable (after years of trying) to lose weight or to get my blood glucose readings down to below about 7. Low carbing simply didn't work for me - I was unable to fast for any length of time due to the horrendous migraines that...

I am hoping that someone can explain to me why my bg readings are lower if I test soon after eating - e.g. within half an hour. I understand that we should test 2 hours after eating when I find that they have risen as expected - what mechanism causes the drop? p.s. - after 6 years with type 2...

I am being pressed to join Slimming World with friends who already attend because they say that there is a new diet especially for type 2 diabetics that has been designed in conjunction with Diabetes UK! Has anyone experienced this diet? I left Slimming World when they abolished the Original...

Hello everyone I have 2 different test meters and test strips, an Aviva and Code Free. Thais morning I took my bg usinf the Aviva meter and it was 7.8 woooh very pleased as I have been only down to 20g carb per day since Monday! Something prompted me to repeat the reading using my Code Free...

I have been browsing the forum this am and realised that I am not eating enough fat and probably too many carbs, However, I don't know how to eat 80% fat. I eat two eggs scrambled and fried in a knob of butter with a slice of ham for breakfast, a large salad with hm coleslaw for lunch and a...

Just a quick question this time - I am definitely excreting ketones (urine stick goes a nice purple colour) so why am I still hungry for my meals? I understood that you didn't feel hunger when in ketosis?

I have been low carbing for some time now. Last November, my bg was so low (under 7 in the mornings) that GP was discussing taking me off meds altogether! Two things then happened - GP reduced Metformin by half (down to 1g a day) and after Christmas I got a horrible flu-type cold which lasted...

I have been low carbing very successfully - indeed, I was recently able to post my success in having my gp reduce my metformin! However, since just before the new year I have had a cold and then developed a dreaful chesty cough. I am still eating low carb but my blood test results are very high...

In 2011 catherinecherub wrote an excellent post which started "I know that some Type 2's have a hard time because they think that because they are overweight that they brought this on themselves." She then gives a link to a very useful article and I quote "While type 1 diabetes is caused by an...

Just had to share this with everyone - just had a 6 month HBa1c result, down to 48 from (55 six months ago) and GP has reduced my Metformin dose. I have been low(ish) carbing for a few months, not very strictly as I have been eating Finn Crisp daily but I have cut out bread, potatoes, rice...

Having been told (5) years ago that I had to fast for an Hba1c test, I have just been informed by the receptionist (and she went away and checked this apparently) that I no longer have to fast for this test! If this is true, I wish they had told me sooner, but is this now general? I have always...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829823?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=208445FV This is an interesting article - perhaps it is old hat to some but it is the first time that I have come across an environmental link with developing diabetes.

Hi - I keep reading about this - I too seem to get higher blood glucose readings in the morning than the night before (I buy my own test strips and test at least twice a day.) One night I couldn't sleep so did a bg reading every time I went to the bathroom - I found that my blood glucose went up...