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im just trying to eat healthy and trying to keep weight on. Ive been having bacon and eggs for breakfast, mid morning snack about 10 or so carbs, sandwich for lunch, snack in afternoon, chicken, veg and about 40g of carb and snack mid evening. about 100 or so carbs a day. I have only been...

I was told that my c-peptide is normal as are my insulin levels. I am eating about 120 carbs aday - prob about 2000 cals but still loosing weight. My endo says that i need to eat more but cant as it is raising my levels? She says therefore I need insulin so I can eat more. I have lost so...

Hi Guys My results for c peptide have come back as 622 and insulin at 7.6 range 3.0 - 17.0 Im still loosing weight and my endo thinks its because I cant eat enough and i should go on insulin. Im feeling v tired but I thought that if i was making insulin I didnt need it. HELP ME PLEASE - so...

Hi guys Returned from addenbrookes and def type 2 but as I'm still loosing weight they want to change my meds reduced metformin to 1000 and added januvia 50 - is this a good drug - took first one today and have headache and upset tum - guess it will sort it self out - is any one else on it ??????

Whoops press submit by mistake - I am 43 - does this sound like you - desperate for some advice as weight loss is scaring me

Hi guys I am sending this out to all you thin type 2s out there. I was diagnosed with type 2 8 weeks ago and I'm on 1000 metformin with breakfast and 500 with dinner both SR. I have bmi of 22 and no matter what I eat - still keeping my bs under control 6 - 7 I am loosing weight - I have no...

Hi Guys I was diagnoised as type 2 about 16 weeks ago and told to control it with diet. Ended up loosing one stone and with sugars of 17 and 4 plus keytones and in hospital. The Endo there thought I was going to be type one or lada - they kept me in hospital for a few days and gave me...

Thank you all so much for all of this great advice

Wow - so my high levels before being diagnosed caused this. So at the moment i am 58 kg but would like to be about 62 kg so that is the protein sorted but how do i work out the fat ??? Does everyones cholesterol improve then as their levels get lower ???

So can anyone give me some advise on how to test

my bayer contour machine gave me 4 readings today of 9.0 6.6 7.5 and 8.4 one after the other. Assummed it must be my machine faulty so went to chemist and bought a roche one accu-chek aviva nano and then tested on both. My bayer one said 7.6 and this new one said 9.5 ???? omg does that mean...

Thanks guys since i have been on this dose of metformin for 5 weeks my bloods have been 6 and 7 fasting and two hours after. Does cholesterol test give you an average over 3 months or is it a snap shot of the day it was taken. If it is an average then it would be taking into account my high...

I am just starting to get my head around being diabetic (44 bmi of 22 and was very fit - they thought i was lada or type 1 but i dont have any antibodies and my insulin is in normal range so im being refered to addenbrookes for more tests) and being on metformin 1000 in morning and 500 with...

I Was diagnosed in July and I am struggling to get my head around this - I feel like my life is over - that I am going to get all of these horrible complications and if I don't test my blood all the time my levels are going to go very high. Normally I am a very practical person but I can't seem...

Sorry new to this but just looked up sugar free Crusha and it said it had 9gm carb per 25ml of syrup ?????

Thank you so much - it all seems so confusing - I feel a bit like my like my life will never be good again. I know that I have to look for a new normal but it is just so much to take in at the moment. I am testing 5 - 6 times a day to check readings but sometimes the same food gives me a...

Hi Guys Im looking for some advice on all my results. I have a bmi of 22 I am 44 years old and have just been diagnoised as diabetic. I lost a lot of weight and ended up in hopsital with blood sugar of 17 and 4 pluses of ketones but my ph was 7.49. My gad and islet cell antibodies are...