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Grrrr. HbA1c gone from 40 to 42. No apparent reason. Good adherence to low carb. Could go lower still I suppose. Need to have a long think, but this is the first measurable backwards step in my T2 experience. Not a big backwards step but not one I can ignore. Feeling a bit downhearted and...

Hi - I thought I'd post this here for any newly diagnosed Type 2s. Might be helpful I'm just at the One Year post diagnosis point. I am pleased to say that by following the inspirational examples of people on here, and some good advice from elsewhere, I have my T2 well under control and have...

Eternity.

Hello everyone - I've been contacted by a Freelance journalist who is writing a piece about Type 2 Diabetes for a pharmacists trade journal and specifically on the role that Pharmacists could play in helping to promote lifestyle medicine treatment options such as Low Carb. She contacted me to...

https://twitter.com/drlifestyle_med/status/1040239839164153856?s=21

I'm having a rotten day on BG control. I've been averaging 6.3 for several months now, below 6 pre-meals - usually in a stable range with few spikes, practising LCHF since early June. But today I'm consistently high and can't yet put my finger on why. No single reading below 7 today, an 8.7 pre...

Not sure if this deserves a full thread and the concept has been discussed elsewhere, but thought I would share my experience. Today I went to a spa for a back massage that my wife had bought me as a gift. I filled in the forms and declared my T2 status. The young lady doing the massage...

Feeling very emotional. My T2 dashboard has lit up with flashing shiny lights today: Milestone 1 - today is 3 months since I was diagnosed. On 14 May I was 101.5kg, and had an Hba1c of 66. Milestone 2 - I had a blood test yesterday. I just rang to get my results: the Hba1c is now 40...

Some interesting analysis. After a particularly spiky day, I was prompted to look back over my blood test results over the last couple of months and I've noticed a distinct trend. What prompted me to look was continually getting high readings in the middle of the day, often higher before my...

I’ve just had my first retinopathy scan. I thought I would share my experience because I know some people get concerned and anxious about it. I haven’t had results yet but the procedure itself was fine. The drops are uncomfortable at first but not anywhere near as bad as getting a tiny bit of...

Hello - help required if anyone is up for joining in an argument. I seem to have stumbled into a squabble with a personal fitness trainer at my local sports club. He is using the club's social media account to promote his weight lifting classes, but also his views on diets which make some fairly...

So for the first time in 6 years we have a new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. What do we want to ask him? What are our priorities as a diabetic community? It’s one of the NHS’s biggest challenges- maybe we can get on his agenda nice and early?

Since I first posted here a few weeks ago I've seen quite a few people post for the first time in a similar state of confusion and bewilderment. I thought I would post a blog on my experience in the first 50 days since diagnosis, which may help other newbies to the site. You can find it in...

Today I learned a lesson about the effect of stress on BGL. The day started well at 5.3. I just had 2 eggs for breakfast with a little pepper - nothing spiky there. Then I lost my wallet. Just for an hour (I found it) but for that hour I was dashing around getting stressed and sweaty in the...

Hello - I'm not looking for medical advice and I will discuss with my GP, but interested in perspectives and observations from others in the same boat. I expect many others with T2 are also battling hypertension. I'm in that boat and started on 5mg of ramipril which brought the BP to close to...

I'm still new to this (T2). 5 weeks in. But I was getting some consistency - daily average stable at around 6.3, within a tight range of 5.2 to 7.1. Today suddenly my BGL was careering around all over the place. I decided to risk a wholemeal wrap with cheese and salad for my lunch. Experiment...

Hello Just a note to say I've changed my profile name to rhubarb73. This is because I want to follow advice from some of you and be more open with people about my condition in the real world so am giving myself more anonymity here. I'm still the same angry goldfish out of water on my profile...

Today was the first day since I was diagnosed that I've genuinely felt good about myself. A couple of days ago, thanks to a recommendation on this forum, I downloaded the MySugr app to my phone. I uploaded all my test data over the past couple of weeks. Today the app gave me my first...

This morning something unexpected happened. My BGL rose 16% despite me eating nothing in between tests. I had a waking BGL of 5.3 mmol. All fine. I didn't have breakfast straight away because I was going for a fasting blood test (my diagnosis came from a medical so my NHS HCP's wanted to do...

So I have a few questions that I would be really grateful for the perspectives of others on. Please direct me elsewhere if you think that will help. Before I start though I just need to share a minor victory that I went out for a massive 3 course meal (low carb, fish starter, roast chicken and...