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Apologies for posting a rant, but I just need to get it off my chest. DESMOND - grrrrrrrrr Went to a full day DESMOND course last week, which was all about getting us onto a traditional weight loss diet, with hardly any mention of lowering carbohydrate intake at all, apart from one exercise...

But am delighted that my recent Hba1c reading has gone down from 48 to 43 after following a Keto diet since my prediabetes diagnosis in May. I have also lost 3 kilos. When my new GP told me, I said 'That's great!' and he said in a very dour manner 'You're still prediabetic, don't get...

I bit the bullet and did a test first thing this morning, before eating or drinking, following instruction video carefully. My numbers from my last GP blood test - which triggered my diagnosis as prediabetic/on the cusp of T2 were HBa1c 48, which the doc said was the equivalent of 6.5 on my...

I had my diagnosis of T2 diabetes and raised cholesterol over the phone three weeks ago. I was a bit confused about whether the diagnosis was T2 or pre-diabetes, and I wasn't given any numbers at that stage, just told I needed to take statins and cut carbs for three months to see if I could...

(New to forum - not yet fully on top of common abbreviations etc) I had the news that I have type 2 diabetes on Monday, in a phone call from my GP after a routine blood test to check on effects of my BP meds. She said I also have high cholesterol, and put me on statins straight away, but wants...