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  1. Tallyhoo

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Hello! I haven't been on this for a number of years. This morning my fasting bg was 5.7 which I am both overjoyed with and slightly concerned. It has been steadily going down over the last 6 weeks as I have been losing weight. Before starting the diet it was 16.6.........a question I thought...
  2. Tallyhoo

    Covid/Coronavirus and diabetes - the numbers

    I would love to know how many of those who have died as a result of Covid with diabetes as an underlying health condition didn't know they had it until they were tested in hospital and therefore were not being treated for it and that's why it was not 'controlled'. Too many people still don't...
  3. Tallyhoo

    Type 1 Shielding for diabetics

    We've now heard loads about a considerable number of deaths of covid sufferers being diabetic and others who are overweight/obese............we also know there are loads of people who have never been diagnosed with it but are indeed diabetics. My question is are there figures to show how many...
  4. Tallyhoo

    My latest HbA1c results...

    Hi........my second post on this forum so new to this In January my weight was 13 st 7 - now (August) it's 10 st 13 - really thrilled - low carb diet HbA1C : January 97 April 48 August 43 So really pleased about that too....very supportive doctor......he was going to up my meds in Jan but...
  5. Tallyhoo

    Advice Please - Weight Loss and Diet Type 2

    Firstly........do not panic! I've lost 2 1/2 stone since January (now July)........I massively panicked in January as my bs was at 97 and my doctor was going to increase my meds but I begged him not to and that I could control this (had been in denial and was eating what I wanted whilst on...
  6. Tallyhoo

    New to this forum - advice on diet please!

    Hi, Briefly - I was diagnosed as type 2 in 2007, controlled by diet for a while then metformin. Chose to put head in the sand and ignored this condition as I never felt ill in any way, so didn't change my lifestyle. HbA1c always fluctuated but the highest was this January at 97 - I knew it...