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    Newbie...hi

    Thanks for the replies. After a wk of following it, my blood glucose is lower than it has been. It was 6.4 the other evening before bed. My waking bloods are still high, 12 some mornings. But hope they will come down eventually. I have always had a high reading first thing even when first...
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    Newbie...hi

    Hi all, I am very new to keto eating and although I love sinking my teeth into a juicy pork chop, my mental struggle is really giving me a battering. For years and years and after thousands of diets, eating plans etc where fat is the enemy, actually being able to eat it freely is really...
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    Just fedup!

    Hi all and thanks for your advice. I have taken it all onboard and have bought the books suggest also a couple of others on carbs, fats etc. Some interesting reading! I feel i really have been given some poor advice from my gp and nurse and it makes my goal of controlling my glucose impossible...
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    Just fedup!

    Hi and thanks for your replies. I spoke to diabetic nurse yesterday and she said i should up the metformin and put me on dapagliflozin. I told her my blood readings over last week or so. I said i was struggling desperately and she said to cut out all carbs and fat and do more exercise. I asked...
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    Just fedup!

    Thanks for the replies. Had tea at 7pm, small jacket potatoe, size of half a fist, no butter, dessert spoon of cottage cheese. Large salad - lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers. Walked 1 mile briskly before tea. Eaten nothing since then and only had water.Just checked blood now at 9.40pm -...
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    Just fedup!

    Hi, I got diagnosed in 2015 and for a few years i was on it like nothing else. It was so well controlled with exercise, diet and metformin. My hba1c used to hover around 49 ish. Even went to 47. Now ive lost control of the reins and im just wailing about and i cant seem to make anything...
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    Just fedup!

    Hi, Thanks for your reply. Last hba1c was 68 before lockdown in 2020. So its jumped up. Feels like im falling down a hole! Rachel
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    Just fedup!

    Hi all, Totally and utterly fed up!! Diabetes out of control. Was put on gliclazide before lockdown and it was like someone flicked the starving switch. Suffered with depression last year, dr gave me mirtazapine as i had stopped sleeping, this caused my appetite to increase even more. And...
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    Headaches and Migraines

    Watching this thread as beig put on this diabetes drug and after reading reviews on it i am petrified!