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Was really surprised to get a call from my diabetes nurse this evening (6-30 p m). To cut along story short she wanted to follow up on my blood test two days ago. HBa1C 31 and I have officially been labelled as in remission:) I am to stop my metformin from tomorrow. She wants me to have another...

I went for my annual review yesterday and had been told it would be an all in one 30 minute session. Arrived, had all the checks done bloods taken etc then told to book another 30 minute session next week for review with diabetic nurse. I am not complaining as I want to be able to show off my...

One NSV and one SV After starting daily walking last September to aid weight loss and Diabetes treatment I have gradually increased my walking from being able to just manage a 2.5km walk at an average pace of 4kph to 16km very brisk walk at an average pace of 6.5 kph however, where I live is...

It's really hard to offer advice with the amount of info you have given. What is your starting weight, how active are you, of the healthy things you are eating how much are you eating, etc. If you are still eating a very large number of 'healthy' calories it will have an impact. My starting...

Thanks for your replies everyone. Keep going Montu you can get there and even further

It may seem bizarre to post a thread celebrating being overweight but as usual it is all in the context!! As I have posted before, I started my diabetic journey back in September 2019 (All the figures in my signature). It was the wake up call I finally needed to take some real action to improve...

As of today I have just hit the 38kg, (6 stone or 84lb) weight loss mark since September 2019 and my T2 diagnosis. I have consistently lost about one stone a month. This has been through increased exercise (Now briskly walk 6-8km a day, 6 days a week) and a reduced calorie diet of about 1300...

Thanks for that comment it has addressed a niggling worry of mine. I have been really pleased with my numbers as they are all currently in the lower end of my target range apart from when I first get up at about 6.00am. When I test I am getting a reading of, on average, 5.8 - 6.0 mmol/l which...

Thanks for the replies everyone. As I am growing to learn there is never one consensus when discussing Diabetes but there are some useful responses to consider.

Since being diagnosed in September last year I have brought my Hba1C down from 77(9.3%) to 34(5.3%) and my BMI down from 45 to 32.8 and counting. On the good advice of this forum I started doing my own BG testing last week, measuring start of day and before and 2 hours after meals. I am using...

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Thanks to everyone above. I got my latest HBA1C result today Sept 2019 - 77 Oct 2019 - 47 Feb 2020 - 34 I am absolutely delighted as I thought one or two excesses over Christmas would have had more of an impact. The excellent advice on here about significantly reducing carbs has certainly...

Okay, so my bg meter arrived today. I tested before my evening meal and got a reading of 5.8 mmol/l this was immediately after a 40 minute brisk 4.5km walk. Two hours after my meal it was 5.5 mmol. I was expecting it to go up! Would the exercise have been a factor? Evening meal 180g Piri Piri...

Thanks for the tips everyone there is some really useful information there. I am very interested in the Libre Freestyle but as far as I could tell it was not possible to buy one at the moment due to shortages. It is certainly something I will look to the future dependent on how things go.

A little back history, Was diagnosed beginning of September 19 Hba1C - 77 Weight 130kg BMI 44.9 Exercise - Sedentary (almost stopped!) Metformin - 2 tablets twice a day prescribed Immediately researched diagnosis / diet etc switched to moderate to low (hopefully healthy) carbs of approx 80 -...

Don't know if this will help but I was diagnosed back in early September 2019 and had a similar story. I was scheduled for an annual blood test and had arranged an appointment a week later to get the results. While waiting for this I was on my Surgery App to order a repeat prescription and saw a...