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Now varying between 6.6 & 7.9 but after breakfast down to 4 at lunchtime.

After waiting 10 months, I’ve finally had a phone consultation with a diabetes consultant. In December 2019 I had HbA1c of 57 and was diagnosed as type 2. I was allowed to try and reverse it with a low carb diet, but in March 2020 (by when I’d lost a huge amount of weight) my HbA1c had shot up...

Thank you! I have to hope I can maintain it.

I’m one of the mesh injured women that are being written and talked about since the report by Baroness Cumberledge was published yesterday, 9 July. I’m convinced that all the infections I’ve had since the mesh was inserted, including permanent facial paralysis that was thought to be caused by a...

Thank you for your kind words. I’m looking forward to hearing from a nurse or doctor about whether I need to continue taking insulin. I’m hoping I can come off of it.

I actually can’t believe it, not until I’ve spoken to my diabetes nurse. I have changed my diet, but not drastically. I’ve reduced the amount of carbs I eat but still have the odd slice of toast and bowl of porridge. I’ve actually put weight back on, which I’m annoyed about. I was warned...

I’ve just been given the results of my latest HbA1c blood test. In December 2019 my HbA1c was 57 and I was diagnosed as type 2. I didn’t start on any medication as I hoped to reverse it by diet. However, in March 2020 my HbA1c shot up to 135 and my GP assumed that my pancreas had stopped...

Thank you for the link to dietdoctor.com, I’ll follow it up. Because the hospital won’t see me because of Covid I haven’t had all the help and advice I should have had soon after diagnosis. I’ve asked my diabetes nurse about diet and have been told to not worry at the moment about what to eat...

Your point about fluids is interesting. Prior to diagnosis I was drinking for England, I was so thirsty all the time. Now I find I’m not thirsty and thinking about how much fluid I now intake daily it’s now actually very low, nowhere near 2000ml daily. I’ll make a conscious effort to increase...

Eating so many different things: lots of different vegetables (both root & green) & salad items, protein including eggs, fish and meat, also berry fruits, apples & tomatoes, baked beans some days, 2 slices of bread, full fat yogurt - these are all typical daily foods. This morning was a good...

Hi, what did you Google? I’ve tried Googling for information but didn’t find anything that answered my question. Re diet, I’m following a lower carb healthy eating diet similar to what I always ate so my diet hasn’t changed dramatically.

I’m on two types of insulin for my recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes. Since taking insulin my blood sugars have dropped dramatically and my 3 x daily readings are within 4.2 to 6 before each mealtime, so are within the 5 to 7.9 target set by my diabetes nurse (my doses have just been reduced...

Thank you for the link. I’ve looked to see what the procedure involves and I’m not put off by it, however I wouldn’t qualify for the trial as I inject insulin so don’t fit the criteria. It’s still very early days for me and I remain optimistic that I might be able to come off insulin.

Apologies that the link I gave doesn’t work - I might have misspelled it. Thank you for your link which does work.

Good Housekeeping magazine has an interesting article about diabetes in their latest magazine and they wrote about this procedure. I’m newly type 2 but was put straight onto insulin, which I’m struggling to accept as a way of life for the rest of my life. I’m doing well in bringing down my...

Very amusing . Have a look at their website www.discoverrevita.co.uk. It makes interesting reading.

I’ve just been reading about the surgical procedure Revita. Everything I’ve read sounds very positive but it’s a very new procedure. Have any of you had this procedure, or know of someone who has had it, and is so is it effective?

Thank you for the link, I’ll do my research before I speak to the nurse. Very helpful.