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I take your point there, I was thinking about milk thistle for the benefits to my liver more than sugar levels but was worried it might push them too low if taken along side metformin . Through diet I got my levels down from 98 to 39 but just lately let my diet go a bit and back up to 49 to just...

As anybody taken milk thistle food supplement and has it affected your blood sugar levels. Apparently it helps your liver cleansing but can also drop your sugar levels so diabetics need to be careful when taking it. If you have an alcoholic drink it helps liver not to be damaged as much. But if...

I was on 1000 mg of metformin SR a day and then reduced it to 500 but due to it giving me stomach problems I have now come off it even though my nurse told me not to . when I reduced metformin I didn’t notice any increase in my readings and now I have been off it for two weeks and still getting...

HbA1c of 50 is only just above prediabetes which is 42 to 48 , converted to finger prick testing to 8.1 so not much reduction yet . Testing first thing in morning after getting up is not the best reading due to dawn phenomenon, it’s best to leave first test till about 2 hours after getting out...

Just thought I would post my latest HbA1c blood test results on 25/03/21 and I am well happy Having been diagnosed 11 months ago with a reading of 90 mmol/mol have had two subsequent readings after 3 and 6 months of 40 mmol/mol I have got latest results of 39 mmol/mol . The best bit is I have...

I tend to stick to gin and slimline tonic or just brandy both zero carbs . And when we can get back to pubs and I fancy a lager or three I tend to drink coors light as it has one of the lowest carb counts of lager that is generally sold in pubs , there are one or two lower carb beers but not...

Thanks for that great answer. I think now I understand how everybody is different on how they react to carbs and high blood sugar. I managed to get down from 90 to 40 in three months and have kept it there for the last 9 months just with moderately low carbing 60 to 80 per day ,it was after...

That’s what I was originally asking and you have more or less answered it , So any elevated blood sugar level even only moderately say HbA1c of 50 which is only just above pre diabetes 42 to 48 is damaging but the higher it is the more risk . Thanks Roggg . I managed to get to 40mmol/mol so I...

I take 500gms of metformin extended release every evening reduced from 1000 I used to take but sometimes I still get bad stomach ache and need toilet a lot in morning. When I first got diagnosed I was prescribed Glimepiride only 1mg lowest dose but that was sending my levels below 4 , but at the...

After been diagnosed with HbA1c of 90 I have got it down to 40 for the last 9 months, but from an average finger test of 6 mmol/l it has now crept up to 7 which would put me in prediabetes range. To be honest during winter months I have done little exercise and eaten not much but some foods I...

After been diagnosed I originally was eating about 50g of carbs but now about 70 to 80g a day which is still moderately low carb but not keto. Everyone is different on how they react to carbs . 11 months ago I went high fat low carb and lost over 2 stone in three months and dropped my HbA1c from...

Hi and welcome When I was diagnosed 9 months ago with an HbA1c of 90 I was prescribed Glimepiride which is similar to glyclazide . Even at the lowest dose which was 1mg , with me low carbing it dropped my BG level very quickly. This drug makes your pancreas increase insulin production whilst...

I use a GlucoRX Q cheap to buy £5.99 and £10.99 for strips it seems to be fairly accurate. This is from Glucos own website it was dearer on Amazon. I was diagnosed 9 months ago with an HbA1c of 90 which is a lot more than your 52 . I ignored my diabetes nurse who recommended low fat and didn’t...

Don’t know about symptoms of lactic acidosis but apparently excessive alcohol can bring it on with metformin. I am risking it a bit as I tend to have a brandy or three most nights since the start of this COVID nightmare as I am tending to follow guidelines and not leaving house much apart from...

I have read in many other threads on here that metformin does little to reduce BG levels. I am taking 1000mg of metformin extended release tablets with evening meal as instructed. Usually my first test of day about 2 hours after getting out of bed and only having a mug of coffee is about 5.2...

Still eating a little bit of what I shouldn’t but now testing before meals 5.1 and after 6.5 . So it looks like no long time damage, just going back gradually to moderate low carb diet. Only thing is weighed myself yesterday and 12lb increased weight, so that is another reason to cut down carbs...

Diagnosed April 2020 HbA1c 90 mmol/mol September 2020 HbA1c. 40 December 2020 HbA1c 40

The 200 carbs was just the dinner, probably a lot more over day . The Christmas pudding and custard according to labels was well over 100 carbs . But I think I am getting to know what foods I can tolerate and foods I thought I missed i now know I don’t miss so much.

Well i decided to have a day of eating what I used to eat to see what it would do to my BG level. For Christmas dinner had prawn cocktail with seafood sauce. Main course Turkey, Ham, Carrots, Parsnips, Sprouts, Pigs in Blankets, Sage and Onion Stuffing Balls no potatoes as not keen on them...

I was on over 200 carbs a day before diagnosis . So I was put on Glimepiride and I cut my carbs to about 50 but my self testing readings were going below 4 so changed to metformin Sr 1000 , now down to 500 a day ( no Glimepiride) . I also lost well over 2 stone , I’ve put about half a stone...