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    Evening -awaiting second HBA1c

    Thank you so so much for your advice. I got confirmed as type 2 diabetic and I've been prescribed metformin twice a day which is going really well. I have an existing monitor from when I was pregnant and I also got the testing strips on prescription. The only problem I'm having is that my...
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    Evening -awaiting second HBA1c

    Ah ha....perhaps. they said type 2 diabetes so it could be due to insulin resistance, which I know I had when I had gestational diabetes. That could explain it. I think I'll leave the rice out and see if that helps. I need a monitor but I think I'll have to buy one before I go on Friday as the...
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    Evening -awaiting second HBA1c

    Yes I'm unusually tired, have been for 3 weeks, drinking 3l of water a day and still thirsty, constant trips to the bathroom and aches and pains and cold in hands and feet
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    Evening -awaiting second HBA1c

    I also had gestational diabetes with all 3 of my children aged 7, 5 and 3
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    Evening -awaiting second HBA1c

    I only eat eggs for breakfast such as a small omelette, lunch is usually a brown wrap with meat or tuna salad an apple in the afternoon then at dinner time I'm having a small fist full of rice with curry (this Is an example of my daily carbs). They didn't tell me the actual reading but they said...
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    Evening -awaiting second HBA1c

    Hello, was advised I may have type 2 diabetes and have been asked to go back next Friday for a repeat HBA1C. I've been on a low carb diet for 8 months with zero weight loss, which is the big puzzle as I was under the understanding that if I had diabetes, I would've had unexplained weight loss...