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This disease never fails to frustate. I have been diagnosed 30 years and still it is often impossible to manage. Hoping for some ideas. for 3 years I've eaten low carb which on the whole has done wonders for my control When I'm at work I can be running along very steady all day between 4.5 -...

Thanks for your reply. I'm feeling much better now. I managed to get some urine ketostix. Now as accurate but better than nothing. All the chemist's in the locality did not have any stock of actual blood ketone sticks Blood sugars have now come down to normal and no ketones. Thanks once again

Hi I am currently on holiday in the UK. Yesterday I developed a tummy bug. Initially my blood sugars dropped to 2.7mmols and it took around 2 hours to get them to come back up.This was prior to actually being sick but I was feeling unwell with nausea. Since then they have been between 11 and...

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Thankyou for advice.it makes sense. I think when I started low carb 3 years ago I ate more fat initially . Do you know roughly how much fat you should be eating daily if you weigh around 82kg?

Thanks for reply. Yes she does track it. I advise her to maybe cut the yoghurt out and try plain Greek yoghurt but she's not keen. And no she's not testing ketones. It's a bit of a fine balance tbh as I am concerned she is worrying too much about it She has a poor opinion of her body image as...

Hi yes she will sometimes miss breakfast and so eat between 12 -6pm Protein is usually salmon eggs chicken beef mince. I don't think she eats much fat. She will eat a protein yoghurt . She has signs of PCOS and has hypothyroid .Thyroid blood tests are extremely stable for several years.

Posting for my daughter who is struggling to lose weight. She eats healthily and always has done and has adopted the low carb diet She exercises regularly..long walks, squash twice a week ,weights and goes on exercise bike. She wants to lose around 1 stone. For breakfast it will be eggs or...

Hi I think you would probably benefit from speaking to someone about it. Do you have a,diabetes well being service in your area you can be referred into? I was referred earlier in the year for similar issues and I certainly found it of benefit. I feel the libre is a great tool but having this...

I Tend to use the libre sensor but will sometimes double check with blood glucose meter especially when the sensor keeps alarming. Thankyou I may start to test more often using the BG meter rather than relying on the libre. Sometimes can't see these things yourself. :)

Hi I am going through the menopause --tiredness, brain fog hot sweat lol. I'm sure my tresiba is correct as I have sometimes not eaten breakfast and my blood sugars will keep a steady straight line If I have tried to increase it I have often run too low through the day. Injection sites seem...

imHi I have been following a low carb diet for around 18m. Type 1 on MDI novorapid and tresiba I found it really helpful at controlling by blood sugars more evenly and it improved my Hba1c. However there are a couple of things I have noticed and wondered if others following this lifestyle...

Yes I think this approach may work better.Thanks for the advice.

Thanks for the advice..No I'm not a new diabetic. I've had it for 29 years! More recent is the low carb approach. I'm sure I worried about high readings less when I was younger I think having the libre also makes you see things you weren't aware of before.

Hi I don't meet the criteria for a pump as my last Hba1c was 50mmols.(best it's ever been and took a lot of hard work).This is all down to low carb and additional bolus injections The consultant did say he could put me forward for pump but might be rejected and felt I was too focused on my...

Hi yes I had thought about doing this I do tend to eat the same sort of thing and thought I had worked it out !LOL How long after your evening meal do you take the additional insulin? I Cant seem to find a pattern. How do you work out your ratios for Grams of protein. I was calculating it at...

HI Has anyone got any advice on how to stop spiking overnight? I eat a low carb diet and am on MDI ..novorapid and tresiba. I've been following a low carb approach for 18m and found my blood sugars were much better controlled. However I'm really struggling recently with my main meal at night...

Hi My cholesterol used to be 4.6mmols it has now gone up doing low carb. I am hoping the LDL is the large fluffy variety.Not sure if I should reduce fat and increase protein? I am happy with the increase in HDL and the low trigs. I just cant find any definitive research that suggests low LDL...

Thanks for the replies. I have done a lot of research, a lot of it is geared towards type 2 diabetes. I am type 1 so will always be on insulin and have the additional cardiovascular risk ,although that is debatable as most of the research is on type 2 diabetes I am just concerned about the...

I have been doing low carb for approx a year. I came off statins a few months ago as I was concerned about long term effects and I had less energy whilst on them and hips felt more achey (may have been in my head as i dont like taking them lol) I just got my blood results today and my total...