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I got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and ignored it for the better part of a year. I decided I needed to take it seriously in early December for the sake of my children. My doctor prescribed me metformin, but honestly, I don't want to be beholden to pills for the rest of my life if I don't have...

My doctor phoned me today to say I have a hb1ac level of 53, which is severely diabetic, and I must start medication immediately. Is this correct? I am struggling to find a conversion table that puts this in terms that make sense. Here's one from this very website, for example: It says it's...

I've adapted to low carb breakfast, dinner, and snacks just fine, but lunch is killing me. I think it's because for as long as I can possibly remember, lunch = sandwich and crisps. That's literally all I've ever had for lunch. It doesn't help that it has to be low carb, lowish calories, tasty...

Hi all. Forgive me if this comes across as a little melodramatic. I'm just having a very low moment (mood, not blood sugar.) I was sent for a blood test, and the result came back that I was type 2 diabetic, but only just. If the HbA1c threshold is 48, then I was 49. The nurse who called me to...

I was told I was borderline diabetic, so I've been doing low carb, calorie counting, and walking to lose weight. My question is, are cheat meals allowed? For example, if I was to have a burger and chips once a month, or a slice of cake at my daughters birthday party, is that generally okay if...

I had to do a blood test for suspected diabetes type 2, and it came back that I did have it, but very borderline. I can't remember what the actual numbers were, but let's say if the threshold for being diabetic was 40, then I was 40.1. Only just over. I was told this on a call with a diabetic...