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Sometimes it helps if you move the tip a tiny bit while it’s within the blood droplet..

That’s how I was diagnosed.. went in for skin tags, came home with blood tests and then a diagnosis…

I’ve had several friends who’ve sought treatment for sleeplessness caused by waking up needing to pee. The advice was that you have to train yourself out of it… unless you’re drinking loads before you go to bed, your body should be able to go happily through the night…So you have to resist the...

Part of the problem is that we’ve all been brain washed into the low cal , fats are the enemy way of thinking, and when we first start to go low carb it feels very wrong! But proteins, dairy and lower starch vegetables, with some fruit will provide you everything you need and will not adversely...

68 to 39 in 3 months with a 40 pound weight loss. I went lc/hf and intermittent fasting.. As my case eating once a day. Still have plenty of weight to lose but I’ve maintained my levels for a year…

I added intermittent fasting, eating one meal a day …either evening or mid afternoon. It sounds really drastic I know, but once the carbs are eliminated there are NO cravings or ‘low blood sugar’ wobbles, because you’re no longer experiencing the post carb highs and plunges. I do feel hungry...

Weirdly enough I disliked dark chocolate too…didn’t see the point of it! But then I came off all sugars and didn’t replace with sweeteners and it totally recalibrated my sweet tooth to the point where dark choc is actually as nice now as milk choc used to be!

Speaking from my own experience, I decided that I wouldn’t worry about the carbs from green veg, if minimise how much root veg I was eating, cut out potatoes and cut out all processed carbs…bread, pastry, pasta, rice. What was left was meat, dairy, salad stuff and green veg and the less sweet...

This seems to clear things up a bit https://www.facebook.com/reel/236550705465098?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V

Just speaking from personal experience, once I had got the processed carbs and sugar out of my system (about 2 weeks of headaches and general grumpiness about it all) I no longer had that desire for something sweet/carby. It is a hard slog to get to that point, but once you’re there it honestly...

I’ve had great success using a combination of low carb higher fat eating and eating one meal a day… once I dropped the sugar and processed carb foods my appetite stabilised and the fasting became pretty easy . I’m steadily losing weight, my hba1c is in normal limits and I feel so much better...

Hello, sounds like you’ve got a lot on your plate! Regarding the blood, is it that you’re not getting a big enough bead of blood to test, or is it not registering on the strip? If it’s a problem getting the blood you might want to check your finger pricker.. you can adjust the depth of the...

I’m lucky enough to live in the coast and like to swim in the sea when I can. It’s still chilly enough to make me gasp when I first get in, I’m a bobber rather than a swimmer and I get out when I get too cold - probably 10-15 minutes in. I’m nearly five months into aT2 diagnosis but managed to...

My GP was very keen to start me on metformin straight away, I had to be quite firm in rejecting it because I knew that it would be likely to cause me digestive issues which would derail any attempts to change my diet. Her viewpoint was that it would be better to start to get the levels down...

Great job Adam, you’ll be amazed at how quickly your blood sugar will normalise now you’re feeding yourself what your body needs. I’d be willing to bet that you’re back in normal levels at your next hba1c!

Thank you for your kind words folks, much appreciated.

I was diagnosed back at the beginning of March with an Hba1c of 68, in the back of my mind I knew it was only a matter of time before I had a major health issue seeing as my weight was over 270 pounds on a 5 foot 4 body…but is not really real until it is. I had lost a lot of weight using...

How about experimenting with freezing them before they’re baked? Then bake a few every day…fresh baked, hot and crumbly perfection everyday!

Hi folks, I’ve read that the post prandial test should be done 2 hours after your first bite of food…I’m a bit confused as to how accurate a reading one can get because, for me, I can finish eating a meal an hour+ after I start it, and will normally end with some fruit. How can I make sure I’m...

Hi James, it’s very easy to feel adrift when we’re first diagnosed…I’m sorry you’re not currently finding much support at home, but sometimes our loved ones are as shocked and frightened as we are and that can turn to anger at the perception that this is something we’ve brought on ourselves. If...