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You’re absolutely right, I don’t have an issue with eating or portioning correctly for a meal. I’m more of a raid the cupboards and eat whatever I can get my hands on type of person. I also crave the foods that I can’t have like pizza and bread, crisps etc.. I need to just learn to be better at...

Positive news this morning, A1C at 47 so still not perfect but at a manageable level, told to continue what I’m doing. I’ve started low carb diet earlier this week so going to continue to get this down hopefully, no new medication yayy! Take the wins where I can get them!

Here goes! - What is your name? Jon - How old are you? I’m 31 - Are you male or female? Male - Which country are you from? UK (England) - Pick three words to describe your personality. Impulsive, polite, fun - Do you have any pets? I do indeed, 2 labradoodles! - Microsoft or Apple? Apple -...

On a different note, as my trigs are what keeps causing me pancreatitis, shouldn’t I worry about having a higher fat diet? That’s what confuses me a little bit. Or will better diabetic control naturally reduce my trigs anyway? Scared of switching to low to no carb then my fats go too high

How would one go about getting a second diagnosis? I’m not an expert of type3c, does that mean your pancreas has been damaged to the point of not producing insulin anymore? I had a ic peptide test after my second visit in hospital and was told it was okay? Sorry to hear about your hospital...

Thanks for the info! I’ll look in to Leto and I do enjoy eating nuts and proteins, just have to keep some cooked chicken or something in the fridge to snack on! Lots of useful and really lovely comments from everyone, what a great place to ask for advice!

I will definitely try some low carb alternatives, my problem seems to be once I start I can’t stop. I need to learn self control, I think I must have a psychological issue wanting to eat until I’m full up I’m having eggs and cheese for lunches now, still eating ready break breakfast whilst I do...

Anyone know how to deal with cravings carbs? with the cravings go away if I stick with eating proteins instead? Breakfast and lunch are the ones I seem to find difficult. Although lunches I have found a solution of scrambled eggs with cheese…

Thank you everyone, really appreciate the comments. I’m not the only one in this situation and could of course be a lot worse, good thing is that there is a way for me to get on top of everything. Feeling a bit better today let’s see what my blood test results are showing on Monday but...

Yes I was diagnosed with type 2 after 2nd hospital visit, they said my uncontrolled diabetes causing trigs to get high then causing pancreatitis. Pancreas didn’t have any damage after first 2 hospital admission, 3rd was bad ended up having a collection with scar tissue in the area producing...

Hello everyone, Been diagnosed for a while, on metformin. I seem to have fallen in to bad habits ended up in hospital for the 3rd time with pancreatitis back in September. Doctor saying that for some reason my body struggles with triglyceride levels, most people don’t get pancreatitis like I...