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I’m a type 2 diabetic. I was diagnosed after I had covid and suddenly got very ill after my isolation finished. My hbac1 I think was 15 and I had very high ketones. I am usually very active so I think 2 weeks of inactivity drinking juice allowed to blood sugar to get dangerously high. Anyway...

Make sure you wash your hands and all the soaps cleaned off

I test my blood on waking, before and 2 hours after meals and log it on Diabetes:M. Estimated hbac1 is pretty accurate, within .2 mmol. I’m self fund a cgm as I’m on insulin, so can obviously see if my blood sugars rising and take action.But doesn’t happen too often as I am on low carb diet and...

my sensor often reads .5 to 1 mmol lower than my finger prick, so I don’t usually worry till it’s reaches 3.5

I’m also on insulin, BMI of 23, low carb diet 60 carbs a day. I requested to be prescribed metformin a couple of months ago (on top of insulin), and I’ve managed to halve my basal, and at least halve my bolus. I had a big scare on holiday going into a hypo half way up a volcano, and I scuba...

4.8 today

I am on insulin and used to take berberine with every meal. I did a good job lowering my blood sugar, but not sure how much berberine helped. It certainly didn’t help with the morning liver dump and eventually I asked to be prescribed metformin. I’m on 500mg am and pm and my basal has reduced 4...

It definitely caused me to put on weight. I am type 2 and eat 60 carbs a day. My diabetic nurse told me it causes weight gain, but I got a rollocking on a different diabetes forum, when i said it, but hey everyone’s an expert. Anyway I did my research and asked to be prescribed Metformin, put on...

Horribly sweet, but I just had it on top of blueberries and yoghurt, so that helped tone it down. It was fine for blood sugars but I won’t be buying any more, once i’ve got through it

I got the Libre because my blood sugar was dropping so quickly, I was going into hypos during the night, especially after my ballroom dancing classes! The alarm woke me up a few times in the 3s and I could dose up on glucose tablets. Now blood sugars during the night have really stabilized and...

After being diagnosed in september and receiving no support from the diabetes nurse, I decided to try and take control. My blood sugar was all over the place and I had to increase my insulin dose every 3 days because of hypers. I am on basal only and a low carb diet (60g). I did lots of...

- What is your name? Louise - How old are you? 57 - Are you male or female? Female - Which country are you from? England - Which city/area do you live in? Surrey - Are you religious? No - Pick three words to describe your personality. Caring, adventurous, friendly - Do you have any pets? Lost my...

I was put on basal only in september. I started 5:2 intermittent fasting on 6th January 2023. I am on Low carb 60g every day. Hbac1 on 29th December was 7.1. My Diabetes:M app is now estimating it at 6.4. ( but that included 2 months of very high readings at the start) I have reduced my basal...