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So I am 3 months approx since my diagnosis. My hba1c was 98. I started metformin and up to 2 g per day and did the lchf diet as best I can. I have just had my blood test results and am down to 68……. But my cholesterol (total is up at 5.4. I don’t know what that has been before now. I have gone...

Pancreatin is the enzyme they will be talking about. My dad was in it after he had some massive gi operation. It is marketed as Creon Capsules . It is really expensive but it really helped him and his digestion. It is one of the enzymes in “digestive enzymes” supplements and I used to take them...

I am going to start doing sugars more often. One other thing i have done is started having unsweetened coconut milk in my coffee at home. Not sure if the stuff in cost is sweetened tho because it tastes nicer and thicker……

Hi , I had chicken Ceylon. Half a pilau rice and a bit of tandoori roti. No sauces, no booze. Blood sugar went from 7.9 to 11.2. It didn’t taste as good as i remembered especially the rice.

I must admit i dont test very often. Just if i have something new. My sugars were around 8-9 before meals and about 11 after. Am on metformin at the moment but have had to ration them as i am running out so would rather have a lower dose than no dose. ( i am working up to 2g a day). I did have...

Hi all, I feel like I have been doing LCHF for about 6 weeks and I just feel dreadful. Exhausted and napping for a couple of hours a day. Weak limbs, a bit down in mood. I don’t look forward to eating any more. It is a chore . Is this what its like? I think i am having a good variety of...

I didn’t mean to put all that champagne at the end. The most I could afford at school was a merrydown cider….

So I ended up going pretty much all in. Ceylon chicken with half a tub of rice and half a tandoori roti and my blood sugar jumped to 11.8. And it didn’t taste as good somehow so if I do it again I will use cauliflower rice instead. I kept the extra sauce to add my own chicken to . Every day’s a...

My sugar 2 hours after cream and berries is 7.8 which is the lowest since i started checking them ( and I haven’t checked them since before my holidays ) so i am quite pleased with that. Will check again after and see what’s what. I’m up to 1500mg metformin now and i seem to be losing weight and...

I have been doing LCHF since diagnosis. I even went to turkey and never had a potato or pudding or rice or pasta in that whole time. What’s the worst that could happen if i had an Indian take away tonight?

How easy is almond flour to work with? Could i use it in a bread machine for example?

I phoned the optician and they didn’t even want to see me if that’s any comfort. Told to make appointment for when my sugars are a bit more stable but get back in touch if any sudden changes……now that i read that back I’m more concerned

Update. Started to SR metformin and no side effects at all. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

I still have it. Weirdly,, i don’t know if i am always aware of it or just when i have been on the steroids. I finished the steroids about 2 weeks ago and I am still aware of it.

When I first started on high dose steroids for a chest condition several years ago that was the only negative side effect. A numb toe. Exactly where you have circled it. The GP or any other Dr who I told about it have never been particularly concerned with it even when I was diagnosed as type 2...

11.1 today. I blame the so called low carb wrap.

Once you have been off the chips bread and chocolate for a week or 2 you won’t want them so much. You could put your late on celery sticks or roll it up in cheese or cold meat slices. I wouldn’t go veggie if you don’t want to. Meat is your best pal if you are going low carbs. Good luck

Once you have been off the chips bread and chocolate for a week or 2 you won’t want them so much. You could put your late on celery sticks or roll it up in cheese or cold meat slices. I wouldn’t go veggie if you don’t want to. Meat is your best pal if you are going low carbs. Good luck

I think will do that. I never know how many I’m eating. I thought those lo carb wraps would be ok but my blood sugar went from 8.6 to 14.5 at teatime. I had it with chilli ( beans removed ) a dollop of creme fraiche and cheese and two tablespoons of brown basmati I was raging! I had the same...

Well you certainly have a lot going on and I’m not at all surprised you are feeling sorry for yourself. You are allowed to. If I were you I would want to go on HRT to kick the menopause into the long grass. It’s amazing how many symptoms it produces that you might put down to other things and...