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was diagnosed with T2 just over 6 months ago .. have just had my 3rd blood results and have gone from 79 on 1st diagnosis to now 30 and off meds now for 6 months before they will officially put me in remission [emoji1373] NOT reversal !!!.. which I am ok with cos it means I will still get all my...

can anyone help here, been told i need to take a statin but am scared about my blood sugars rising, have reduced ac1 from 79 to 48 in three months due to exercise and low carb diet and 1x 500 metformin, and loosing nearly 5st over 5 months can anyone look at these results below and advise on...

what is the best sweetener to use in baking, for a T2 there is so many out there

so have started using Libre 2 this week so far so good, but i had a bit of a shock alarm this morning at 1am when blood alarm went off at 3.8 … is it normal for levels to drop that low at night .. on 500 metformin once a day .. woke up to BGL of 5.6 .. i am now worried

so first time using Libre 2 CGM and I have very different readings to my finger prick tests monitor showing 8 finger prick showing 6 .. which one should I take notice of ? and is that normal :\

I had my 2nd bloods and have driven it down from 79 on diagnosis to 48 in 8 weeks !!!! i just wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone here who uas helped me on my journey.. the advice has been game changing. Still a long way to go but i hope to continue down. To anyone who is just starting...

just had my covid booster and flu jab in the same day 2 days ago, since then my sugars have risen, not changed diet etc, is this normal ? and will they go back down ?

I was diagnosed 8 weeks ago with a AC1 level of 79 since then have completely changed my lifestyle and my second test is back with a level of 48 so am over the moon, if i continue to improve and get my levels down to the 30’s will I always be classed as diabetic or just in remission ?

has anyone had any problems with airport security and Libre CGM..?

Diagnosed 4 weeks and am currently on 1x500 metformin and am due to get my second blood test in a few weeks time, i have changed diet and started exercise and have dropped 2 stone and my levels are all within normal limits now, the DN wants to up my metformin on my next visit … what i want to...

T2 on 1x 500 metformin- have completely changed my diet and upped exercise over the last month my blood sugar readings before meals are now low 6,s to 5s down from 9’&8’s but after 2 hours after eating my levels go lower to low 5’s is that a good thing ??? i am hoping that it shows an...

i was diagnosed T2 by accident during a routine urine sample, 3 weeks ago i was asymptomatic for all markers, now i am on 500 metformin once a day and have completely changed to low carb diet and exercise and seen some great improvement with my levels … my question is …. why now am i getting up...

newly diagnosed T2 on 500mg of metformin with my evening meal so trying to work out the best for me to start on low carb ie carbs/fat/protein ratio .. i can work with numbers ok but should i increase proteins and fats to compensate as i do need to loose a lot of weight .. anyone got some numbers...

I am quite new to this but I cannot seem to get my fasting morning levels down. I am on 1x500 slow release metformin with my evening meal which is at 6pm. I do t eat after that. My day time levels are hovering at 6.2-7 but my mornings are in the high 8’s to 9’s what am I doing wrong. Can anyone...

I havent been ‘officially’ diagnosed yet but high reading on 1st blood of 9.4(79) have been left for 2 months to changed diet and exercise, i am struggling with the low carb as i dont really know what i am doing and have not been told what to do either.. any tips will be great fully received