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Hi All. I'm not entirely sure when I was diagnosed - I think I was pre-diabetic for maybe the past 5-7 years? but I would often go through periods where I'd shed all my weight and keep up with exercising and I'd be back down to normal levels.. I think it was sometime in late 2020~ I was above...

I have been diagnosed with this. It is quite debilitating and leaves me with very low energy levels, so I walk round very slowly like a geriatric. The cause is that my body is unable to absorb B12 from food, so I have to have B12 injections. The deficiency leads to malformed red corpuscles...

Hi Everyone, My name is Budhi from Indonesia. Two months ago I was diagnosed with diabetes with HbA1C 7.1. I was not prescribed any medicine and told to change lifestyle, and monitor after 3 months. I went to the other doctor, and also told to keep monitoring. Then I started to do intensive...

THIS RESEARCH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY DCUK It is so important for those living with type 2 diabetes to share their valued opinions and experiences of living with the condition so that we can create new programmes to support them. 1-1.5 hr workshops are currently taking place, mornings and...

Hello everyone..nice to meet you I have been diabetic type 2 for some years now.Managed with a little bit of metformin but because that badly upsets my stomach and Dr wouldnt let me try anything else, I decided to manage my diet which I havent been too bad at doing for some years However my...

Hi, So I am newly diagnosed, 8 or 9 weeks now and I have been using a CGM to try and get some patterns before I finally get an appointment to see a diabetes nurse. (I still haven't seen one which is a whole other story) and have noticed the last 2 days iv been getting a low blood glucose alarm...

Hi (This is long I am sorry) I am newly diagnosed T2 diabetes (4 days ago) I was experiencing classic symptom of excessive thirst and peeing a lot. Looking back I had other symptoms such as my hair thinning but I put this down to stress etc. I got a hbac1 test with a chemist and it was...

Hi All, I am a Type 2 diabetic, nearly 65 years old.I was diagnosed about 17 years ago and went through the usual progression of diet and exercise only, to oral medications to now being on GLP1(Trulicity)weekly injections. While I kept it more or less under control, during lockdown I just gave...

Hi All, 9 months ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and my HBA1C was 71, I was quickly put on Trulicity initially 0.75 then up to 1.5, metformin 4000mg and now my HBa1C is down to 38 and my weight has dropped by 13kgs. My Doc has taken me off Trulicity now but kept me on metformin and a...

Good afternoon, I m a pre diabetic that control my diabetes through diet and with the berberine supplement ( I don't tolerate metformine at all). My numbers were pretty good for months as I follow a low carbs diet. Fasting BS was the only one I could not really put down but it was still okay...

Mod Edit: this is Approved! Hi all, I was wondering if I could have some feedback on these prints I have made for my university degree! More specifically, whether the image and the intent behind it resonate with you as a someone who has had to finger-prick test. Description - I created this...

Does anyone else suffer with this and how do you manage to deal with it. I've mainly managed to overcome anorexia followed by bulimia and I have had BOD for many, many years. I'm obese and now a type 2 diabetic. Has anyone been in this position or is in this position and how to cope with it...

So I was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia about two years ago and I’ve had a lot of blood sugar spikes but nothing like this. I had a cup of black coffee and two larger sized pancakes. I wanted to treat myself. An hour after I felt shaky so I thought I was low. I took my blood sugar and it...

So back in April I had an emergency admission as my ketones was +4, sugars between 17-HI & urinating and drinking a lot, loosing weight and generally feeling like ****... I have a family history of both type 1 and 2... the nurses are now considering if I could be type 2. I am 20 years old 8st...

I was diagnosed with T2 in 2011 when HbA1c was 10.6 , fbs 299 and pp 326. I was put on heavy doses of metformin SR 500mg twice a day. With strict diet control and exercise ,within 3 months the numbers were controlled.. After six months hba1c read 5.9 , fbs 105 n pp 120. I was told to quit meds...

Discussing COVID-19, Diabetes, Obesity, Weight loss, Low carb and lots more on you tube this weekend (a 2 day conference) LIVE STREAMING starting with a local Dr, Dr Unwin, talking about losing weight with the low carb diet, and talking about it. Its effects on type 2 diabetes. And much more...

I've been diagnosed as type 1 since 16. Am now in my mid 30s and have found out I have PCOS, which you're born with. But according to what I can read, PCOS normally leads to type 2 diabetes...not type 1. I have always had a problem with my weight, but at the time of diagnosis I had lost a bit...

Just that really. I'm getting mixed answers from Google so unsure what to believe but I suppose it does vary. 18-year-old female with binge eating disorder. I have been binge-eating on and off since around August (?) and I had an HbA1c done in mid-October and the results were 28 mmol/mol. I...

Hi. I was diagnosed with Type 2 some time ago (2011 I think) and have sporadically tried to get to grips with it. My last checkup had my HBA1C at 62 which was up considerably for my annual checkup (HBA1C 54) last year. I think I convinced myself I was "being good" and took my eye off the...

Hi, This thread is for my sister, who is 19 years old now. She was diagnosed with PCOS two years back with BG level around 130 mg/dl. She was also 28 KGs overweight (ideal weight should have been 60-65 KG) at the time of diagnosis. She was put on metformin 500 and was told to start exercising...