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How long have you been living with Type 2 diabetes and have you always managed to control it well?
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<blockquote data-quote="rachaelc" data-source="post: 2027367" data-attributes="member: 149887"><p>I was diagnosed in 1998, at which time my blood sugar was over 30! (in old money). I was on the usual mix of glicazide/ metformin & advised to eat high carb/low fat. This is the case until a couple of years ago when medics finally recognised the opposite is needed. I appealed to the NHS dietician and GPs for many years about low carb and was dismissed, now I get admonished for not being strict enough low carb & reversing my T2D. I've tried different meds over the years, including rosi/pio glitizone – brilliant at controlling blood sugar, but led to fractures and danger of osteoporosis. Weight & bloods were creeping up & I was at risk of going onto insulin. Then Dapagliflozin helped me lose a lot of weight & HBA1c dropped, but I had a couple of funny turns, possibly due to electrolytes out of balance from rapid weight loss. Now I'm back on the old gliclazide/metformin (slow release). With low carbs I'm maintaining my weight which is over 6kilos lower than my maximum & I've managed to keep my HBA1c pretty stable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rachaelc, post: 2027367, member: 149887"] I was diagnosed in 1998, at which time my blood sugar was over 30! (in old money). I was on the usual mix of glicazide/ metformin & advised to eat high carb/low fat. This is the case until a couple of years ago when medics finally recognised the opposite is needed. I appealed to the NHS dietician and GPs for many years about low carb and was dismissed, now I get admonished for not being strict enough low carb & reversing my T2D. I've tried different meds over the years, including rosi/pio glitizone – brilliant at controlling blood sugar, but led to fractures and danger of osteoporosis. Weight & bloods were creeping up & I was at risk of going onto insulin. Then Dapagliflozin helped me lose a lot of weight & HBA1c dropped, but I had a couple of funny turns, possibly due to electrolytes out of balance from rapid weight loss. Now I'm back on the old gliclazide/metformin (slow release). With low carbs I'm maintaining my weight which is over 6kilos lower than my maximum & I've managed to keep my HBA1c pretty stable. [/QUOTE]
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