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Need To Gain Weight - HELP!

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Pazaz

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I have been type two for 4 years now and was 12 stone when diagnosed.

I have been taking Metformin for 3 years and saxagliptin for a year.

In the first 3 years i have dropped to 11.7 stone but in the last few months have dropped a further half stone and am now a skinny 11 stone. At 5 ft 11 its very noticable with family and friends commenting on my weightloss which is concerning.

A visit to the docs has confirmed my diabeties is out of control and has now prescribrd me glicacide twice a day as a last resort (in addition to metformin and saxagliptin) before resorting to insulin :-(

Doctor seems to think that weightloss is due to me constantly urinating as i have been trying to eat more of the wrong foods to try and gain weight....A vicious circle :-( all other blood tests came back ok thankfully.

I need to gain weight and eat properly but everything i seem to eat sends my BS up past 16.

Would anybody here be able to assist in this strange request to gain weight?

Many Thanks in advance
Tin Ribs :-)
 
Not a strange request at all .There are a few of us skinnies here .I suggest asking to see a dietician and explaining that you want to keep your BGs down and your weight up .I.dont know if you reduce your carbs to help your BG level but if you do you need to eat lots of calories I find cheese ,cream ,butter and some pulses help but you can get some additional help from the GP for eg a product called Calogen which is a liquid made up of oils ,it is pretty nasty but it does the job.
CAROL
 
Im trying to do the same. Im type 1 and at 5'11" also, im 8 stone 6! I spoke to my dietician and asked for calogen but she gave me an alternative called Pro-Cal. A 30ml shot gives an extra 100 cals with each meal. I quite like the taste of the neutral 1 as it tastes like babys Rusks. Im using strawberry just now but theres also banana.
 
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