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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LouiseW" data-source="post: 316708" data-attributes="member: 49361">Thanks for your feedback, everyone.  My inclination certainly was to go to the doctor and discuss my test results.  Since I'm in Canada, and have excellent medical coverage through my own as well as my husband's work, some  of the things you write about aren't an issue for me but others are, such as more frequent testing.  I don't really look forward to being on the radar if everything is OK but the only way to be sure everything is OK is to be on the radar and be tested.  I don't know what his approach to low carbing is.  I do already see an endocrinologist but it's for a thyroid condition - continued follow-up from thyroid cancer. Falling off the wagon is a real issue.  As a chronic and compulsive overeater, I have cycled through good and bad spurts my whole life with a dedication that can rival any alcoholic.  Low carb has been the only way of eating that I've been able to sustain for  any period of time so that it's good that it's the same regimen needed for diabetes control.I don't ever want to get to the point of having to inject 10 needles a day which is where my brother is.   He eats what he wants to and injects to balance.</blockquote>

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