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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2315470" data-attributes="member: 480869">[USER=531359]@Humminglime[/USER] I’m not so sure you have been doing keto if you are eating the things you listed as there’s way too many carbs there still for keto, or was that previously?  How many carbs each type 2 can tolerate varies, a lot.  This is what a meter tells you, alongside the hb1ac.  So definitely get hold of your figures from the drs. Never accept arbitrary summaries again. Always get the name of the test, the numbers and the units the numbers are counted in and the “normal” range for that test so you can do your own research if you choose.  Online access or a printout should give you all of this in one place. What one gp might called “doing ok” depends very much on their expectations for their patients.  Hb1ac (the 3 month average blood test) will tell you far more than a comment. The fact your gran is on insulin suggests that maybe she hasn’t managed so well and the carbs she eats are why she’s on it. Not definite as she may no longer produce a great deal of insulin but probably she did once and eating fewer carbs might have prevented or delayed the pancreas ‘running dry’ as it were.  8’s are way better than 16’s so be pleased not frustrated. It’ll improve still.</blockquote>

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