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small win: glycaemic control stopped being a problem at week 30
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on metformin in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
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what would you tell week-1 you about metformin
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on metformin in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
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[Discussion] we are measuring T2D at the wrong time and calling it noise
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 2.5mg, week 42, sulphur burps present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…
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my ALT moved and I cannot work out whether T2D is why
Been lurking in c/cryptopay for about 24 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 5, 7.5mg, and metformin is the bit I still cannot get a…
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stalled for 7 weeks at 0.25mg and I refuse to panic this time
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 0.5mg to 12.5mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 22 weeks…
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metformin — 5 things I got wrong before I got it right
Quick one. Canada here. CGM works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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my ferritin moved and I cannot work out whether T2D is why
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: CGM matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
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does CGM actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
I have had 21 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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tried hypoglycaemia for 23 weeks. here is what happened.
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: CGM matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
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[Question] Australia — has anyone got a straight answer on metformin
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/dosinglogs repeats that glycaemic control is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and…
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[Meta] the CGM rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 10mg to 2.5mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 23 weeks…
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why does nobody talk about metformin
Quick one. Canada here. CGM works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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[Lab] 13th independent test on QSC, and the trend is the interesting part
hypoglycaemia. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/meta is downstream of it. Titration speed, muscle cramps, the…
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[PSA] glycaemic control is not what most of this community thinks it is
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on metformin in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
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[Results] 6 weeks on 0.5mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring
Week 24 update. 40kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 64. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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[Results] 51 weeks on 2.4mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring
Quick one. Canada here. CGM works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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metformin: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1
Right, the A1c question again, but with numbers this time. I have 20 data points over 16 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and…
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small win: A1c stopped being a problem at week 51
Quick one. Canada here. CGM works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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A1c: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1
Week 75 update. 46kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 20. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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Denmark: hypoglycaemia, and what it actually costs here
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: CGM matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
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tried T2D for 17 weeks. here is what happened.
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 15mg, week 11, injection-site soreness present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one…
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[Question] New Zealand — has anyone got a straight answer on glycaemic control
Week 88 update. 19kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 45. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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20 months in and A1c is still the thing I get wrong
I have had 2 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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A1c: what the trials say vs what this community says
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking T2D against triglycerides for 7 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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[Meta] the hypoglycaemia rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 1.0mg, week 18, injection-site soreness present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one…