Hi Gemstone,

I guessed French was your first language. Your use of English is very French. :wink:

My French is very rusty though one of my neighbours is actually French. She’s also a jazz freak, like me.

The guidelines you quote for carbohydrates are actually about the same as the content of Sainsbury’s ready meals and I’d guess that my diet is probably already getting pretty close to the ideal too.

I don’t know how often I should have an HBa1C test as I was only diagnosed a few weeks ago. I do know they are considered [i:8dd42ffb5e]de rigeur[/i:8dd42ffb5e] by my doctor.

I know a guy who has been T2 for many years and he has been able to cut back on his medication (with his doctor’s approval). He had to maintain it for a while when he had a stroke but he’s been able to reduce it since. It’s not been a dramatic reduction but it is real.

It just shows that improvement [b:8dd42ffb5e]is[/b:8dd42ffb5e] possible.

I guessed that [b:8dd42ffb5e]endo[/b:8dd42ffb5e] was endocrinologist, but I didn’t know.