Type 2 diabetes Archives

Tag: Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a serious condition where the insulin your pancreas makes can’t work properly, or your pancreas can’t make enough insulin. This means your blood glucose (sugar) levels keep rising.

When you have type 2 diabetes, your body still breaks down carbohydrate from your food and drink and turns it into glucose. The pancreas then responds to this by releasing insulin. But because this insulin can’t work properly, your blood sugar levels keep rising. This means more insulin is released.

For some people with type 2 diabetes this can eventually tire the pancreas out, meaning their body makes less and less insulin. This can lead to even higher blood sugar levels and mean you are at risk of hyperglycaemia.

24 Jul 2024

By Ronny Allan

3 Comments

Diabetes – The NET Effect

Diet and Nutrition, Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, Survivorship, The NET Effect SeriesAdrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), Afinitor, Blood glucose, Cortisol, Cushing's syndrome, Diabetes, Distal pancreatectomy, Everolimus, Exocrine function (pancreas), Glucagon, Glucagonoma, Glycated Hemoglobin (A1C), HbA1c, Hyperglycemia, Hypoglycemia, Insulin, Insulinoma, Lanreotide, NET syndromes, Octreotide, Pancreas, Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT), Pancreatogenic diabetes, Pancreoprivic diabetes, Prediabetes, Somatostatin analogues, Somatostatinoma, Sunitinib (Sutent), Total pancreatectomy, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, Type 3c diabetes, Type 3c diabetes mellitus (T3cDM), Whipple procedure

Updated January 2026Originally published September 2018. My chest infection is now settled, as too is the excitement and apprehension behind my first ever Ga68 PET - the outcome of that is still a work in progress. Earlier this year, my thyroid 'lesion' on watch and wait was given a 'damping down' with the prescription of a thyroid hormone supplement but I await a re-ignition of that small bush fire downstream. Bubbling behind the scenes and clamouring for attention is the spiking of my blood glucose test results and I was very recently declared 'at risk' for diabetes with a score…

12 Apr 2024

By Ronny Allan

10 Comments

Chocolate – the NET effect

Diet and Nutrition, Humour, The NET Effect SeriesAmines, Carcinoid syndrome, Diet, Neuroendocrine, Neuroendocrine cancer, Nutrition, Surgery, Type 2 diabetes

I've always had a 'sweet tooth' and the softer the sweet the better - toffee, marshmallows, chocolate, jelly babies, jelly beans, fruit pastilles, fudge, liquorice allsorts, 'tablet' and macaroon bars (both from Scotland), are all on my list of favourites. In terms of desserts, I love those too - ice cream, cheese cake, meringue, cake, sponge with custard, the list is endless. And of course a hot drink isn't complete without a biscuit (or three....). Don't get me wrong, I'm not stuffing my face with sweet stuff 24/7, however I do need my sugar 'fix' now and then. I'm not a…

10 Apr 2023

By Ronny Allan

0 Comments

GLP-1 receptor agonists (e.g. semaglutide) for adults with type 2 diabetes/weight loss – The Neuroendocrine Tumour (NET) Effect

Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer, Patient Advocacy, The NET Effect SeriesGLP-1, MEN2 syndrome, Semaglutide, Type 2 diabetes

Before you read this… This article is provided to support understanding of how GLP-1 receptor agonists (for example, semaglutide) may relate to type 2 diabetes, weight loss, and neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). It is intended for general education only and is not suggesting that these medicines are suitable or unsuitable for you or anyone else. Every case is different. Only your own specialist team can assess your individual situation and advise on the risks, benefits, and alternatives of GLP-1 receptor agonists or any other treatment in the context of your health and any NET diagnosis. Updated 24 Dec 2025 Novo…