Recent Content by michaelf

Thankyou for giving me hope There is no other food I love more than bread and I am grateful that it seems I can have it as a treat and not an everyday thing Until last week my daily intake of bread was at least 6 to 8 slices of bread with marmalade plus 6 snicker bars and two readymeals plus...

Please forgive my ignorance (2 days from pre diabetes diagnosis) but can anyone give me guidance about my favourite food(bread) and what I could safely eat after this diagnosis From what I have read it seems to be absoloutely forbidden, however I know that it would be an absoloute downer to...

Thanks everyone for info Now a stupid question? People on this forum tell me to get a meter to self test When I look at meters suggested on this forum I am confused about how it works and what strips/needles I have to purchase to make it work? Sorry if my ignorance is looking silly, but I...

Hello again forum members I have spent 8 hours looking through this website and some of the forum posts and watched some videos on YouTube about pre diabetes However, I am still confused about what I can and cant eat All the info seems to relate to low carb diets and I understand now that junk...

Maybe I am in denial, but I cant help thinking that one blood test result of 43(idont know exactly what that figure is sopposed to prove) means that I have pre diabetes I suddenly have to confront the fact that all the food I love is bad for me and I don't like it!!! I am totally shocked by...

Thankyou for prompt reply I am in shock because yesterday I was just someone who was generally ill with no diagnosis, and today some GP let me out of his office without explaining how to deal with pre diabetes I am going through this forum posts to better understand thanks again

Hello out there I have almost zero knowledge of this subject, but went to my |GP for blood test results after having suffered UTI pain and infection and fatigue for 2 months He asked me jif I had a sweet tooth and that the HBA1c test came back with a 43 reading and that I had pre diabetes!! All...