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<blockquote data-quote="Phoenix55" data-source="post: 1643544" data-attributes="member: 242273"><p>Welcome Vege, I am also in Suffolk and diagnosed without symptoms two years ago. Do buy yourself a test kit, it lets you have a degree of confidence that what you are eating is not raising your bg too high. I kept a food diary with readings before and 2 hours after meals, exercise and noticeable moods for several months until patterns were clearly established by testing each meal at least twice. Now I test each morning and occasionally during the day to make sure that I am staying within the numbers that I am happy with, my experience with the local practice was less positive than yours following diagnosis so I am working on my own with online support that I have found here.</p><p></p><p>I was lucky and did not have too much weight to lose, and six months of a pound a week left me back at a weight I was happy with, not too thin but I dropped a couple of dress sizes so next summer you will need a new wardrobe! (A real hardship having to go out and buy new clothes. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)) Set yourself a target, I determined that I was going to take part in the Sudbury fun walk on Good Friday and raised money for a local charity by completing it. Make a start on losing weight and increasing exercise and you may find that you can cut back on the drugs if you want, check out the side effects of anything you are prescribed at the drug company's own website it can be an eye-opener and inform the decisions you make about how they fit into your life. Best wishes and good luck on this adventure into finding out about your body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phoenix55, post: 1643544, member: 242273"] Welcome Vege, I am also in Suffolk and diagnosed without symptoms two years ago. Do buy yourself a test kit, it lets you have a degree of confidence that what you are eating is not raising your bg too high. I kept a food diary with readings before and 2 hours after meals, exercise and noticeable moods for several months until patterns were clearly established by testing each meal at least twice. Now I test each morning and occasionally during the day to make sure that I am staying within the numbers that I am happy with, my experience with the local practice was less positive than yours following diagnosis so I am working on my own with online support that I have found here. I was lucky and did not have too much weight to lose, and six months of a pound a week left me back at a weight I was happy with, not too thin but I dropped a couple of dress sizes so next summer you will need a new wardrobe! (A real hardship having to go out and buy new clothes. :))) Set yourself a target, I determined that I was going to take part in the Sudbury fun walk on Good Friday and raised money for a local charity by completing it. Make a start on losing weight and increasing exercise and you may find that you can cut back on the drugs if you want, check out the side effects of anything you are prescribed at the drug company's own website it can be an eye-opener and inform the decisions you make about how they fit into your life. Best wishes and good luck on this adventure into finding out about your body. [/QUOTE]
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