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<blockquote data-quote="semiphonic" data-source="post: 625264" data-attributes="member: 97458"><p>Hi and welcome to the forum [USER=125248]@mick6261[/USER] </p><p></p><p>It would seem that some of the more established members of the forum have forgotten how utterly terrified and alone you feel when you're diagnosed. There is an ignore function on the forum if you need it, click on the user name and then click on 'ignore'......</p><p></p><p>It's easy for me to say as I'm a bit further along the road than you are, but try not to worry, if there was any immediate danger to your health you wouldn't be waiting for an appointment to see a nurse, you would have been immediately referred to a consultant. If you're anything like me you've been trawling the internet and reading up about diabetic complications, again it's easy for me to say, but try not to be too concerned about these at this stage, many diabetics don't develop any complications.</p><p></p><p>One thing that most of us on the forum agree with, is that the NHS dietary guidelines aren't much help to us diabetics, and in fact reducing your carbohydrate intake will help keep your blood glucose levels in control, consistently high blood glucose levels are the main contributing factor of diabetic complications.</p><p></p><p>Definitely get yourself a blood glucose monitor, the cheapest to run is the SD Codefree which you can get from Amazon or homehealth-uk.com</p><p></p><p>The information that [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] posted is invaluable, so definitely have a read if that, you might also want to take a look at <a href="http://www.bloodsugar101.com" target="_blank">www.bloodsugar101.com</a></p><p></p><p>This forum really is a good place and most people will want to help you, hopefully you haven't been put off by petty squabbles on your first post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="semiphonic, post: 625264, member: 97458"] Hi and welcome to the forum [USER=125248]@mick6261[/USER] It would seem that some of the more established members of the forum have forgotten how utterly terrified and alone you feel when you're diagnosed. There is an ignore function on the forum if you need it, click on the user name and then click on 'ignore'...... It's easy for me to say as I'm a bit further along the road than you are, but try not to worry, if there was any immediate danger to your health you wouldn't be waiting for an appointment to see a nurse, you would have been immediately referred to a consultant. If you're anything like me you've been trawling the internet and reading up about diabetic complications, again it's easy for me to say, but try not to be too concerned about these at this stage, many diabetics don't develop any complications. One thing that most of us on the forum agree with, is that the NHS dietary guidelines aren't much help to us diabetics, and in fact reducing your carbohydrate intake will help keep your blood glucose levels in control, consistently high blood glucose levels are the main contributing factor of diabetic complications. Definitely get yourself a blood glucose monitor, the cheapest to run is the SD Codefree which you can get from Amazon or homehealth-uk.com The information that [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] posted is invaluable, so definitely have a read if that, you might also want to take a look at [url="http://www.bloodsugar101.com"]www.bloodsugar101.com[/url] This forum really is a good place and most people will want to help you, hopefully you haven't been put off by petty squabbles on your first post. [/QUOTE]
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