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Hi I’m Paul 62 year old Male, married and live in the Uk, I have 3 Golden Doodle girls and 3 Sphinx girls who are mam and two daughters, my three long term foster children aged 17 and 10 who I’ve had over five years and a nearly 11 year old that I’ve had since he was 2 years old, there all very much our family now. I enjoy holidays and weekends away but it never happens without children. I was diagnosed with diabetes over a month ago and taking 200mg of metformin which initially caused me problems and ever now my bloods are all over the place, I’ve not had a good day as bloods at 24, so very tired and listless, I’ve also had sciatica for the past three years, some days my mobility is restricted but I try to crack on with frequent rests.
 
- Include a photo here if you wish to.
Not today sorry
- What is your name?
Hi my names Connor
- How old are you?
Im 25 years old
- Are you male or female?
Male
- Which country are you from?
The United Kingdom
- Which city/area do you live in?
North-west England
- Are you religious?
Nope not religious as such but i am spiritual
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Carefree, caring, adventurous
- Do you have any pets?
No but i wish i did. I love cats
- Microsoft or Apple?
Windows for personal use
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Not a very sporty, use to like cycling until issues with my legs forced me to stop
- Do you get angry easily?
Depending on the topic, yes.
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
I would like a few tattoos but currently dont have either
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Acdc, chuck berry, jerry lee lewis, rory gallagher, the interrupters
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Rock and roll
- What is your favourite flag?
Union jack
- Ever gone camping?
Nope
- Ever been in love?
May have been and may be
- Ever used fake tan?
Heck no
- Which countries have you visited?
Scotland, wales and france
- Favourite city?
The one with the lights? All of them?
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
Star trek the next generation, the expanse, firefly, stargate sg1, toradora!
- List your five favourite films.
Star wars(any of the first 6), the last starfighter, the matrix, hackers, uncle buck
- Are you wealthy?
Nope, not monetarily. Wealthy with a supporting family though
- Do you work? If so, as what?
I do not work at the moment, id like to but have other issues preventing it at this time
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
I studdied popular music at university, have a bachelors degree to show for it. And will be going back to obtain my honors


These last two questions are very difficult for myself as i suffer from burnout depression and could maybe list one or two for the first and a shopping list for the second

- What do you like most about yourself?
- What do you like least about yourself?


Any further questions please feel free to message me :)
 
- What is your name?
Tim
- How old are you?
72
- Are you male or female?
Male
- Which country are you from?
England
- Which city/area do you live in?
South West
- Are you religious?
Not really
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Old engineer pedantic
- Do you have any pets?
No
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?

- Do you get angry easily?
Sometimes - stress is what provokes it
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
No
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.

- What would you say your favourite music genre is?

- What is your favourite flag?

- Ever gone camping?
Used to take family to France to camp
- Ever been in love?
Yes andatill married after almost 50 years
- Ever used fake tan?
No
- Which countries have you visited?
Australia, Singapore, Kenya, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Botswana, Egypt, Greece, Italy , Germany, France Spain, Portugal, Cape Verde, USA, Canada, St Lucia, Tobago, Belize, Mexico
- Favourite city?
Berlin
- List your five favourite TV programmes.

- List your five favourite films.

- Are you wealthy?
No
- Do you work? If so, as what?

- List the subjects you study/have studied.
Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Management Sudies
- What do you like most about yourself?

- What do you like least about yourself?
My definition of fools, who I don't tolerate well, has grown wider as I've got older.
 
- What is your name? Scott
- How old are you? 56
- Are you male or female? Male
- Which country are you from? US
- Which city/area do you live in? Rock Hill,SC
- Are you religious? CHRISTIAN FAITH
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Decent guy,honest, impatient and
- Do you have any pets? Yes. Three dogs
- Microsoft or Apple? Defiantly Apple
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? NONE
- Do you get angry easily? Sometimes. Just depends on the subject and content
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? One on the back of my right shoulder

- What would you say your favourite music genre is? 80'S
- What is your favourite flag? USA
- Ever gone camping? YES
- Ever been in love? YES
- Ever used fake tan? NO
- Which countries have you visited? Canada
- Favourite city? I’m not much of a fan of any city
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Mayor of Kingstown, Breaking Bad, Sopranos, 1923,Yellowstone.
- List your five favourite films. Open Range, Shawshank redemption,Forest Gump,Young Guns 1 and 2
- Are you wealthy? No
- Do you work? If so, as what? Yes. Wood Yard operator at a paper mill
- List the subjects you study/have studied. Life
- What do you like most about yourself? I love deep, Im loyal and am not afraid to stand up for what’s right
- What do you like least about yourself? Tend to jump the gun at times but working on that
 
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- What is your name? Sharon
- How old are you? 60
- Are you male or female? female
- Which country are you from? United Kingdom
- Which city/area do you live in? Bristol
- Are you religious? No, not in any shape or form
- Pick three words to describe your personality. crazy, fun, happy (most of the time)
- Do you have any pets? Yes, dogs, cat, tortoise, chickens
- Microsoft or Apple? Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? None
- Do you get angry easily? Sometimes
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? 4 piercings (ears)
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Robbie Williams
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
- What is your favourite flag? UK of course
- Ever gone camping? Yes
- Ever been in love? Yes
- Ever used fake tan? Yes (suffer with Vitiligo)
- Which countries have you visited? Spain (hate flying)
- Favourite city? Not sure
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Soaps, Emmerdale, Eastenders, Corrie, Casualty, Homes under the hammer
- List your five favourite films. Sound of music, Grease, Titanic
- Are you wealthy? Not wealthy but can live comfortably
- Do you work? If so, as what? No, full time carer for my husband
- List the subjects you study/have studied. Too many to list
- What do you like most about yourself? I like to think I'm caring and would help anyone in need if I could
- What do you like least about yourself? No self confidence, overweight
 
Been lurking for a bit, thought I should join
my name is Lorain, I’ll soon be 66 and am Canadian, currently live in south central British Columbia.
diagnosed with type 2, but I think that’s wrong and will chat with my doctor next week for further testing As my C peptide numbers were normal but A1C was 6.5. Think there may been an autoimmune factor….we shall see. In the meantime I have gone, at first very low carb, and now carnivore. According to my CGM I have reduced my A1C to around 5.7 but numbers are improving daily with zero carbs. My A1C went high after three months of tamoxifen which I was urged to take after a breast cancer diagnosis. As it turns out that can be an issue and does cause diabetes in older women (not impressed). I also have lots of autoimmune issues so maybe we’re looking at LADA. Something else…I had serious acute pancreatitis 16 years ago…is my pancreas broken? Maybe type 3c diabetes. As I said earlier I need more testing. Doc is great and I’m sure she’ll be happy to do that.
I am not overweight , I’m very active with weight lifting and lots of walking (sweet black lab helps). Off sugar for more than a year
Just wanted to say hi.
 
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Are you male or female?
- Which country are you from?
- Which city/area do you live in?
- Are you religious?
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
- Do you have any pets?
- Microsoft or Apple?
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
- Do you get angry easily?
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
- What is your favourite flag?
- Ever gone camping?
- Ever been in love?
- Ever used fake tan?
- Which countries have you visited?
- Favourite city?
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
- List your five favourite films.
- Are you wealthy?
- Do you work? If so, as what?
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
- What do you like most about yourself?
- What do you like least about yourself?

Have fun!
Hello everyone, Admin team - Thank you for having me on board!

My name is Stephen (or Spike is may nickname) I'm 41 years old and I am a Type 2 Diabetic, diagnosed in Nov 2018 but probably had it before this date. I am male btw lol.

I am very well versed and researched heavily in low car/Keto/Intermittent fasting and I'm currently writing a book on the subject ( I'm not selling or advertising admin - just saying my interests)

I have a hamster called "Snookhams" which makes him sound cute but he attacks everyone including me, I also keep sea monkeys!

I live in Crawley, West Sussex but am from London originally.

People would describe me as a king yang person, I'm 50% serious and 50% child like ( I think I decided I wasn't growing up when I hit 40 years old! lol)

I used to work for 999 Ambulance Service as an Emergency Medical Advisor and in that role I was dealing with Type 1 and 2 diabetics as part of my job (besides every other medical situation you can imagine) on a daily basis. I must point out I am no longer working there as I left for something less stressful after working there over 4 years and through the pandemic.

My fave city is probably Cancun Mexico, just because Mexico is beautiful and I love it there.

I have lost a significant amount of weight 2 times in my life with the first time losing over 10 stone over a year, ( I was 25 stone at start weight) I kept this off for over 7 years and also got offered plastic surgery to remove the excess skin on my belly. I then lost 5 stone in 2019 after the diagnosis of T2 diabetes which was a result of me being in life threatening situation previously and hospitalised for 4 months, I put all the weight on again whilst in hospital - so after I got out I decided to improve my life again.

I have put on abut 4 stone during the last year so I been yo-yo ing a little. I am very self aware mentally and physically but the last year as been hell for me with he T2 diabetes - I am now at a point that I have taken actions to start the remission process with my T2 diabetes and althoughI am restarting my journey in weight loss too, I hope to help others here too.

Will attach a pic later
 
- What is your name?
Tory
- How old are you?
33
- Are you male or female?
Female
- Which country are you from?
United Kingdom
- Which city/area do you live in?
somerset
- Are you religious?
i have been Christianed but would say no
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
Funny, Bubbly,Caring
- Do you have any pets?
i have a cat called Pixie
- Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
Not really a sporty person..to lazy
- Do you get angry easily?
Not really.
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
Only boring ears...My grandma acciently ripped out my belly bar ‍♀️
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
Dua lippa, Abba, Elvis...im into most peeps
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Pop
- What is your favourite flag?
Who am i...Sheldon Cooper?
- Ever gone camping?
As a child...adult..Hell no!
- Ever been in love?
Yes
- Ever used fake tan?
Yes
- Which countries have you visited?
Spain, lanzorate,Greece,Gran canaria, Tenerife,Lapland.
- Favourite city?
Hmm...no idea
- List your five favourite TV programmes. got to many to list! Love a bit of crime and horror!
- List your five favourite films.
Same as above...to many! I'm a horror fan!
- Are you wealthy?
In my head..yes....in the bank...No
- Do you work? If so, as what?
I work with children aged 2-3 in a private nursery

- What do you like most about yourself
My personality, how kind and caring I am towards loved ones, My eyes,
- What do you like least about yourself
I'm over weight and hate it,
 

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I’m a newbie here, so hi to everyone. My name is Celia and I live in Coventry. I’m 74 going on 17, honest! I’ve been diagnosed type 2 for many years, 10 or maybe even more but have been very blasé about ‘managing’ my diabetes until now. This year my HbA1c was 119 and I have been forced to wake up and start taking back some control. The problem is that despite having had it for so long I am in fact a complete novice. So I’m here to learn and fast!
 
- What is your name? - Lesley
- How old are you? - 56
- Are you male or female? - Female
- Which country are you from? - London UK
- Which city/area do you live in? - Hillingdon
- Are you religious? - No,
- Pick three words to describe your personality. - Kind, joyful, honest.
- Do you have any pets? - Not at the moment
- Microsoft or Apple? - Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? - I'm not a sporty person
- Do you get angry easily? - No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? - I have both my ears pierced on the lobes
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. - Take That, Westlife, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lionel Richie, Adele
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? - Pop
- What is your favourite flag? - St George's
- Ever gone camping? - Yes! YUK
- Ever been in love? - Absolutely.
- Ever used fake tan? -Once, never again
- Which countries have you visited? - Easier to write where I haven't visited
- Favourite city? - Rome
- List your five favourite TV programmes. - Documentaries
- List your five favourite films. - The Lake House, Pay it Forward, Ghost, Mommy market and Bridget Jones
- Are you wealthy? - I have enough.
- Do you work? If so, as what? - SEN Teacher
- List the subjects you study/have studied. - Too many to mention.
- What do you like most about yourself? - My ability to help my students
- What do you like least about yourself? - I find it hard to say NO
 
This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Are you male or female?
- Which country are you from?
- Which city/area do you live in?
- Are you religious?
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
- Do you have any pets?
- Microsoft or Apple?
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
- Do you get angry easily?
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
- What is your favourite flag?
- Ever gone camping?
- Ever been in love?
- Ever used fake tan?
- Which countries have you visited?
- Favourite city?
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
- List your five favourite films.
- Are you wealthy?
- Do you work? If so, as what?
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
- What do you like most about yourself?
- What do you like least about yourself?

Have fun!
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My name is Alison
I’m 56 year young
I’m female
I’m from England
I live in Warrington, Cheshire
I have no religion
Bubbly, friendly, family
No pets currently but love dogs
Apple
Enjoy swimming
Not an angry person, pretty much easy going
Have one tattoo done in support of suicide awareness, ears are pierced several times and nose is pierced too.
I have no particular music genre that I like, If I hear something I like, I go with that.
Fave flag has to be the Union Jack.
Been camping many times, mostly for a bikers rally
I am in love with my husband Rob
Have never used fake tan
Have traveled to various places in the USA, various Spanish places on both mainland and islands, various locations in Egypt too, would love to travel more when opportunity arises.
Favorite city is York
 
What is your name? - Chris
- How old are you? - 61
- Are you male or female? - Male
- Which country are you from? - UK
- Which city/area do you live in? - Rugby, Warwickshire
- Are you religious? - Not in the least
- Pick three words to describe your personality. - Practical, Caring, Honest
- Do you have any pets? - Cats, Dogs, Ducks, Chickens
- Microsoft or Apple? - Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? - Used to play Rugby for the "Old Farts" team
- Do you get angry easily? - No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? - Yes
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. - Queen
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? - Anything from Rock to Classical - just not Jazz
- What is your favourite flag? - Union Jack
- Ever gone camping? - Yes!
- Ever been in love? - Probably
- Ever used fake tan? - Yes, and regretted it.
- Which countries have you visited? - Only the ones that matter, but haven't explored the UK properly
- Favourite city? - St. Malo
- List your five favourite TV programmes. - Police Documentaries, Vet/Animal, Sci Fi types
- List your five favourite films. - Star Wars, Star Trek, Bourne,
- Are you wealthy? - I wish.
- Do you work? If so, as what? - Estate Planner!
- List the subjects you study/have studied. - Anything Techie
- What do you like most about yourself? - I'm a good guy who hates to see people being mistreated
- What do you like least about yourself? - Nothing, I'm perfect - Hahahahahaha
 
Hi all, thanks for having me here.

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- What is your name? Juan
- How old are you? 49
- Are you male or female? Male
- Which country are you from? Colombia
- Which city/area do you live in? Manchester
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Loyal, Kind, giggle
- Do you have any pets? Gold Fish
- Microsoft or Apple? Apple
- Do you get angry easily? yes
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? No
Have- Ever been in love? Yes
Have- Ever used fake tan? No
- Which countries have you visited? A few
- Favourite city? Barcelona
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Series any kind
- List your five favourite films. Black hawk down
- Are you wealthy? I wish
- What do you like least about yourself? Mi Sugar levels

Curios why my sugar is so high and have pre-diabetes if I exercise as much as I can and eat as healthy as I can
 
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