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Thanks so much emmakate. I tried to make an appointment with the diabetes nurse today but she wasn't available till the end of September. The receptionist was very nice and sent me a econsult to fill out and I now have a dr calling this Wednesday afternoon.

Thanks septua. :)

Hi KennyA, many thanks for your reply. I did some Googling this morning and it said that I should eat between 130-200g of carbs a day. I shall try and get in touch with the diabetes nurse at my local surgrey to just check. If and when I get an appointment, and with the outcome, I will come back...

Hi,I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic years ago but have had no real information from the drs/diabetic nurse.TBH at the time I was offered to go on a course but I was, and am, housebound so couldn't attend so was just left as that. I was advised to check lables for carbohydrates and then, 'of which...

Thank you both for your replies, they are very helpful. :) I was told on another forum (Mums net) to aim for about 150g per day. I'm going to try that and see how it goes. I'm just concentrating on giving up the sweet stuff first! :D

Thank you for your reply Andy. :) So, just to get this straight, it's the 'carbs' bit. Like for Wheatbix, it's Carbohydrates 26g Of which sugars 1.6 So I should go with the 26g?

Hi, I joined last night. I have been diagnosed for a couple of years at least, but because I am housebound I haven't had much input from the diabetic nurse. I never really took the diabetes seriously (Eating loads of chocolate, cakes, etc, daily.) as I thought I'd end up limbless, or stroke, or...