Recent Content by Amri

I know it's a massive and life changing event to be told you have diabetes, but please try not to panic. Yes there can be complications, but imagine how bad things would have been if your diabetes had gone undiagnosed. Think about getting your diabetes under control as a long term goal and...

Theres lots of great advice on here already and the only thing I would add is to be nice to yourself and don't beat yourself up because you're not getting it 100% right. I'm sure you can get things back on track :D Anne-Marie

Don't worry, all you have done in your post is prove that you are a human being :) I think you've just described the feelings that most people go through about diabetes from time to time. I think I've been through every emotion going sorrow, anger, denial, guilt and hopefully now acceptance...

I used to have 3 sugars in tea and coffe pre diagnosis. It's funny but I can go without the cakes and biscuits and sweeties but still crave a hot sweet drink. I know theres a lot of controvesey about it but I use Canderel (aspartame based). Anne-Marie

As long as I stick to cereals with no added sugar such as shredded wheat, it doesn't spike my blood sugar. The Food Doctor do a cereal which claims to be low carb at only a few net carbs per serving. It was a bit like nuts and seeds with added cardboard though :D Anne-Marie

Hello, been reading the Diabetes.co.uk website since I was diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic last October and have been trawling the forums. Just wanted to stop lurking and say hi and thank everyone for posting such great advice, it's really helped a lot. I went into automatic pilot when I was...