Recent Content by angelbite11687

Thanks everyone, I'll speak to my nurse and see what she says, she has said to go low carb which I'm doing, but it's scary starting out on a rapid insulin and suddenly being told to adjust my dose, it really hasn't been explained, I don't know about how to adjust to carb load or anything. It's...

Hello there, a couple of months ago I was put onto lantus and told to adjust my dosage until my morning glucose was in good range. Im also on 2000mg glucophage and 320mg gliclazide daily too. The nurse has just started me on novorapid as my morning numbers are still at 15mml before food and...

hiya yes the sweetner should have been 15tbsp instead of 25 sorry :) to the above statements i would agree that the recipe could be substituted with almond meal i however prefer to make it as authentic as possible. i am myself on a low carb diet but only use this recipe as an occasional treat i...

Hello all, i decided to do some baking tonight, i adapted one of my favourite recipes as a sugar free version. i was diagnosed with type two diabetes around two years ago and found it very frustrating that i could no longer enjoy a piece of cake anymore which is why i adapted the recipe in...

thanks furgus does anyone else have anything to say ???

hi i have been told that diabetics shouldnt drink coffee is this true ? i really miss coffee :(

ok so im a 20 year old female with type two diabetes and not hugly overweight so my doc wondered why so they did a hormone test which has showed that i could possibly be poly cistic but i dont understand how this could give me type 2 does anyone know why ??

i never really win anything but the last few days i have been on a winning streek woooo go me i have found a new love for lucky gold scatch cards the first one i won £5 the i brought two more yesterday and i won £2 so with my winnings today i brought two more as they are £1 each and i won a...

ok so i just wondered what other people feel is a ideal sugar amount in food im still new to this and i constantly obsess about sugar i look at everything that i eat and see what the label says but when i see somthing with say 7 grams of sugar in i always think that i cant eat it coz it seems...

thanks guys, for all the advise the only other thing i wanted to ask is whether it is true that fake sweetners such as splender wont touch your blood suger my diabetic nurse told me this and i feel its untrue because i had diet cherry coke the other day which my dietican told me would be fine...

hi ive only just been diagnosed as type 2 ad i still have no ideas for breakfast and im really tired of the same things day in and out i have four things i can eat but they all really effect my bgs and i dont know what else to eat so far i have been eating shredded wheat ( tastes like...

hi i have a accu chek aviva bg system i have heared that you should test them i have controll solution but i dont know how to use it and the instructions are not very clear can anyone help ???

hi im chloe i was diagnosed 17th of feb this year i have type 2 and i just wondered if there is anyone else close to my age with t2? my doc keeps telling me that its unusual for me to have type 2 at 20 as im not obese and now i feel alone as i dont know anyone my age who has t2 anyone else?

hi, ok so i was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on th 17th of feb this year and i want to know if anybody knows whether it is safe to get a tattoo now or if not how long is it adviseable to wait im 20 years old and i just wanna express myself but i wont compromise my heath or my safty so any...