Recent Content by carmina

Please don't be scared, Cath. And don't blame your weight problem for your diabetes - I know we keep getting told by the media that overweight causes diabetes but from my experience it's the other way round, certainly in the pre-diabetes and early stages. Until I was diagnosed with Type2, I used...

From a social worker to a prospective foster carer - No, I'm sorry. We can't take your enquiry if you're a diabetic on insulin. You see, if you stop taking your insulin you may not be able to look after the child properly. :shock: And a very sad and worrying one from a recently-diagnosed...

I'm recently diagnosed too - just over 3 weeks - but I've learned a lot from this and other forums. There's very good thread below - link here viewtopic.php?f=39&t=47483 that gives a lot of good advice. There's a very good book called The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes by Gretchen Becker. I got...