Recent Content by cjap

Although I have not posted much, this forum has been a great source of help to me. I have managed to lose approx. 14 kilos on a low carb diet, my BP has come down and I have got my blood sugar more or less in normal range with no medication so far. I'm by no means out of the woods, some of my...

Thanks for the feedback. I'm finding as I read stuff on here, light bulbs are going off and I am relating better to what my GP has told me in the past, and also what I've been feeling. This also probably means he's bad at explaining things in layman's terms. So I think my previous Hba1c was just...

Hello, I posted in the welcome forum. Here's a bit more about my situation. My GP told me I had a very high risk of diabetes a little while ago and I responded by slowly losing about 1 1/2 stone over 6 months to just under 16 stone now. I have been eating less though not much that is radically...

That is all very helpful already, very encouraging, thank you so much. I will chase up the self-testing options directly. I am going to post a bit more about my situation in the newly diagnosed forum and take it from there. Thanks again :) Chris

Hello, I am newly diagnosed Type 2 and have come here to get my head out of a dark place :( by reaching out to all the experience and I hope support there is in the forum; and also of course to research how I can pro-actively manage my condition. Looks like a great place for me to be :) Chris