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The hardest things for me to give up were breakfast cereals and my 'go to comfort food' which was a cheesy baked potato. But I now LOVE my breakfast (which I don't have before at least 11am) and I have Greek yoghurt with two tablespoons of mixed Chia and Pumpkin seeds added, plus a small amount...

Hi @Simon592 You must be feeling abandoned and confused! Some health centres are so bad at explaining what's what despite knowing that this is an alien diagnosis for you. To my mind this is certainly not putting the patient first. I was lucky in that my GP went out of her way to explain...

Yes I think most of us felt overwhelmed and frightened when diagnosed. It's such an awful shock, isn't it. I know that I cried a lot at first and ... in my own case ... just couldn't understand what carbs, meters or blood glucose readings were. I was so confused by this new language but then one...

I firmly agree with both of you here! I was also told to eat carbs (in 2016 when diagnosed) but that they should ideally be wholemeal carbs. I struggled for the first three years but just thought it was myself in the wrong ... not following NHS advice properly or something. But then I stumbled...

Thank you but unfortunately I haven't the money for a pressure cooker now that I've purchased the slow cooker as I'm a single parent putting my daughter through four years at Uni which is 300 miles away from home xx

It's a really tiny slow cooker to make a meal for just myself so it wouldn't fit large joints of meat x

@LittleGreyCat thank you. I did think about just leaving out all the starchy veg, but then wondered if it would spoil the dish, so it seemed best to ask on here for tried and tested ideas. I hope to discover several ideas and to write them down in preparation for Autumn. I'm a little nervous...

I've just purchased a tiny slow cooker for my meals when Autumn/Winter arrive as I'll only be cooking for myself ... daughter off to Uni. Has anyone here any recipes that I can try please as I've not used one before and can only seem to find recipes containing potato and other starchy veg?

Thank you and I have still only had the one eye done, but so far the other isn't troublesome enough to have an operation. xx

Wowee! Isn't it just the most wonderful feeling when you conquer this stubborn D thing :) I am thrilled for you and hope it spurs you on to the best of health xx

Yes indeed ... if surgery works! My mum lost her vision and I have lost 26 per cent of my vision during cataract operations. Doesn't come without risks sadly :(

YES! I started on one Metformin then two ... until the four prescribed. No problems in the slightest. Within three months I was down to two, and then to just one at breakfast time. I stopped taking them a few months ago since my control, is good but really had no issues whatsoever with them :)

I'm someone who only has double cream in my coffee, although with tea I like a little seme skimmed milk. I used to only buy skimmed milk but then discovered that it's not the best. I think full fat milk is the better one but I don't like it.

Thank you. It's rare for me to be ill, and this one has been a real humdinger! xx