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I knew her in Sixth Form College. I was shocked to see her on my local news and even more stunned to learn of her death, she was a lovely girl and a very talented artist.

(Just so everyone is aware here, I am a girl, not a boy. Thanks! :D :) ) I am listening and I am trying but I just wanted some more advice, this whole thing has my head spinning; stupid diabetes!!! :x Guv - thanks for your suggestion, I'm going to try all different methods here to see...

Sue - cheers for highlighting my main points! Perhaps I should have clarified better in the beginning! :roll: Nellie - thank you for your suggestion on literature, i have purchased 'The First Year Diabetes Type 2 ' and am currently making my way through it; it's just good to get extra help...

Thank you for all your kind words and I particularly loved your poem chocoholic! I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who's truly [going mad] struggling. I think I have the collins calorie counter book somwhere already sue, so I'll certainly try measuring things out. As for the excerise side...

...and not so glorious. I'm really starting to get down in the dumps about this whole diabetes lark and I've only been diagnosed T2 for about 2 months! :( Even though I've attended a 3 week course run by my local NHS that explained everything, it went in one ear and out the other. I have NO...

thank you diabetic geek, your response was most informative. i guess there's really no way of knowing unless you present some sort of symptoms. cheers!

I'm just wondering, and feel free to tell me I'm being really daft asking such a question, but as newly diagnosed T2 diabetic of 6 weeks, who had presented no symptoms, is there any way at all of working out when I may have actually developed diabetes? Yes, yes, feel free to mock! :wink...

Hi everyone Hope you're all doing okay. :D I was just wondering, I've noticed that I keep getting the occassional dizzy spell and am confused as to whether it's related to my BS being high or low? It happens at any time, before food or after - do you think it'd be wise to test my BS when...

I was diagnosed with type 2 myself just last week, so I know how you feel! :D

thank you to you all for your brilliant and open responses. i will no doubt be frequenting on here for advice and support from here on in! :D

Hi Amanda Thanks for your warm welcome! I'm probably going to be doing a course myself, the nurse is going to tell me all about it tomorrow. :wink:

Hi Karen, nice to meet you! Thanks for your words of support, it's good to know that other people are going through what I'm going through and that we can all support one another. It's been a major shock - now I just have to find a form of exercise that I actually enjoy which I'll be happy to...

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed this last week with T2 diabetes and have since spent the rest of the time since hearing the news in a spiral of self-loathing. Which isn't pleasant, as I'm sure you'll all know! It was found completely by accident due to me having high blood pressure and my...