Recent Content by ExBluebird

Hi Jane, I felt shocked too on first diagnosis. - The good news might be, that your fasting blood was similar to mine a few years back, and that was managed with diet/exercise. You're in the right place though, and not alone.

Welcome!

Anne. And I got destroyed.:( Much to the delight of the tweeting UK public as I went for the low offer.... My two teammates who got through won 33K!

Thanks for your responses, I'm back at the docs tomorrow for my first meds review, so lets see how we get on. I'm thinking of enrolling on the self monitor program, as its a bit of guess work at the moment - Though I managed to eat ok (ish) during my pre med days. In fact, back in 2011, when I...

Not strictly true, as I've been diet controlled type 2 for 4-5 years, but last year my weight started to drop unfortunately I was already trying to lose weight, my excitement quickly turned to realising something wasn't right. A quick trip to the Docs showed me 21.something after fasting. I am...