Recent Content by FatBadger

Hi folks. Nine weeks in and things are looking good. My official follow up blood test and appointment aren’t until next month. But a thing with the gym not happening yet (I won’t bore you with the nitty gritty) saw me calling the doctors to ask a question and they ended up arranging an interim...

Hi all I’ve done a bit of a back and forth on whether or not to write this. I want to say something to folks newly diagnosed as pre diabetic, but I don’t know how helpful it’ll be, because will they want me for Mastermind, special subject the bleedin obvious. Or will it simply not apply to many...

Thank’s all The bathroom floor is “technically” cushioned I suppose…. If it is though, it’s so very thin I can’t see it counting. I’ll give putting a board under it a go though. Great idea and can’t hurt eh? Lol Gawd bless elastic waisted trousers guv! Badger

I hate our scales. I know that sounds like the setup for a jokey poke at not liking what they keep telling me and that they are in league with the mirror at the top of the stairs which has someone else living inside it, who keeps stepping into view at the same time I arrive, but clearly isn’t...

That was an interesting thought JTL. Not that I’d have a clue how to make an app, but I wondered if there was such a thing. So I just had a look And found something called “Model My Diet”. (I am using an ipad by the way.) It has separate versions for men and women and is rated at 4 stars out of...

I installed a Golf game on my PS4 this evening. At the start you create your golfer and I’ve tried to make him look a little like me, although I lack the artistic skills or patience to create anything you’d recognise me on the street with. One of the features is that you get to input your actual...

Thank’s for the terrific replies everybody. Finished chapter two now and was interested to learn about sone of the history of Diabetes. Some of this has been uncomfortable reading so far and I have to admit that I hadn’t really appreciated how serious the condition could be. I mean, I knew it...

Hi all I’ve just started reading “The Diabetes Code”. (Not, as it turns out, the latest novel by Dan Brown.) by Dr Jason Fung, which I found a recommendation for on this forum. Literally just started yesterday and so far only read the prologue and chapter one. For someone like me, born into...

Hi. Thank’s for this post, it really struck a chord. I was just diagnosed with T2 on Monday and have been struggling to get my head around it. I’m apparently not at the point of needing meds. So they’re bringing me back in 12 weeks to see if in the meantime I can reduce my levels and my weight...

Hi all. All in all I would say it was the best possible result under the circumstances. Well….. short of them having a time travel device for me I suppose. The appointment was way longer than I expected, best part of an hour. The nurse I was talking to was really nice and my anxiety settled a...

Thank’s folks for the helpful information and in depth replies. If anything I feel less capable of getting my head around it this morning, than I did yesterday! Logically I know my anxiety is stopping me from thinking straight and you’d think that the ability to put that in a sentence would...

Hi all I had a call from the surgery last week, to let me know that my blood tests confirm I am T2 Diabetic. I have an appointment tomorrow to talk to someone about it face to face. So at this point I just have no idea what to expect. I recently turned 59, so I suppose I am now an old dog who...