Recent Content by Kph103

Me too. One of my early symptoms was blurred distant vision. Just woke up one morning with it. Couldn't watch telly without sitting close. My close eyesight improved dramatically and I didn't wear glasses for a few weeks. But it does come back. My vision is back to normal, took 4/5 weeks but...

Hi It is quite a shock being diagnosed but the important thing to remember is hat it is not the end of the world. In fact in many ways it's quite the opposite. When I was diagnosed back in March I had a B/S level of 23. Doctor said we want you to try and manage it by diet and excercise. It...

Chin up. I felt the same way when diagnosed, guess we all do, but it was not unexpected because I was showing quite a few symptoms before being confirmed. My BS reading was 23 !!! Which was really scary. However, my doctor didn't want me on melds and said let's try 3 months on diet/excercise...

Hi I was diagnosed with type 2 in March. It was bad enough being diagnosed but my levels were a whopping 23. I was determined to attempt to control this by diet/excercise. I bought a monitor and started to excercise ,albeit just walking the dogs twice a day. My levels dropped to around 16 and I...

I've had the same experience except my GP encouraged me to buy a self test machine but the head diabetes nurse is against it. I told her that I had already bought one and been testing every morning ( only diagnosed 2 weeks ago) she suggested that I cut it down to just a couple of times a week...

Hi. I'm karl Like olive don't know how to get the template but I'm 60. Live in Peterborough,Cambs Have 2 dogs (boxers) love most sport . Have 4 children and 5 grandchildren whom I love all very much. Been married 41 years to Janet. I am newly diagnosed type 2 just a week ago. Have read loads...