Recent Content by Leight0n

I pick mine up next month. Taking in to consideration everything I've read about them I think I'll be slapping a big plaster over it!

Full fat Greek yogurt, blackberries or raspberries, small handful of mixed nuts, sweetener. [emoji108]

Thank you so much for your reply. [emoji106]

After 10 days getting to grips with things I've done a lot of reading and scared myself countless times. The thing that is niggling away at me the most is wondering how long I have had diabetes for. After roughly 2 weeks of being thirsty as hell I went to the docs on the 28th Dec and was...

Seeing them on Tuesday but I'm already making headway myself on the subject. Ive already got the book! [emoji106]

Hi Adam I was diagnosed T1 on New Year's Eve. I'm 34. Just a week in and I'm already feeling better and optimistic about it all. Like people have already said I have found doing a lot of reading helps. The first thing I said to myself is that if I have this thing I want to know as much about...

Hi jimmy I had my first few drinks last night. Had them at home though to be on the safe side. I must say that with a proper meal and a snack towards the end of the night the 3 beers and 3 rums have not affected me at all. Bloods this morning of 7.3 and just checked now after a few hours and...

I was only diagnosed a week ago but my levels have come down from 4 days of double figures to the last 3 being consistently where they should be. With that in mind I decided to have a few drinks this evening whilst at home. I'm on 14 Lantus and 8 Novorapid for breakfast and 6 before lunch and...

Thanks for your replies. The book has been ordered!

Hi everyone. I've been lurking around for a few days until my email was verified and have spent a lot of time since NYE reading threads on here and learning anything I can about diabetes (still a hell of a lot to learn!) I'm a 34 year old male and to call this diagnosis a shock is a massive...