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Re: newly diagnosed struggling with what to eat As a newly diagnosed Diabetic your Doctor should offer you access to local support services which will help answer many of your questions. It's worthwhile going on a Diabetes Xpert course usually 6 weeks of 2 hours sessions it will educate you...

Hi VickiT11979, GP tested my BP both sitting and standing and I've done the same since with no significant change. I'll have a google for Othostatic Hypotension I guess with 34 years experience as a T1 you know your way around the medication and its side effects. Thanks for the heads up...

Hi hanadr, Went specifically to see the GP about the dizziness with the same thing in mind, the Lisinopril ! but after testing for an inner ear infection, my BP etc she felt it was dehydration. Can't say i agree with her as I drink plenty of water as well as tea, coffee and sugar free juice. It...

Thanks guys for replying and sharing your experiences, in relation to the weight loss as soon as my GP told me I had Type 2 I stopped, the sweets, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, fizzy drinks and sugar in my tea and on breakfast cereal. I eat a lot more fruit, have adopted porridge as my breakfast...

Hi All, I was diagnosed type 2 at he end of November 2012 so am fairly new to all this. I've got my Blood Glucose levels under control, average 5.2 over 30 days, have lost 2.5 stone and got my BMI to 23.2. For the past 4 weeks I have been suffering from short dizzy spells lasting just a few...

"What we have done for ourselves dies with us, what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal” (Albert Pike, 1871).

Hi Like you I am new to the forum and posted on the meet and greet topic without response, but I don't feel miffed about it, forums are what you make of them. Use the site and the forums as an educational tool and informal advice centre and you'll get the true benefit of what these places are...

Hi Duchess, Like some of the others I had Labyrinthitis a few years ago and suffered acute dizziness and nausea akin to feeling seasick every time I moved, it lasted seven weeks. When forced to go to the local shops I almost got mowed down as I found it difficult to judge speed and distance...

Re: Have you done the DAFNE/DESMOND courses or anything simi Hi I was diagnosed with Type 2 in November 2012 and immediately signed up for the X-pert course run by Liverpool Community Health and conducted by a Diabetes Specialist Nurse in an informal group setting of about 8 to 10 people. The...

Hi my name is Alan. I'm 55, live in Liverpool and am self-employed, just! I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in November 2012 and was honestly shocked at the possible complications my GP outlined to me, I thought Diabetes was purely a blood disorder. I had two initial blood and urine tests...