Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

[fammy]

This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?
- How old are you?
- Are you male or female?
- Which country are you from?
- Which city/area do you live in?
- Are you religious?
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
- Do you have any pets?
- Microsoft or Apple?
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?
- Do you get angry easily?
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
- List your five favourite musicians/bands.
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
- What is your favourite flag?
- Ever gone camping?
- Ever been in love?
- Ever used fake tan?
- Which countries have you visited?
- Favourite city?
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
- List your five favourite films.
- Are you wealthy?
- Do you work? If so, as what?
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
- What do you like most about yourself?
- What do you like least about yourself?

Have fun!

 

[fammy]

I am fammy
female
mature
from east Africa
live in north west uk
kind. social and friendly
Microsoft
no pets
don't get angry easily
enjoy walking .jogging and swimming
pop and classical music
no tattoos
never used fake tan
British flag
visited Africa, America, Canada ,Europe and Caribbean islands
enjoy watching films and drama eg holby city
London and Toronto favourite cities
have parttime work and study at uni 3rd yr degree student
am strong and patience
a like sugars diagnosed diabetic type 2 since 2001

 

[Missy Cat]

Hi there. Thank you for the nice welcome . I'm afraid I don't have a clue how to put any details on my profile at the moment. I have been told I am type 1, but recently been told at my local diabetes centre they are not sure as to what type as I could still be going through the "honeymoon" stage. I feel like I'm constantly explaining myself and what is wrong and what I can / can't eat etc etc. and what I find frustrating and scary is when I tell people a diabetic they are like " oh no I'm so sorry, that's life threatening isn't it" which absolutely petrified me hearing that said to me.

Hi Emie... Just saw your post re constantly having to explain yourself. I feel just the same, it can be quite tiresome at times. No one in my family or friends is diabetic so it's all new. Being newly diagnosed myself and everything keeps changing. Complete shock when I was diagnosed and just thought... Oh well changing my diet will do the trick. But no, straight on meds which were changed a few times, then basal insulin with meds, then they stopped my meds and now Basal-bolus insulin regime. I keep asking why me? I don't have time for this etc then I have to remind myself that I am NOT the only one!

The Hubby has been great but trying to get the kids to understand has been harder... I still don't think they understand how ill I am when having a hypo!

Only just getting used to the forum but already feel there will be lots of help ahead when I need it and looking at the threads and posts lots of laughter too

Hopefully speak again soon.

Lea x

 

[cavemouse]

What is your name?

cavemouse

 

[cavemouse]

- How old are

57

 

[SugarAndSpice89]

This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

Hey guys! I'm new to the forum! Here's my stuffies below. Dunno if it would tell you much about me!

- What is your name? JeanPant
- How old are you? 25
- Are you male or female? Female
- Which country are you from? South Africa
- Are you religious? Religion is overrated.
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Multiple. Humorous. Dreamer.
- Do you have any pets? Yes! Two beautiful Boxers.
- Microsoft or Apple? If it works, it works! But seriously, Windows 8? ***
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? None. I'll try the sport thing in my next life.
- Do you get angry easily? YES! At the wrong times though, man! I'd be a terrible Hulk.
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? Only 2 piercings in both ears. Nothing spectacular enough to tattoo on my body for life.
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Radiohead, Massive Attack, Michael Jackson, Carter Burwell, Sam Smith
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? Various
- What is your favourite flag? Always loved the Union Jack Flag design!
- Ever gone camping? Yes. Loved the change of habit.
- Ever been in love? Too many Goddamn times.
- Ever used fake tan? Hells Bells, yes. To the point of almost looking like a carrot.
- Which countries have you visited? None. One needs money to get down the street.
- Favourite city? The one I live in.
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Shameless US, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, The Office, Modern Family
- List your five favourite films. Anything with Jack Nickolson, Marvel, DC Comics
- Are you wealthy? Yes. Drowning in the money. So so drowning.
- Do you work? If so, as what? Advertising industry. I scoop the poop.
- What do you like most about yourself? I can laugh and talk sh!t for quite a while.
- What do you like least about yourself? Too much. Currently in construction.

 

[prasad_katakam]

This thread will hopefully let us to get to know one another better and allow us to see which users we might share similarities with. I've listed a set of questions below that you can answer to tell us more about yourself. By no means do you have to answer all of them, and if you feel like adding further information, feel free.

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
- What is your name?prasad Katakam
- How old are you?37
- Are you male or female? Male
- Which country are you from? India
- Which city/area do you live in?Vijayawada
- Are you religious?
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Hard working,thinking and searching
- Do you have any pets?No
- Microsoft or Apple?Microsoft
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? Cricket
- Do you get angry easily? No
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? No
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Shakeera, AR Rehman, MM Keeravani,SS thaman, Harish Jairah
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?Robo
- What is your favourite flag? Indian National flag
- Ever gone camping? Yes
- Ever been in love? Yes
- Ever used fake tan?
- Which countries have you visited? Only India
- Favourite city? Madhira
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
- List your five favourite films. PK,Dhoom series,Krrish series
- Are you wealthy?No
- Do you work? If so, as what? Yes, Lab technician
- List the subjects you study/have studied. Medical lab technology
- What do you like most about yourself? Calmgoingness
- What do you like least about yourself? Lazyness

Have fun!

OM BURBUVASWAHA TATSAVITURVARENYAM BARGHODEVASYA DEEMAHEE DIYOYONAHA PRACHODAYATH

 

[prasad_katakam]

The Quote I wrote was GAYATRI MANTA a powerful words in Hinduism.

 

[pussycat5]

- Include a photo here if you wish to.

- What is your name?
my name is Lindsay miller
- How old are you?
I'm 20 years old
- Are you male or female?
I'm a female
- Which country are you from?
I live in the United states
- Which city/area do you live in?
I live in speedway
- Are you religious?
no I'm not
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
kind caring and can be a *****
- Do you have any pets
yes 2 cats
- Microsoft or Apple?
micro
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you
like/play?
tennis and golf
- Do you get angry easily?
no I do not
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
yes I have a tattoo on my left shoulder and I have a tongue persing
- List your five favourite musicians/bands
Black veil brides, blood on the dance floor, icp, Tim migrol, and a lot more
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Rock and roll but I like all kinds of music
- Ever gone camping?
yes and I loved it
- Ever been in love?
yes I'm in love right now
- Ever used fake tan?
nop I'm as pall as I can get
- Which countries have you visited?
none I do want to travail the world though
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
I'm more of an anime person then a regular tv shows person
- List your five favourite films.
nightmare before Christmas, the little marmaid 2, ponyo, we the Miller's, and ted
- Are you wealthy?
Hell no
- Do you work? If so, as what?
yes I work as a cashier at loves.
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
graphic design
- What do you like most about yourself?
my eyes
- What do you like least about yourself?
my heair

 

[Oldoak]

Hi, new to the forum - here goes...

- Include a photo here if you wish to. Don't want to scare anyone!
- What is your name? Nicola
- How old are you? 48
- Are you male or female? Female
- Which country are you from? UK
- Which city/area do you live in? Preston, Lancs
- Are you religious? Yes
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Loyal, shy, perceptive
- Do you have any pets? One cat, Ragdoll, called Cody >^..^<
- Microsoft or Apple? Both but prefer Apple
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? I'm an armchair football enthusiast
- Do you get angry easily? No, it takes a lot
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? Two in each ear
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, ELO, John Legend, Ed Sheeran
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? No favourite, like most music
- What is your favourite flag? None
- Ever gone camping? Once
- Ever been in love? Yes
- Ever used fake tan? Yes
- Which countries have you visited? USA, South Africa, Corfu in Greece, Turkey, France, Zimbabwe, Czech Republic
- Favourite city? London
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, NCIS, only Fools & Horses, The Gilmore Girls
- List your five favourite films. Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing, Hope Floats, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Old Dogs
- Are you wealthy? Nope
- Do you work? If so, as what? Just been made redundant
- List the subjects you study/have studied. The Bible
- What do you like most about yourself? Patience
- What do you like least about yourself? Sarcasm

 

[Clivethedrive]

- Include a photo here if you wish to.
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- What is your name?
my name is Lindsay miller
- How old are you?
I'm 20 years old
- Are you male or female?
I'm a female
- Which country are you from?
I live in the United states
- Which city/area do you live in?
I live in speedway
- Are you religious?
no I'm not
- Pick three words to describe your personality.
kind caring and can be a *****
- Do you have any pets
yes 2 cats
- Microsoft or Apple?
micro
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you
like/play?
tennis and golf
- Do you get angry easily?
no I do not
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?
yes I have a tattoo on my left shoulder and I have a tongue persing
- List your five favourite musicians/bands
Black veil brides, blood on the dance floor, icp, Tim migrol, and a lot more
- What would you say your favourite music genre is?
Rock and roll but I like all kinds of music
- Ever gone camping?
yes and I loved it
- Ever been in love?
yes I'm in love right now
- Ever used fake tan?
nop I'm as pall as I can get
- Which countries have you visited?
none I do want to travail the world though
- List your five favourite TV programmes.
I'm more of an anime person then a regular tv shows person
- List your five favourite films.
nightmare before Christmas, the little marmaid 2, ponyo, we the Miller's, and ted
- Are you wealthy?
Hell no
- Do you work? If so, as what?
yes I work as a cashier at loves.
- List the subjects you study/have studied.
graphic design
- What do you like most about yourself?
my eyes
- What do you like least about yourself?
my heair

Welcome lindsey, how are you?

 

[Clivethedrive]

Hi, new to the forum - here goes...

- Include a photo here if you wish to. Don't want to scare anyone!
- What is your name? Nicola
- How old are you? 48
- Are you male or female? Female
- Which country are you from? UK
- Which city/area do you live in? Preston, Lancs
- Are you religious? Yes
- Pick three words to describe your personality. Loyal, shy, perceptive
- Do you have any pets? One cat, Ragdoll, called Cody >^..^<
- Microsoft or Apple? Both but prefer Apple
- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? I'm an armchair football enthusiast
- Do you get angry easily? No, it takes a lot
- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where? Two in each ear
- List your five favourite musicians/bands. Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, ELO, John Legend, Ed Sheeran
- What would you say your favourite music genre is? No favourite, like most music
- What is your favourite flag? None
- Ever gone camping? Once
- Ever been in love? Yes
- Ever used fake tan? Yes
- Which countries have you visited? USA, South Africa, Corfu in Greece, Turkey, France, Zimbabwe, Czech Republic
- Favourite city? London
- List your five favourite TV programmes. Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, NCIS, only Fools & Horses, The Gilmore Girls
- List your five favourite films. Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing, Hope Floats, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Old Dogs
- Are you wealthy? Nope
- Do you work? If so, as what? Just been made redundant
- List the subjects you study/have studied. The Bible
- What do you like most about yourself? Patience
- What do you like least about yourself? Sarcasm

Hi oldoak, welcome to the best forum on the web

 

[Clivethedrive]

OM BURBUVASWAHA TATSAVITURVARENYAM BARGHODEVASYA DEEMAHEE DIYOYONAHA PRACHODAYATH

Hello prasad, nice to see you, looking forwards to hearing your story:)

 

[eddie1968]

Welcome to all new members. Big Hi to all !

 

[Lorraine deer]

Hello to all the new people to the forum. Have a good read round.

 

[Emie]

Hi lea.


Yeah absolutely a total shocker when diagnosed, felt my life was over. Constantly hearing all the negative side to diabetes was and still is so scary. Was diagnosed a month before my 40th and my vision went blurry for a few weeks so had to cancel the "surprise" party my partner had arranged for me. Even now still get very frustrated with people's ignorance of diabetes and comments like "oh you can die of that can't you" thanks is all I can say haha. Really nice to hear from you, do have so much more to speak about but have to take my youngest daughter to a DVD and duvet night back at school.

Take care and speak soon x

 

[Missy Cat]

Hi lea.


Yeah absolutely a total shocker when diagnosed, felt my life was over. Constantly hearing all the negative side to diabetes was and still is so scary. Was diagnosed a month before my 40th and my vision went blurry for a few weeks so had to cancel the "surprise" party my partner had arranged for me. Even now still get very frustrated with people's ignorance of diabetes and comments like "oh you can die of that can't you" thanks is all I can say haha. Really nice to hear from you, do have so much more to speak about but have to take my youngest daughter to a DVD and duvet night back at school.

Take care and speak soon x

Ah the joys of running around after the family... And squeezing in the management of diabetes! Now that's hard work and a total changer!!!

L x

 

[LesleyM]

Hi All! Been lurking around here for a while, so thought I'd better introduce myself. I was diagnosed T2 around 3 years ago, am on Metformin 1x500mg twice a day. I don't LCHF as such, but do restrict carbs, and exercise regularly. My HbA1c is 37, and my cholesterol 3.3 as of last month.

Here's some info:

- What is your name?

Lesley

- How old are you?

58 :-((

- Are you male or female?

Female

- Which country are you from?

England

- Which city/area do you live in?

Luton, but originally from hackney in East End of London

- Are you religious?

Agnostic/pagan

- Pick three words to describe your personality.

Creative, Introspective, Empathetic

- Do you have any pets?

Not any more - had two cats, and would like to get another some day

- Microsoft or Apple?

Apple


- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?

Does yoga count as sport? Probably not, but that's what I like to do. And walking lots.

- Do you get angry easily?

Not really. But I do get stressed out easily, and am trying to be more zen!

- Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?

Ear piercings. No tats.

- List your five favourite musicians/bands.

David Bowie; Civil Wars; Placebo; Fever Ray; plus any number of glam rock/70s/80s bands...

- Ever gone camping?

Not me. I like to be under proper cover with a bathroom!

- Ever been in love?

Yes.

- Which countries have you visited?

US. France. Greece.

- Favourite city?

London.

- List your five favourite TV programmes.

Game of Thrones. Sherlock. Friends. EastEnders. Holby City/Casualty.

- List your five favourite films.

- Are you wealthy?

No. Comfortable, thanks.

- Do you work? If so, as what?

I'm a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Bedfordshire.

- List the subjects you study/have studied.

I have a degree in Creative Writing; and a Masters by Research in same.

- What do you like most about yourself?

I'm creative (I write short stories, novels and poetry), I'm caring, I'm witty (I like to think!), and I'm really supportive of the people I care about.

- What do you like least about yourself?

I'm far too anxious and get caught up in catastrophising about things I can't change. I am also pretty moody!

 

[pavlovsdog]

Hello and welcome all new peeps!

 

[pavlovsdog]

Hi macivor

Well, with respect that's not particularly good advice. You should request a print out of those figures as presumably it was a HBA1C test and whilst you say it was "6" there's a big difference between a 6.0 and a 6.9 so you're entitled to those details

Are you overweight at all? What is your current diet?

I wouldn't be accepting a one year delay before you see the nurse and yes, you should be testing

Mike

Hi @macivor I agree with Mike, it doesn't sound like you are getting very effective care. I'm assuming you are in the UK, so It might be worth having a look at the NICE guidelines and being a bit assertive with your GP. If he's not prepared to be more helpful, you should find another GP imho