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Hi, If it helps, I can give you some of my recent experiences: I'm newly diagnosed T2, still trying very hard to get my head around all this, and have been checking my blood sugar for about a month. My early morning (waking) readings are usually quite high (7 - 9) but I understand this is...

This thread seems to be the perfect opportunity to share a little funny that I've just come across on the web. It's written for the US but if we substitute for the number of MPs in Westminster, it's a perfect fit here, too. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did: New Entrant in the Periodic...

Thanks, Jampot. I'm still trying to work through all this but I think I have to be careful not to overwhelm myself or become disappointed if it doesn't always go well. A work colleague is T2. I've known her for years and she sits on the opposite desk, so it's very easy to talk to each...

If it's not heresy to suggest a resource from an alternative site :shock: you might have a look at the online course at: http://www.type2diabetesandme.co.uk/ I went through it at the weekend and picked-up some good information/ideas. It takes a couple of hours to do properly but I felt it...

Hi, Wendy. I'm new to it all too, so I don't feel particularly qualified to advise you on any details of your question, except to say that I'm finding that exercise and lowering my carbohydrate intake seems to be helping me. Echoing Lenny's point, however, I can say that I've already found...

Hi, Snowballnc. I'm finding that increasing exercise is helping me, but the relationship between what I'm eating, blood sugar, exercise etc. isn't as straightforward as I first thought it might be. Reading the posts on this Board has helped me realise that there's a complicated process going...

Sorry, Brett. I missed your post initially. I should have made it clearer that I'm T2 so I don't use insulin and was controlling with diet and exercise only. Since Thursday, however, I've been prescribed 1000mg Metformin and I'm now looking to see how I get on with that. Not sure how long...

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Thank you for the welcome and advice. I am finding the new posts and extensive archives of this site very, very helpful. In the 10 days since my previous post, I'd started to feel so rough, with bouts of shakiness, fuzzy heads, feelings of numbness in my arms and legs (not sure if that was...

46, from my last blood test. GP didn't mention anything about it being too low, either.

I wish I'd found this post when I got up this morning. I'm newly diagnosed and finding my way through it all. This morning I thought I'd have a bowl of rice crispies with skimmed milk. 90 mins later at work I checked my BS - 14.0. What? Can't be. Second test confirmed it. Down to 6.9 by...

I'm pretty sure same here. Been on 40mg Simvastatin tablets for 5 years (2 years more than I've been borderline, and just recently diagnosed, T2). About a month ago, I suddenly started to get a variety of sensations in my hands and legs - tingling, numbness and some burning sensations...

I once found myself reminding someone (who was getting unbelievably intense about the need to eat/use/promote only organic products) that asbestos was about as "natural" a product as you could get.

I'm a T2 who's new to all this, and I'm desperately trying to make some sense of it all. If it's of any help, my post prandial BG level of 10.1 at 12.00am this morning was pretty smartly brought down to 6.2 at 13:30 hours, by a 3-mile walk (done in under an hour, which was fast enough to make...

They clearly don't understand anything about diabetes and, IME, ignorance often leads to this sort of prejudice. They'd no doubt be shocked if anyone pointed out just how bigoted their attitude really is. If your boss is at all approachable, you might try calm and reasoned reassurance, at a...

Hi. I've found this forum through searching the web more generally about diabetes, in the hope I can understand more about it. I've just turned 60 and my doctor has been talking about "elevated sugar levels" for 3 years now, after I first went to him with a rather vague complaint of dizzy...