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Oh poor you - this sounds familiar I've only just become diabetic (22 August!), but been "skimming" the underactive thyroid level for years and years (and years) ... my mum and both my aunts have this condition but I won't receive ANY treatment until such time as I hit the magic number. My...

PS - to add - after 6 days "normal service has resumed" it's entirely possible that is of absolutely no interest whatsoever to anyone other than myself and my toilet-tissue-dealer ... but - even on pretty high dose, I guess you can get "used to" it - although a week was going to be my limit. J

saint dalfour make beautiful jams - all without sugar and entirely vegetarian --- problem being they have 60 something percent carbs - from the natural fruit juices they use to sweeten the jams ... sorry I am no help whatsoever, but they are totally beautiful ... as I've been diabetic for like 6...

Hiya, re the low carb bread from the low-carb megastore - it looks really lovely - buuut I just got some tesco bread (it's a wholmeal loaf so obviously has wheat content) but it contains OATS - although it's targetted at lowering cholesterol levels, I noticed it had a significantly lower carb...

Re: NEWBIE alert! Excellent - I love it when us nutters are allowed to run in herds ... actually, what is the collective for nutters? A zing? A basket? teehee - yeah, I think "oh look, from here in undergrowth I can see a wild basket of nutters" works REALLY well ;) --- move over...

Re: NEWBIE alert! Absolutely no apology necessary whatso'er! Ah the temptation ... yes, I recall that moment of insanity - sorry, I mean natural instinct ... it was in the three week gap between the end of colic and the beginning of teething. Ah I slept for actual whole hours at a time (ok...

It's the total lack of sweet Swedish cider I am currently mourning. About ten million spoons of sugar in each vast bottle ;) I think I lived that life with you ... I'm down to about 3 fags a week (YAY) and zero alcohol *GO US* which I guess I have to stick at until old age ... to make the...

Re: NEWBIE alert! That's really good - I am sorry to admit I laughed! ... I found the laundry liquid in the milk space in the fridge when dear son was little. That was not good ;) Oh god I recall the GTT woman mixing the goop and I sat thinking, just the look of it, let alone the taste and...

Re: NEWBIE alert! 15 months - ahhhhhh --- you know when people said to me it'd change my life (sic: having a kid) I had NO conception of just how much hahahaha ... Likewise, pre-pregnancy, no symptoms, although I was asked about family history, at which point, it was aunts and not direct, thwn...

Re: NEWBIE alert! Thank you for sharing your story and information, it's good to hear what can and does happen to other people. I'm guessing I'll be back in for another GTT pretty soon (barf) ... thanks again lovey, how old's the sprog now? xxx

love - I can totally relate to the toilet thing ... seriously ... almost gave up going out - but 4 year olds don't let up hahaha ... I started (and was diagnosed) on Friday on the same dose & meds as you - still "going" ... or "running" hehehehe - pick a descriptive! let me know how it goes eh...

Hey Andy, I'm new today too - everyone's been really lovely :) I'm still waiting for results of the thyroid test, so we could be thyroxine buddies lol ... it's all good fun isn't it?! hugest congrats on giving up the fags and chocolates in one go - wahey for you :) xxx

Re: NEWBIE alert! Nooooooooooooooooooooooo - nobody ever even mentioned type 1 or 2 when I was pregnant --- all they said was I needed insulin throughout my pregnancy, had a glucose tolerance test at 6 weeks after the horror, sorry, I mean "c/section" - and was told although my sugars were a...

Re: NEWBIE alert! thanks squillions :) love to connect with "other nutters" - and see, I took no offence whatsoever ;) new forest eh, one of my favourite places, along with Stockholm ... kinda different I guess *random ramble alert* and chocoholic eh ... one of my kind hahahaha ... cheers...

Re: NEWBIE alert! oh thank you lovely people so much for the welcome :) - you may get sick of the sense of humour at any given time, it has been known to annoy - if you wish to do away with me, please send the cadbury's creme eggs to PO Box my god you're annoying ***hahahaha*** it's so good...

Hellooo all - wish you all a great day and thanks for having me :) Just got diagnosed Type 2 on Friday and spent the weekend sleeping. Have since realised that trillions of other people have this and manage quite well thank you and now it's time to stop being such a total wuss and get on with...