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Nurse's advice or low carb... which should I do? :?: :?: :?: :?:

I did "interrupt" the footie once with an old boyfriend.... he wouldn't shut up for ages about the "sacrifice" he'd made!!! It's not as if he didn't enjoy it.... Luckily my hubby hates football!!! :D

Can you access this document? It may help... http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/Gu ... 20pack.doc

Do you have a contract at work? :)

Hmm - thank you so much. You have all been so helpful. :) Lots of thinking to do.

OK! I have read some of all that (my head is spinning), but I still have questions... I have always thought that we were hunter gatherers... not farmers. So we ate meat, nuts, grains and berries. Not bread! I felt very well when I did Atkins. I would like to try a low carb diet but.... I...

No, I got it wrong.. it was my lumpy boobs first THEN my hernia op!!! ARGHHHH That's what anaesthetic and having a child does for you! I have a very tenacious link to reality these days :lol:

And thanks to Karen, I'll check out those links...

Thanks fergus, I'll certainly look it that...

Hi, yep I use seretide twice daily and that seems to keep me in check. OK... I had my son (vertical C-section), and suffered with gestational diabetes (so that was in the pipeline anyway and I really do think I had pre-diabetes for years - would feel shakey if I didn't eat, etc but they said I...

In a funny sort of way, I feel glad that it's not just me.... but I feel for you all, I do! :)

Ahh, but they'd have to be careful about that "spoonful of sugar" wouldn't they!!! :roll: :wink:

I did do Atkins a few years back and lost loads of weight and felt really great, but I was told that LC isn't good for diabetics... have tried to do some research on it, but not had much luck... are there posts on here? When you said bg, did you mean blood group?

We don't have a big house - and I have a blood pressure monitor, loads of BP drugs, my asthma inhalers and now all the stuff for BS testing and the sharps container to fit in somewhere - safe so my boy doesn't take my medication or prick his finger and it's driving me mad!!! :evil:

Thanks! I have to say, that in a way my diabetes has given me the kick up the bum I needed to live more healthily - a little bit too much of a kick, but I welcome that side of it. The other sides can get stuffed, but hey! I have the lower fat butter now, and as I have severely reduced how...

OK, so I am replying to my own post! I have just read two pages of messages and realise that I need to come back here when I am not so tired! It looks like there is loads to learn here!

Hi all, newly diagnosed type 2 with HbA1c result of 8.6%, high blood pressure and asthma, losing weight, trying to be healthy, not happy about practically giving up butter and chocolate, 39 years old, mother of 1, married, work part time, have dogs and cats and trying to set up an allotment site...