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First of all welcome to the forum. I too didn't experience any symptoms when a routine blood test diagnosed me as T2 in 2007. Diabetes is insidious and that is what makes it so difficullt to accept. I am , however, very surprised that you were told in a letter that you have T2. This is a very...

That explains it! I too was on WW and thinking I was doing really well. I bought my own meter and started testing. Do you eat unlimited 'free fruit' as they suggest? The fructose in the fruit plays havoc with your sugars even if your weight is coming down. I still attend WW but I've adapted it...

Very, very surprised becaise I've lost another 3lbs in 3 days. I think my swimming on alternate days is great now. Slow, steady 20 mins. at a time. Muscles seem to have got used to it quite quickly. BS levels a bit screwy at the moment. I think I may need to add a few more carbs in. I went as...

Hi tealeaves I think I posted a reply at the same time as someone else and mine disappeared! You have come to the right place for support. It's very worrying when you receive a diagnosis of T2 without the other issues you have mentioned. I too had a weight problem of about 8st. Mine was a way...

I've only started reading this thread to-day. What an interesting discussion. Personal choice and low carbing mean I limit myself to one large glass of white wine most nights. I sometimes change this to red wine. Don't drink lagers/ beers etc because they are high carb. It's my choice to drink a...

Weigh in WW: lost 1lb again. Only 4 weigh'ins left until Christmas. Started swimming again yesterday. (Expensive swim - membership of health club unused for nearly a year!) Felt good once the first 5 minutes were over and I managed 20 minutes. Body felt rubbish this morning though. Was going...

I had high cholesterol when I started low carbing and it is now a healthy: Cholesterol 3.8 lipid recommended is less than 4.0 HDL = 1.26 recommended is 0.91-2.21 LDL = 1.86 less than 2.0 HDL ratio is 3.0 recommended is 1.0-4.0 I eat a lot of cheese...

I agree with most said. ALL my family work in the NHS system and I can assure you there are far greater wastes of money such as the £6 billion spent on a useless national patient computer record. Many diabetics could not blame their diabetes on themselves but have a genetic propensity for it. If...

I agree with most said. ALL my family work in the NHS system and I can assure you there are far greater wastes of money such as the £6 billion spent on a useless national patient computer record. Many diabetics could not blame their diabetes on themselves but have a genetic propensity for it. If...

I drink one glass of white wine with my evening meal so I will quite happily switch to red and give it a whirl..... Trouble is I buy red and my sis. drinks more of it than I do!!! DP is extremely frustrating.

Quite often my highest reading of the day is the one first thing in the morning .(I aim for 70g carb per day) I have tried taking it while I'm still in bed which helps slightly but if I wait until cats are fed and the coffee's on it's usually higher. I tried; Late night carby crackers Late night...

I've been on metformin for about 4 years but to be honest the morning one I take with 9 other tablets so unable to comment on mouldy taste. Some of my tablets taste horrible and I just put 3 in at a time and slurp coffee. The evening one I take after my meal but again with another tablet. Not...

I'm T2 on metformin SR 500x2 + no working thyroid + probable cardiomyopathy/ atrial fibrillation + I take simvastatin...... That said I am quite happily low carbing. I have on average 70g a day but some on here have more. I need to lose weight so I have the smaller amount. I suffered from -dare...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 6.50 am = 6.8 (which is good for me) Before eating breakfast at 8.40 it had risen to 8.6 +2 back down to 7.3 Hope this phenomenon will be less phenomenol when I have reached my desired weight.....

East Man I haven't had a reply as yet from diabetes.co.uk so I will actively telephone them tomorrow so that they can investigate. The other positive thing I would like to say about Spirit Healthcare is that strips etc come by return of post after you've ordered online. Payment is by cheque...

When I started lower carbing I was also counting weightwatchers points.....not quite the same but similar and it was doing my head in. In the end I settled for the odd day of kcal counting and WW pointing just to check on what I was doing. I eat roughly 70g carb a day. I want to continue to lose...

Depends whether u want a savoury or a sweet touch. My satsuma yesterday weighed in at 9g of carb but I hadn't eaten one for so long I quite happily 'spent' 7g of my daily 70g carb allowance.I enjoyed every slurpy mouthful!

My strategy is to host Christmas Day for the family this year. Nurses in the family meant they were begging me to have a Christmas Day on Christmas Eve as well. We've negotiated a compromise late Christmas Day dinner on the Day itself when a shift has finished. We can then go back to our...

I put a post on yesterday about test strips on the Diabetes.co.uk web-site being advertised for £22.75 for 50. They were for the Care Sens meter that I use. The thing that concerned me most was that the Diabetes.co.uk web-site bought them from the same site I do. I buy direct from Spirit...

I am Diabetes type 2 and also went through the not wanting to know stage and feeling very low and confused. WhitbyJet is the expert on low carb cooking and posts loads of luvverly recipes. I used to always feel hungry and ate vast amounts of chocolate and other high carb food. Since lower...