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LOL It's hear, hear :wink: And YES, I would want MORE as lemon meringue pie is my favourite :P It's good willpower and self control that lets me eat only one small peace LOL

The complication I fear most is blindness... I'm sure I would cope with life after adjusting to it just fine, but not being able to see my family again or watch an old couple walk hand in hand or even something as simple as pretty flower or a cloud drifting across the sky, would just ruin my...

I'm type 2 and I would have eaten a small slice as well. See if you're good the rest of the week, why not have a small something to treat yourself and maybe walk an extra half hour that day.... If you deny yourself every pleasure you used to enjoy, you make being diabetic a prison sentence.... :(

My doc prescribed Duloxatine for my feet, which were sometimes so painful, I couldn't bring myself to walk on them. He said it may take up to a month to work, but it worked from the first capsule I took! The difference is amazing! It's best taken before bed, as it makes you very drowsy, but I...

Try going to the doctor for blood tests and yes, slim people can too.... :wink:

Do what I do. SPEAK UP! When a doctor or nurse or receptionist is being rude and condescending or belittles your efforts, don't take it quietly. Tell them to their face what you're thinking and how they made you feel. They are not some godly being, just people like you and me who had the money...

You are meant to use a new lancet EVERY TIME you check your blood sugar!!! The needles when used, have microscopic amounts of blood on them and can harbor all kinds of bacteria and can give you a nasty infection, never mind them going blunt.

Re: doing well on low carb diet but bg goes higher after exe When you exercise your liver dumps glucose into your system to supply your muscles with enough energy to keep you going. As long as your levels drop again, you should be just fine. I have observed the same with myself where I had a...

HA! I had the same problem. I was using Accu-Chek Aviva which is meant to be the least painful meter to test your glucose with... I think they lied! LOL But I have to stab myself with a needle twice a day as well to administer Byetta.... It took me a half hour to finally do it, but I can tell...

Re: Just a quick Byetta question Thanks so much for clearing that up for me! I have had incidences when I injected just prior to eating and had no ill effects because of it, but noticed that if the time period was overshot, my glucose readings were higher then within the allotted time :)...

Does none of your diabetes doctors tell you that type 2 is inheritable? My diabetes doctor told me on diagnosis when I told him my father has age onset type 2 diabetes (most likely brought on by his alcoholism) ... I thought it was well known that it's not just weight related :?:

Just a quick Byetta question Byetta is meant to be taken within 60 minutes before your 2 main meals, but as it makes me feel VERY nauseous, my DN told me to take it 20 minutes before my main meals, which works fine for me. My question is this, when you take your dose, and your time calculation...

It is true that Metformin doesn't cause a hypo, but you can still have a hypo if you over exercise or skip meals or don't eat enough carbs in your meals..... I wish doctors would go more into details when they explain something to a patient instead of rush them through just to keep the...

I bought my first meter myself at the pharmacy and it cost me only £15. It was an Accu-Chek Aviva. My second one (Accu-Chek Aviva Nano) I got free from my Diabetes Nurse at the hospital. Check if your local hospital has a drop in Diabetes clinic and see if they will give your husband one for...

Re: Patner not listening at all worried Uh now that is a great idea!!! :D I do the weekly menu thing too, but never thought about looking for low carb recipes off the BBC Good Food ... One learns something new every day :mrgreen:

Re: Patner not listening at all worried Try reading in this part of the forum. There are lots of food ideas from different members here that can give you an idea of what to add to your shopping list http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewforum.php?f=3

Re: Patner not listening at all worried All this diabetes stuff can be very confusing and also scary for partners, especially when you know the complications untreated/ignored diabetes will bring, and your partner is not accepting the changes he should be making. I think it is even worse for...

Re: Patner not listening at all worried In YOUR opinion, not mine... I like to try and give constructive advice not just contradict someone's opinion when my own is not the same. This is what I would do if I was in this lady's situation, I did not say she has to do it the way we all say. It...

Re: Patner not listening at all worried Read up on untreated diabetes complications and then lay them down for him and ask him if he wants to go blind, lose circulation in his feet and have them amputated or if he'd like to go on dialysis because his kidney's pack up and wait in agony on a...

Re: How much excercise do you do? When I was diagnosed, I just took walks every day like taking my daughter to school and walking back the long way around and going to town on the bus rather then by car and walking everywhere. At first it was a pain, literally as I am obese, to walk very far...