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In the immortal words of LCpl Jones ...... Don't panic! Take your time, weigh up the benefits and possible issues of ALL the advice provided - then YOU decide in your own good time. HCPs have been brilliant for me, and I have learned a lot from coming in here also - but a lot of what is said...

Shelly, I'm 3 months in, and my latest hba1c result is NOW 53 - it was 97, though still desperately wishing it was 'normal' which obviously it isn't - yet! To test or not to test is one of the conundrums you will have, and I have been advised both ways by both HCPs and other T2 diabetics...

Hi Shelly, I am but a few short steps ahead of you in this, and my initial advice was as yours is now ..... lose the weight and exercise - which is exactly what I did! It is all very bewildering, scary and upsetting, and I'm very much still there, so know how you feel - as I think we all have at...

I requested a 'well man appointment' at my GP surgery and was told they beat they could offer me was a BP check (I'm 51), so had to have it done privately ...... Oh how that has come back to bite them now! After acquiring my 'label' I complained to the Practice Manager that if left to them I...

@Luckyjade25 If it's any consolation, I was 'labelled' 2 and a half months ago with a 'score' of 97 or 11%. Last week I was 'scored' again, and am now at 54 or 7.3 - happier with that, but still work to do. I have achieved it with a very strict diet, weight loss (3 and a half stone) and loads...

@Sc06eeee I think you and I are Birds of a Feather, being 'labelled' at a similar time, and how we both still feel. This has undoubtedly been the worst almost 3 months of my life - well to date. Please feel free to look at my initial post. I am still terrified for the future, however I have...

@Pura Vida Thank you for an alternative view, - very unusual in here, and somewhat reassuring. I am a recent newcomer here, and have taken my 'fate' as a kick in the pants. I have cut down significantly on all Carbs, but now also need my 'phys' virtually daily - and in the main really enjoying...

@dawnmc I think there is still 'work to do' here - this result is my second reading only 9 weeks into this! ..... I want to get this down further! I think the PN is pleased given the progress I have made in such a short period of time.

Thank you @Pinkorchid I really don't think testing will work for me .... yet! I'm enjoying the holiday thank you, and tbh, I need the break. The last few months have been extremely stressful and upsetting. I have however had a few treats .... Possibly deserved, but pray not the slippery slope...

@sud5nala My untial Hba1c that came back at 11% (97) was taken mid May - I hadn't got a clue what it meant back then! , but knew it was high and scares the life out of me! I am due for the full 3 month test in August. I'm a bit worried now. I'm away on holiday this week so haven't been as...

@urbanracer et al, Well, I've been like a teenager on GCSE day this morning.... and the PN has just called me, bless her she said she couldn't wait to tell me!!!!! Hba1c - 7.3 (11 previously) Cholesterol - 4.5 (6.5 previously) She did say that these results are based on the last 6-8 weeks and...

I appreciate I am but VERY new to this world, however I want no one to know of my condition, it is my responsibility and have no itention of telling anyone who has no need to know. Part of my rationale in this is that (as above) there are those who will judge and want to interfere, and even if...

Oh bless you. I'm afraid I'm not really one to give you any sound advice given I am but a few short steps in front of you in terms of this 'journey', however I have nothing but praise and thanks to my NHS healthcare professionals - they have been brilliant and very supportive so far - and boy...

Ref the hba1c result - I realise 'one swallow doesn't make a summer' and clearly I am still very new (and bewildered) to this. However on diagnosis my fasting finger prick result was 12, in mid June it was 6.6 and today 5.8. Since diagnosis I have not strayed, cheated, from a very strict healthy...

@urbanracer thank you for a dose of reality! I don't mind you asking at all. Simple answer is, I'm not sure I want to monitor -yet! I know there are those that do and take comfort from that..... and equally a number of those that don't and feel equally comfortable. I see both sides to this and...

By the way, as a footnote to the above story.... When my uncle dropped into conversation that he was T2D, my wife and I were horrified - remembering the 'luxury' hamper we had put together for him for Christmas. This had in it - well you guessed it, Pork Pie, jam, crackers, shortbreads etc etc I...

When I was first 'labelled' I went to speak to my uncle - he is the only person in my family similarly afflicted! Which purely by chance) at a family event we found out he was earlier this year (before I knew I had 'it')As he sat munching on his Chocolate Digestive, he told me he couldn't even...

well folks, As you know I'm not an LCHF evangelist, nor do I monitor, and being honest still to an extent struggling with my now 'label'. However I've had another appointment today with my PN, who (I think) is brilliant. She talked me through the Retinopathy results - all good, she did a 'foot...

I work in an evironment which involves a lot of meetings. That usually includes loads of bikkies and juice on offer in the mornings, 'standard' buffet fare (mini sausage rolls, quiches, etc etc) at lunchtimes, and then tea and more bikkies mid pm.... In the past I would have indulged (possibly...

Clearly I am in an area that does help out significantly with 'our kind' in that in the last 10 weeks (the time since being 'labelled') I have attended a Retinopathy appt, my first meeting with a Dietician, and booked onto a Desmond course, not to mention 2 meetings with my practice nurse - I...