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Thank you very much for the replies. I saw DN for the 2nd time this morning, and she wants me to re-try Metformin, once a day, for a week and take it from there. She is definite that I need the medication to support my diet, although she's pleased with my loss. I've been losing weight by a...

Thankyou, misswhiplash (great name). It could be that simple - only it's the first time in 60 years it's happened! :)

7.7%. Thanks for the Well done! I was quite surprised to be put on Metformin immediately, I thought I'd be encouraged to give diet and exercise a go first. I'm definitely thinking about self-testing. I need more information first about what I could see and what it would tell me, or my anxiety...

Thank you for replying. :) AndBreathe: With Metformin, I'm not hungry at meal times, in fact, rather repulsed at the thought of having to eat. Not on Metformin, I'm quite excited by meals. I'd already started losing weight just a few days before I was diagnosed (just decided it was time for the...

Thanks for replying. I'd have thought depression, except that the tearfulness seems to go after food. I asked at my first DN appointment about self-testing. I'll ask again tomorrow.

Or could the 2 be linked? I know it's hard to judge on the basis of a post! I was diagnosed T2 in mid-June. The fortnight until I saw the DN felt like forever, and I was very anxious. Thankyou to people who replied to me then. I've been referred to the podiatrist - appointment Aug 3rd. I've...

I'm just beginning to wonder if that's the case for me. Although I was having a bit of a return to a kind of global anxiety phase that I'd last had a year ago, and although I was somewhat devastated by the diabetes diagnosis (mid June 2015), and quite panicky about my first appointments, it's...

Thank you, both. I think the DN said when she rang me that the results hadn't been seen by a doctor yet but as they'd be passed to her anyway, she was giving me them. Yes, I'd like to try what diet and exercise alone would do first, if that's appropriate. It's not that I mind medication but a)...

Hi. Diagnosed June 15th, first DN appointment June 30th (tomorrow). In the mean time, I had to see the GP, the anxiety disorder that had partly caused my early retirement on health grounds was running wild. He immediately gave me Metformin, suggested I up my evening Amitriptyline from 10mg to...

Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate you taking the time. I've read the advice for newbies many times but still feel anxious. I'll see what the DN says on Tuesday, and weigh it up.

Thank you for replying. So far I've had little information from the health professionals. Diagnosed by phone by the DN on June 15th, she had no appointments free until June 30th. She told me not to worry, she could sort me out in 6 months. I took that to mean diet and exercise. When I saw the GP...

Recently diagnosed, blood sugar 7 but I don't know yet quite what that means, and still waiting for my first appointment with the Diabetic Nurse (June 30th). I had to see the GP on another matter (anxiety disorder raising its head), and he immediately issued Metformin, 1x500mg a day this week...

Thank you, everybody, for your kind words. "Survived" my first metformin day - nothing "untoward".....

Hi. I was diagnosed about 10 days ago but haven't had any advice yet. Back in March I joined a gym, and they did a blood test as part of their induction. They said it was 11 somethings, and that I should get it checked at the doctor's. I've only just moved here (early retirement on health...