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Thanks Katherine. I'll be making an appointment with the optician asap!

Thank you so much DG - excellent advice as always :) As you so rightly say, being diagnosed with diabetes forces you to take stock and adjust your lifestyle. I'm feeling much more positive and I know I'll deal with this. I was always going to start that diet tomorrow, start that new...

Hi Mr Conkers. Thanks for your comments. I bought myself a moniter a couple of days ago as I had no intention of following my doc's advice of not needing to test :roll: It's still a bit high but on the way down (thankfully). I too still have a lot to learn about eating low carb (doesn't...

Thank you all - your comments are much appreciated. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with it all last night, should have just gone to bed instead of reading even more about diabetes! I'm sure once I've got through this initial learning/acceptance phase I'll be fine. Kind regards, Kaydee.

I think i'm in the"scary monster" phase at the moment. This past week has been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me - one minute positive and determined to tackle this and the next in tears, full of regret and anger (at myself for getting myself into this bloody mess!). Still, no use...

Hi manxangel Thanks for that. I've been doing a lot of reading since being diagnosed and I'm going back to my GP next week with a list of questions/requests! Regards, Kaydee

Thanks again DG - your replies are very helpful and reading the replies to other questions posted it's clear you're helping lots of other members too! Kind regards, Kaydee

Thank you - I certainly will. I was also wondering whether I should ask to be referred to my local hospital for further tests - ie. retinopathy test, etc. Is it normal procedure for a newly diagnosed diabetic to have a number of further tests to see what damage (if any) has already been done...

Many thanks to you all for your very helpful replies and I apologise for the delay replying - I've been trying to set up my new pc most of the day! I'm really pleased I've found this forum - it clearly has some very knowledgeable and helpful members. I'm not sure if a c-peptide test was...

Hi. I've been diagnosed with type 2 today after two fasting blood tests came back high - 15.8 and 11.2. I expected my GP to give me advice on diet and exercise intially to get my BG down, but he's put me straight onto 1 x 500 mg Metformin per day for the first week then to increase to 2 x 500...