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Thanks for all your help , especially the good news on the Marmite and Diet Coke. From all the reading I have done on this site, it has surprised me how ignorant I am of the whole issues surrounding diabetes. The fact that its effect on sufferers varies so much between individuals, is something...

Thanks for the helpful comments, I have found dietdoctor.com to be very helpful with eating suggestions and recipes and bloodcount101 is also very informative. I am beginning to understand it appears that we are all different with regard to what is good, or bad, for us, which makes the whole...

I mentioned earlier that I don't want diabetes to take over my life and I think that regular self testing seems to set me down that path. Its a bit like taking your blood pressure regularly, or wearing a heart/pulse monitor and hypochondria inducing things like that. Perhaps I am not taking it...

I am recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes with IFCC 63, so hopefully not too bad. In the 8 weeks I have cut down carbohydrates (no bread/spuds/cake) and reduced my massive fruit intake (no tropical fruit), I have lost a noticeable amount of weight (still heavy). So things could be working I am...

I am remaining positive and reserve final judgement, but I have a feeling this may end up with me being given a DIY manual. It could be because "63" is not too serious in the scheme of things.

I clocked into the Greetings section here on Tuesday and had my first appt with the Diabetes Nurse yesterday. I had copied the suggested questions I found on here and added a few of my own. The Nurse was very pleasant and obviously had a "script" for the session. I found out that my blood...

I was told 6 weeks ago by my GP after an MoT that I have high sugar or glucose levels levels (something should be 40 and mine was 80 ?). I have been prescribed Metformin, 1 per day for 5 days, now 2 per day. My first visit with the Diabetes Nurse is tomorrow and I have a laundry list of...