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Thanks for your reply. How shocking that they asked your husband to leave the room so that they could bully you!! Thanks for the link about diabetes and diet. I'm going to save that to refer to as it really sums things up pretty well.

Hi, thanks for your post. I see what you mean about the ignorance of the Professionals and remembered about 10 years ago, I had a gastric problem and the specialist referred me to a dietician at the hospital. Well, that was a farce! The diet sheet she gave me was like a school dinner menu from...

I had my first diabetes check back in February. I'd been diagnosed last November so was still feeling overwhelmed and scared by it. Something about the diabetes nurse during my check has been niggling at me ever since. The first question she asked me was if I was aware what the appointment was...

Lots of good advice from all of you, thanks. Very confused about carbs though. I was looking at a website showing carb content of various foods and a lot of it doesn't make sense to me. For example, white bread (which I always thought was the arch enemy) has fewer carbs than a seeded loaf that...

Thanks I've never heard of it. Sounds worth looking into.

Thank you. That is so encouraging. Just what I needed to hear to spur me on.

It's official (again) then. I had my follow up blood test yesterday and my online account with the surgery shows that the level is 52. That's down one from the level two weeks ago, perhaps due to the new eating regime I started on hearing the news but it's still diabetes isn't it. Going through...

Well, it's a bit of a three day business. We have a big dinner on Christmas Eve (European heritage) which is non-meat but not at all low carbs. There are two soups; one is dried mushroom based and the other is clear beetroot borscht. Then are several fish dishes which are fine but in addition...

Are you allowed to have, say, one day of blowout, eat what you want in whatever quantity, as long as you are sensible on other days?

I am horrified to discover that all these food items are full of carbs. I was eating up to 5 apples a day until recently and actually felt quite good for it. I've never had any symptoms of diabetes and would never have known if it had not been for the HBCA1 result. If healthy foodstuffs like...

Those things are all carbs???? OMG, what is there left to eat without getting scurvy?

I just feel that whoever I tell will be judgemental - perhaps justifiably so - but it would only make me feel worse about the situation so it's best to keep it to myself. One thing I don't understand - I had a carb free meal last night: meatloaf made with lamb mince, onion and seasoning along...

Hi, "Another stage of life" puts a new perspective on it. It will be a lonely journey outside of this website as I won't be able to talk about to family/friends but what you say about help and advice from people on the site is reassuring, thank you. I am also on several medications for other...

Hi, yes I'm not sure why they are re-testing so soon after the last one. As I understand it, HBCA1 (have I got the letters the right way round?) indicates BG levels over the last 3 months so I don't see how it would be any different after only 2 weeks, especially when I've had a cold for over a...

Hi NorfolkMell, Being new to this, I don't know how often you should have your bloods retested but a 2 week gap seemed a little soon to me especially as I've had a cold for nearly a week and I understand illness can increase blood sugar levels. It's a bewildering world. The surgery have told me...

Hi, sorry I don't understand this bit of your message "Ignore the NHS verified 50% remission rate (after 2yrs) of Dr David Unwin's GP surgery as your condition slowly gets worse, just as most GPs will tell you it must!". Can you explain please?

Hi NorfolkMell, It took me over 2 years to move house. My sale fell through twice and most of my stuff was packed and ready to go all that time so I was camping out virtually. Now that I've moved, I'm still in the same situation as it takes time to unpack! I've just had another blood test on...

Not cashews? I've been eating loads of them thinking it's good to eat nuts. Are they fill of carbs? Oh dear. Eating and drinking doesn't sound very enjoyable suddenly ...

Thanks for the food advice. It's strange but I have never been keen on grains even as a child. I don't even like porridge but was eating it because I thought it was good for me and a slow release carb. What about rye bread or is that a no-no as well? The family will be all too pleased to help...

Hi Jo, Thanks for your advice and interesting journey through this thing. In my case, nobody else in the family or extended family has ever had diabetes so I don't think there is a hereditary factor. Low thyroid runs in the family (I have it) but there is only one person as big as me in the...