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She was pretty clear on the fats. Gluconeogenesis causes fats to be broken down into glucose in the blood, it normally happens in starvation but I'm type 2 diabetics get switched on all the time. She was quite good in explaining it.

Yeah I'm in the UK. To be fair the nurse was just ticking stuff of a list, part of that included a seven page print out of prognosis and progression which she spent abot half the session on. I didn't get any other hand out just advice to go to diabetes uk website.

The doctor has told me I don't need to see them any more, just nurses visits now. I'm so hungry, and clumsy this morning doing think am understanding what people are saying properly. Kept waking up last night with some fever sweats I've only slept about 2 hours.

Good morning, The nurse has said I can't have fats as they convert to glucose in the blood in diabetics so no cheese nuts or cream, she said she'd prefer no dairy at all but relented when I said I needed two cups of coffee a day with a slug of 1% milk. I'm looking at the meats and they are...

I've been feeling really out of sorts for the past month or two, the doctors had tried various tests and so on. Changing out my blood pressure pills to see if it was a side effect, finding out I'm folate deficient and putting me on a suppliment....they have also been tracking some raise...

No mate you have to run around the field and absorb the grass.

Hep B is about 40nm across, your eye sight must be better than mine.

Yes dried blood from the pen can carry several blood born diseases.

How do you cope with the hunger! I'm so hungry I could eat the cushions on the sofa, I'm kinda trembly too.

Hello please to meet you! I think she said 146? They've to started me on metformin, ramipril and a statin and review weekly. The appointment was late Friday so Ive only just started them today. I asked the nurse about getting a blood glucose meter, I had a boyfriend who was t1 a long time ago...

hello all! I was diagnosed diabetic on Friday and the nurse spent some time explaining all about neuropathy and retinal damage and ulcers and heart problems and furry arteries to me. Do you guys know are there any studies done on what the rough prognosis is, I'm thinking I might spend some...