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:lol: This made me smile, thank you.

Hello there, you will find quite a few of us kicking about here, so please keep posting. I was diagnosed properly last November (you can search under my name for the sad sorry saga up to my diagnosis if you want) I too was told T2 initially and normal weight, went from eating healthy, to...

I learned that French baguette is very carby and a decent chunk is around 20g I was surprised to find. It's also white bread typically so will hit your blood sugar pretty quickly, despite the cheese to slow it down. Also, if you're low carbing this could have been a short sharp hit to your...

You're endo makes me want to scream!!! I'm on a child pen because being 1.5 / LADA usually means you are insulin sensitive AND carb sensitive especially at the start. Also, does the endo not understand that every diabetic is different? That typically it was children that got Type 1 but well...

No 10k race this year, I paid and got my T-shirt and everything. It's not just the crazy amount of sweating and feeling over heated now - If my glucose level is 5-6 before a run and I take just 1 jelly baby now before a run, my sugar goes up 9-11 thirty mins later, my fingers swell up and I...

Wow. So weird seeing those dead beta cells. I'm pondering the statement about T2s that obesity causes it. I always thought the weight gain was a result of insulin resistence and therefore continued increased insulin production until eventually (if uncontrolled) the beta cells wear out?

So I thought I'd sussed it. My Lantus was perfectly adjusted, went to bed between 6-8s and woke up 5s/6s. I take my Lantus in the morning the only annoying thing was that I had to take it at 6am (so no lie ins but small for improved health eh) For three days now I have woken up with lovely...

Hi all just thought I'd let you know that I'm going to get my thyroid and female hormones tested next week. I've also decided that this weekend will determine whether I'm going to run the 10k race on 2nd Sept at all. I'm still struggling with this extensive sweating, tried holding a bottle of...

Haha, I hum when I do it. Or swear when doing it and it hurts.

I'm sure a local gym/club will allow you to observe before you commit. I joined a beginners women only Mu-Thai and would have kept going but it got cancelled due to lack of females. We joined the males a couple of times when there was just on teacher. In a class of about 30 men, quite a few...

Hi Viv, it's two consecutive days. I thought about it and definitely for non D hubby who has a 'pooch' to shift. Just trying to figure which two days are best. No mention of exercise though - eating our way to healthier and younger bodies can't be the only way but this programme suggested as...

Thanks Catherine, sounds scary. If I had this I wonder if it would happen all the time? I seem to be heat intolerant, as on a cool day am fine. If it's a warm room/day I tend to start feeling too warm, and I tend to overheat as a stress response, so running in a warm gym is the worst combo...

Interesting post. I posted a while back out of curiosity really, as I've always been hit with health problems all my life and I was just wondering if Diabetics in general did suffer weaker immune systems. Here's the link to the post if you're curious. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23698&hilit=immune...

p.s I write this on my 4th vodka and diet tonic, now where are those Pringles?

So so glad you're sharing this. L I've had to cut back because I had some scary issues with drink and insulin. One night I corrected without properly thinking (too much red wine) and woke up with a hypo an hour later (thank god I woke up!). Another time I had a lot of gin which pre-insulin...

Ran yesterday. Started slow, tried to sip cold water than tank. Completed 5 k on treadmill near the air con but had to walk the last half km to cool down as I was drenched in sweat. However 5min quick walk to cab today and I had to open the window and fan myself with bus pass. Sugar was 6.1...

Sounds horrible, there is a slow release Metaformin, maybe better to ask for that (it's pricier hence why docs don't prescribe it) I think it takes 2-4 weeks to kick in generally and from what I've read here, stomach and intestinal issues are associated with at the start, If you're being sick...

I've started to cover carbs in hummous too now :crazy:

Hi Megan, I started gaining weight when I started the insulin. I realised firstly it was because I had a lost a bit of weight when I finally got diagnosed and secondly because I was eating a drastically low calorie diet (was low carb but wasn't upping protein/fat so over my calorie in take was...

Tried running with refridgerated water, to see if I can cool inside out! Also tried to pace myself rather than go into too quick. It helps, but by mile 2...beads of sweat on upper lip appeared, and by mile 3 totally sweating all over but I felt it was not as bad, finished 500ml water bottle...