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Thank you for sharing your story - it's inpsiring to hear how you took control of your diabetes, and refused to let it beat you :clap: I unfortunately can't see your photos at work, but I am picturing a big transformation since your holiday.

Thanks for the heads up randomange - I had no idea the blog week existed! I'll be going to have a look in a few minutes :) Sid, I'm going to google as well, but currently I'm only really getting online regularly in my lunchbreak at work (on a slow pc) so I thought I'd ask around as well to save...

BioHaZarD, I've not even thought as far as the design angle! I've got as far as thinking it's going to be one angled towards food for vegetarian diabetics, with observations/descriptions of the life we need to lead thrown in. I've been told my writing style is good, so hopefully that'll mean...

No, I've not found any yet, but I'm sure there must be some out there. I'm still getting to know all the terms myself :oops: I should probably google them, and find out the meanings! If you come across any good ones, please share so we can all benefit :)

Question in the title :D I thought it might help those of use newer to diabetes, or those of us struggling with our spirits/motivation to keep it under control, to read blogs written by others. I don't even know what I'm expecting to read exactly, just thought if anyone knows of any good...

Will be watching this with interest, as a veggie who's trying to get organised enough to low-carb!

I enjoy Mario Kart on the Wii too :) Have only just discovered the fun of online races too, addictive :D Aside from that, I'm slowly getting the hang of Worms: Space Oddity (Wii), and am an obsessive Civilization player (IV and V, but prefer IV overall).

Hi, I've answered your questions below, although I do also agree it will vary very much from individual to individual. (1) How long after taking a pill will you know if you are going to have side effects from that pill? - I think it was around day 2 or 3 of taking 1 pill a day. Although, on an...

Thanks for all the replies! If they are more of a capsule shape, I should probably manage to swallow them ok even if they are bigger. Currently at least every other day I end up getting one of the Metformin either glued to the rough of my mouth (they taste foul!), or half-choking when I...

Hi, I'm thinking of asking the doctor to change me to SR Metformin because after almost a year on it I am still suffering the side effects - to the extent of I end up taking immodium maybe once a week, and the rest of the week I'm quite paranoid about what I eat (I feel like I've got IBS, which...

Hi, your doctor is right in that it will probably help you lose weight (I read somewhere that it's sometimes prescribed to overweight people to help them lose weight, shame I didn't get it before I became diabetic!). Since starting on Metformin, my appetite has reduced as a result, and I've...

Thank you for the replies :) I hadn't even thought of things like it being easy to load/battery life/display. I'm off to google the Ultra Smart and the Accu Chek mentioned here, see what they look like, and see where I can buy test strips from (and cost!)

Hi, I'm type 2, (diet and medication controlled) diagnosed just under a year ago. My doctor doesn't believe in giving type 2s a test meter, however I'm interested in having one so I can monitor the effects different foods have on me. I'm struggling to choose though, so much choice, and I keep...

Hi everyone, I'm 32 years old, vegetarian and live in the Glasgow area. I've just been diagnosed as having Diabestes near the start of April - they've not actually confirmed whether it's T1 or T2 yet, as due to my age there's a chance it could be either, although T2 is more likely. At my next...