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Hi Kev and welcome to the forum. As has already been said ask any questions you like no matter how silly or trivial you feel they may be, we've all been in your position (a newbie) so know what its like to be diagnosed. Otherwise have a read around the forum and learn all you can it really does...

Hi. I'm not a face book person, in fact I avoid it like the plaque, but I will have a look at your page as I have been a depressive now for 14 years and now try to help others with depression through creating art, so it is very close to my heart as it were. Maggie

Hi, well done for such a big achievement in weight loss. Don't beet yourself up for coming off the wagon as it were diet wise we all do it from time to time were human after all. To refocus try some mindfulness techniques when you feel the impulse to reach out and eat that chocolate bar or...

I understand what you mean. To everyone around you you will still be you just slimmer, healthier and fitter. You can still have a joke with everyone, be center of attention if that's what your used to. But the problem comes in your own acceptance of who you are. I lost six and a half stone...

Hi, Exhaustion is one of the symptoms of diabetes, but it is meant to improve as blood sugars are better controlled. If it persists then consider that there may be something else going on as exhaustion can be a symptom of several other conditions as well, such as hypothyroidism or depression...

Hi and welcome to the forum. Keep posting and asking any questions you want, were all here to help and support you, your not on your own.

I know fasting might help your Blood sugars but it dosen't necessarily help the diet. Often weight loss stops because your not eating enough, the body goes into starvation mode and stores fat for the future. Try keeping a food diary for a few days and see what your actually eating. The opposite...

Hi and welcome to the forum, Were all here to support and guide you down the road of reducing your HbA1c blood sugars. We've all been first timers at some point and it can feel daunting at first but you have made a good start by posting on this website. Most of us have reduced our carbohydrates...

Thank you all so much for your hugs, thoughts, suggestions and support. I do appreciate it.

Hi All, Really sorry if this is wrong of me but needed to talk to someone. Saw my psyc today, not been coping too well, been having psychological therapy and its bringing up all sorts of past trauma's that I'm not coping too well with. Hence having flash backs again and shell we say unhelpful...

Hi and welcome, I'll tag @daisy1 for you and you should receive some useful information that may help appease some of your concerns. Hope you get a proper diagnosis soon so all the worry you currently have lessons. Good luck with your appointment on monday

Hi I will tag @daisy1 for you who will be along with some very usefull information to get you started. Good luck

Hi and welcome to the forum, I'll tag @daisy1 in for you so you can receive useful information thats posted for all new comers. Good luck

Hi and welcome to the forum, If CBT isn't available to you straight away your Gp should be able to prescibe you something to take the edge off your anxiety, which in turn will help lower your BP if thats raised as a consequence. With regard to the retinography, I'm no expert but as already been...

Hi and welcome to the forum, Good to hear that your getting to grips with everything so well already. Keep plugging at it, things do get easier. Can't help with the weight lifting issues but I'm sure someone will be able to at some point. If you have any other questions though do ask there's...

Hi, Depression can be a big problem or for some a small one, I was diagnosed with it 12 years ago but I'm convinced I had the beginings of it from aged eight. I'm on anti-depressants which helps to take the edge off, but mines a long term problem. Yours sounds as its relatively new and only...

Hi, I stopped loosing as well just after christmas, so I went back to dieting basics, kept a food diary of everything I was eating and when, for we can get complacent and extra foods slip in, so it helps us be more focused and work out where were going wrong. I also went back to three meals a...

Hi, Keep posting I'm sure a lot of people on here have had similar experiences to you. You sound determined to take this diagnosis by the hand and take control of it, so well done for that. Keep going with the low carb diet and exercise and I'm sure you will continue to shed those pounds and...

Hi, I was diagnosed in October through my Gp, he left it to me to make an appointment with the diabetic nurse, which I had with in 2 weeks. If I was you I would phone the Gp surgery and make an appointment yourself. It was the diabetic nurse who organised every thing from my podiatry...

Hi and welcome to the forum, We are all very different, I've been taking metformin since diagnosis in October. I've not had any problems with sleeping since, in fact I sleep too much day and night as I'm a depressive, up until October I used to take night sedation as I used to have problems...