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    One year a diabetic.

    I agree will power walking away from cakes in the kitchen at work, choosing better options when shopping and accepting other family members can eat that chocolate bar in front of you
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    Losing hope

    welcome to my world i am writing this after having high level as for 2 weeks and have just been discharged from hospital as my levels were extremely high as nd i spent 3 days in hospital. I was on insulin and other medication towards the end of last year this year my community nurse has been...
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    C peptide test

    The c peptide test is to find out how much your own pancreas is producing my showed that I was producing enough but my antibodies were killing it of therefore I am technically type 1.5 because I take insulin all though I have been told that as I get older I will require more insulin and be...
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    If you were away from home without your hypo kit...

    Never without jelly babies i carry them everywhere and coca cola great remidies
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    Type 1 diagnosis

    Hi I was diagnosed type two 3 yrs ago aged 53 over the next two years my readings were unsteady although my habc1 test were fine then in Sept 18 my readings went high and after ten weeks of constant medication change and lots of weight list u was sent to hospital be cause of keotone s and put on...
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    Great Desmond Course and Coping

    Hi I was diagnosed aged 54 and like you attended a Desmond course and found it very useful now 56 i have had to progress to insulin 6mega ago but am still coming well
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    Insulin resistance

    Hi like you i was diagnosed type 2 in Nov 2016 over the following two years my medication was changed a lot finally after 10 weeks of constant high readings i was put on insulin Nov 2018 recently had a cpetic test which showed my body was also producing insulin but my antibodies result was high...
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    Has anyone quit dairy and noticed improvements?

    I changed to soya products some 15 years ago due to intolerance have only been diabetic 2.5 years still managed to lose weight and keep it off cannot say how a change might affect you
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    Type 2 Rising BG. I don’t understand.

    I too was slim and diagnosed with type two but every couple of months throughout my firs r year i have spikes that would not correct themselves no matter what I did so my medication was changed and upped each time I was fine for a while then I would spike again heading towards my second year I...
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    C Peptide Results-type unknown

    I haven't as of yet only had blood test at hospital
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    C Peptide Results-type unknown

    Hi diagonised type 2 in 2016 things have changed over last 2.5 years bad time end of last year since then been on insulin and recently advised to have c peptic test as like you they feel i may be producing some insulin but not enough therefore could be technically reclassed as type 1 awaiting...
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    Newly diagnosed and reeling

    Hi in 2016 aged 53 i was diagnosed with type 2 over the last two years things have changed quite a bit started off with on medication which was changed time and time again over the first year and then the end of last year ended up in hospital due to constant high levels now on insulin and...
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    Night time hypos

    Hi it could be people are ignoring the night time sweats that indicate there sugars are low and sleeping through them. My hypo used to be indicated by shaky legs but recently I been having night sweats it has taken a few hypos to realise that I am low it can be a bit difficult to distinguish...
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    Night time hypos

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    Phobia of needles

    To be honest after two years of not feeling in control of my diabetes when they issued me with insulin in December last year the fear and pain were.nothing to the relief of feeling better from taking it
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    Share Your Progress!

    Had a meet with diabetic nurse today by ha1bc level was 117 in November after several weeks of high sugars and having exhausted tablet medication was put on insulin, latest results 46 nurse was impressed as to how my level had lowered quite quickly, was originally diagnosed as type 2 in Nov...
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    Not all reversible

    Yes I agree but a lot of people think you can alter your lifestyle/eating habits and come off medication and in my case this is not to be as I was likely to be prone to diabetes due to my childhood illness and therefore the likelihood of me ever being medication free is minimal
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    Not all reversible

    O am type 2 since Nov 2016 on insulin since Nov 2018 and have been told I am in the 10 percent range where I developed for unsure reasons may be linked to me having infectious hepatitis as a child as they are both an autoimmune diseases therefore controllable but not reversible . My diagnosis...
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Porridge natural yogurt raspberries and blueberries Lunch salad and soya yogurt Salmon salad
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