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Hi and welcome! I used to live in Dallas and Austin, but came back to the UK a while back. I was in Dallas a month ago though - and so while everyone else is Wales is baking in the relative heat, I'm still feeling quite cold! And missing Tex-Mex food, but that bit is probably wiser that I...

Well, as my doctor claimed, I'm "young, not overweight, and not the usual" candidate for diabetes (38 as young then, I like it!), but we are out there. I've been diagnosed T2 (and doc did the test to check it wasn't T1, because of that young, thin presumption) for coming up to four years now...

I just had the same dilemma - but had no choice in the matter. My doctor's surgery scheduled my test for yesterday, one week after I;d come back from a two-week holiday in Texas. I was hoping that they'd do it before I went. Texas portions are Texas sized and with a lot of carbs. But I used to...

That is awesome! Congratulations!

I'm only answering this part of the question - I'm not on meds so I have no direct experience with those. I am 5ft 0in, and weighed 51kg at diagnosis. But... I definitely had a tummy, or as my diabetic nurse said, I was 'diabetic shaped'. One year on... on what would be counted as moderate low...

Hi there! I hope your genetic tests are useful. It's not occured to my GP/diabetic nurse to follow up with that - they seem happy to have decided that I am type 2, on the grounds I'm not type 1 - and I think I might have 'solved' my diabetes in their eyes before they felt the need to get to the...

Oooh - I love Alpen (the full sugar version). But yes, I imagine it would do the same to me. I haven't had cereal for suuuuch a long time. Last time I did, I had Special K and... my post-2hr reading was over 21. I've never seen my meter go so high.... Was just ruminating how I'm fed up with...

Ahhhh.... Luckenbach. Willie Nelson. 20 years ago. July 4th. ...now I feel old. Going back to Texas in a month (lived in Austin/Dallas for a very long time) and can't wait. (And...ahem, nachos, quesadillas, queso... all the things I can't eat anymore.)

Welcome to the forum, and I'm glad you're here. Like others, I have generally not compassionate feelings towards your boyfriend's reaction. We're much nicer people! I didn't think I had symptoms, as I was diagnosed at a very down point in my life anyway, and hey - they happen to be disturbingly...

I'm going to agree that personal sleuthing does often help - Dr Google has a reputation, but there's a lot of good medical journal facts out there too - and welcome to the site. I hope you fnd answers soon. Some things out of the ordinary don't always get picked up on or followed up by...

I had a similar day yesterday, but didn't have the excuse of meeting with friends - I just went to the supermarket, bought all my food and then... KFC is right next to it. So I had a zinger chicken sandwich, because... well, actuallly I don't know why. And three hours later... 12.7. It's like I...

Welcome to the forum, and though I shouldn't laugh at what is quite serious but gladly being dealt with, I do love your writing style :) And yes, I can't resist Jaffa cakes either. :bag:

To add Wales' point of view, I've not had drops the two times I've been tested, because the person said I didn't need to have them...

Good luck with everything! One very funny thing was that around week 32 at checkup, the midwife told me I could probably relax the control I was having as I'd only put on 10 lbs. So I could "have a banana" if I wanted and maybe some milk. So... I ate my banana, drank some milk, and the next...

I can only really answer the 'did your pregnancy turn out fine' question, with: yes. I ate really low carb for my second baby and he had a happy full term natural birth at 38 weeks. I was in the US then. My first baby was under OB care and was premature, because I'd been diagnosed with...

My other half will definitely say: yes! It makes life difficult, being female, being diabetic - all sorts of reasons for mood changes. When can I be a legimately grumpy and generally annoyed person? ;)

I agree with others about paying careful attention to the foods to eat/foods to avoid and their carbs - quite a lot of things too find out are surprising. Plus, lots of us have different reactions to different things it is a lot of trial/error/meter readings. But once you know the effect certain...

Good for you for recognising what is going on and addressing it - the drop in numbers is encouraging. Keep at it!

We are all still learning things, at whatever stage of the journey we're on, so well done you for getting a meter and your numbers lowering! You'll find out so many things you never knew as you progress. I'm with everyone else - please eat more! I have no experience with UC, so I don't know...

I kind of had a similar experience as above where I hadn't set out to lose weight (and indeed, as a petite female was and am still mortified that I lost weight from the 'wrong' areas) but inadvertently did when following LCHF. And now, I literally have to remember to eat, and eat really quite...